• Evidence from emigration and genealogical records prove that he came to Utah in 1863; some sources spell his given name "Peder".He came on the ship, John J.l Boyd in 1863 as a single person. He was from Zealand. 

John R. Young Company (1863)

• Age at Departure: 33

Sources

• 1880 Idaho Census.
• Eastern Idaho Death Records Database.
• Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007.