Yesterday (April 21, 2026) I discovered that Erastus Julius Smith's father was probably his alleged mother, Juliane Sorensdatter's husband, Jorgen Christian Pedersen/Peterson.
I had recently discovered that Juliane and Erastus had traveled with Jorgen across the Atlantic. Jorgen's first wife, had crossed already. In the Hans Peter Olsen Company.
Juliane entered into a plural marriage with Jorgen and Christine, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 3, 1855.
As of April 21, 2026, Ancestry.com indicates that I have an autosomal DNA match who believes that he is descended from Jorgen Christian Pedersen, via his son, Anton Levi Peterson. This triangulates onto Jorgen Christian Pedersen, and indicates that he (not Rasmus Smidt) was probably Erastus Julius Smith's biological son.
