Johannes Pedersen was born in Copenhagen in 1878 and emigrated to the United States as a child.
Sources
1880 Danish Census [1] County:Soro; Hundred:Oster Flakkebjerg; Parish:Fodby; Placename:Bistrup;Family No:5;
Record No:597
"Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQD2-HHR : accessed 15 February 2016), John Peterson in household of Jens C Peterson, Township 45N, Range 28W, Crow Wing, Minnesota; citing p. 6, line 38, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,768.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9S3-NW5 : accessed 15 February 2016), John Peterson in household of Jens Peterson, Garrison Township & Twp.45/R.28, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,761.
Possible birth of daughter
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2LL-9G5 : accessed 15 February 2016), J A Peterson, Bay Lake, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,707.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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