Peter Moller

[Wayne Johnson]

Hello,

My name is Wayne Johnson; I am the grandson of a Peter Miller who reportedly immigrated to America from Denmark in 1894, at the age of 14.  (Peter Miller declared during a 1900 US Census interview that he was born in Denmark in "February 1870," and arrived in the US "in 1894.")   I suspect that he may have been born Jens Peter Moller on 09 February 1870, possibly in Svaneke, Bornholm to Jens Sineus Moller and Frederikke Margrete Mossin, the second son of seven males, and possibly three daughters.  There is a question whether this Svaneke native, Jens Peter is the person I seek as I do not have much to go on – my Peter Miller was killed in a car accident in 1927, before I was born (1931).  Incidentally, importantly, I have not been able to find him in the Danish Emigration Data Base, nor in Ellis Island records.

I have been looking for him for about 10 years.   His USA "Naturalization First Papers" -- which would likely have contained family data -- were filed in Webster City, Iowa.  Those "papers" were recorded on the Citizenship document as having been used as a basis for the Minnesota District Judge to grant him US citizenship on 03 July 1900.  But of course, as luck would have it, the original document is not to be found in the Webster City Archives. 

I found a reference to the Svaneke, Bornholm Moller family through the newest LDS (Mormon) Church "records search" program, listing him as above reported.  I have reached the possible conclusion that he might be my grandfather given that this Jens Peter (1) was born 09 February 1870, and (2) that his mother's given name was Frederikke (this became part of my judgment because my mother was my Peter's first born -- she was named Emma Fredericka Miller.)  I am not sure, as this is slim evidence; therefore, I'm not too hopeful, but this is the only lead I have.

I would greatly appreciate any help anyone might be able offer.

Sincerely, Wayne S. Johnson
wayger@hotmail.com

[Jesper Skov]

Okay, so the person you think is the right one

bornholm, Øster, Svaneke Købstad, , Matr. No 203 Forhus, 220, FT-1890, B7602
Navn: Alder: Civilstand: Stilling i husstanden: Erhverv: Fødested:
Jens Sinius Møller 52  Enkemand Husfader Garvermester Østermarie Bornholm
Jens Peter Møller 19  Ugift Søn Garversvend Svaneke
Sinius Karl Møller 18  Ugift do [Søn] do [Garversvend] Do [Svaneke]
August Emil Møller 16  Ugift do [Søn] Garverlærling Do [Svaneke]
Peter Kristian Møller 14  Ugift do [Søn] - Do [Svaneke]
Madsine Nikoline Møller 12  Ugift Barn - Do [Svaneke]
Karoline Augusta Møller 10  Ugift do [Barn] - Do [Svaneke]
Hans Kristian Møller 8  Ugift do [Barn] - Do [Svaneke]
Johan Petermøller 5  Ugift do [Barn] - Do [Svaneke]
Margrethe Markman 31  Ugift Husholderske - Østermarie Bornholm


is tanner in the 1890-census.

He would be 24 in 1894, not 14.


Kind regards,

Jesper Skov

[Jesper Skov]

In the 1880-census you find

bornholm, Øster, Svaneke Købstad, Svaneke Købstad, Forhus, Matr. No.203, FT-1880, C3967
Navn: Alder: Civilstand: Stilling i husstanden: Erhverv: Fødested:
Jens Signius Møller 41  Gift Garver, Husfader  ??termarie Sogn
Marg. Fredr. Møller F. Mossin 38  Gift Hans Hustru, Husmoder  Svaneke
Mathias Richard Møller 16  Ugift Deres Søn, Medhjælper i Faderens Forretning  Svaneke
Frederikke Margr. Møller 13  Ugift Deres Datter  Svaneke
Margrethe Marie Møller 11  Ugift Deres Datter  Svaneke
Jens Peter Møller 9  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
Signius Carl Møller 8  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
August Emil Møller 6  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
Peter Christian Møller 4  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
Madsine Nikoline Møller 2  Ugift Deres Datter  Svaneke
Karoline Augusta Møller under et aar  Ugift Deres Datter  Svaneke
Julius Andersen 28  Ugift Garversvend  ??termarie Sogn

who emigrates to Michigan

Navn:  Møller, Mathias Stilling:  Garver
Alder:  21 Bestemmelsessted:  Lundington, Mich.
Kontrakt nr.:  91000 Forevisningsdato:  9/14/1884
Sidste oph.sogn:  Svaneke Sidste oph. amt:  Bornholm
Sidste oph.sted:  Svaneke Bestemmelses land:  USA
Bestemmelses by:  Ludington Bestemmelses stat:  Michigan
Skibsnavn:  Geiser
Bemærkninger:  ANM: Geiser. IDkode:  D8385M0815


if you could find a connection?


Kind regards,

Jesper Skov

[Lissa Pedersen]

Hi Wayne,

According to www.bslf.dk - downloads - Jens Peter went to the US in 1916:

Møller   Jens Peter      09.02.1870   Svaneke   26.04.1916   New York   Oscar II   Kok (cook)
                     
(parents) Jens Sineus Møller og Frederikke Margrethe Mossin   

Lissa            

[Lissa Pedersen]

More Møller children:

Møller   Johan Frederik      19.03.1884   Svaneke   26.07.1905   Hagerstown   United States   Snedker   (joiner)                  
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin               

Møller   Johan Frederik      19.03.1884   Svaneke   02.03.1912 *   New York   Indirekte    Snedker   (joiner)                  
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin   
Kaldte sig: John Müller i Amerika   (called himself John Müller in the US)

Møller   Margrethe Marie      01.06.1868   Svaneke   25.05.1897   Chicago   Norge   Ekspeditrice                     
Jens Sineus Møller og Frederikke Margrethe Mossin               

Møller   August Emil      22.08.1873   Svaneke   16.12.1898   Chicago   Indirekte    Sømand   
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin               

Møller   August Emil      22.08.1873   Svaneke   07.03.1900 *   New York   Hekla   Landarbejder                  
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin               

Møller   Mathias Richard      11.02.1863   Svaneke   14.04.1884   Lundington, Michigan   Geiser   Garver                     
Jens Sineus Møller og Frederikke Margrethe Mossin               

Møller   Hans Christian      25.05.1881   Svaneke   19.09.1907   Modesto   United States   Kok                  
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin   
            
Møller   Hans Christian      25.05.1881   Svaneke   04.05.1911 *   New York   United States   Kok                     
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin               

Møller   Peter Christian      16.09.1875   Svaneke   07.09.1898   Chicago   Island   Blikkenslager                     
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin

Møller   Signeus Carl      18.10.1871   Svaneke   31.03.1891   Chicago   Island   Arbejder
Jens Signeus Møller og Frederikke Margrete Mossin               
               
Lissa         

[Lissa Pedersen]

Jens Senius Møller is here:

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, Bødilshavn, , et Huus, 149, FT-1840
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Johan Hartvig 79  Gift  Huusmand, Træskomager  
Bodil Kirstine Sørensen 77  Gift  hans Kone  
Anders Peter Hansen 43  Gift  deres Svigersøn, Skræder  
Benditte Johansen 46  Gift  hans Kone  
Johan Andersen 16  Ugift  disses Søn  
Bodil Kirstine Jensen 10  Ugift  til Opdragelse for Betaling  
Jens Sirius Møller 2  Ugift  til Opdragelse for Betaling (brought up against payment)

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, , , et Hus, 157, FT-1845
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Anders Peter Hansen 48  gift  Husejer, Skrædder Østermarie Sogn - Bornholms Amt
Benditte Johansen 57  gift  hans kone [Anders Peter Hansen] Østermarie Sogn - Bornholms Amt
Johan Andersen 21  ugift  hans søn [Anders Peter Hansen] Østermarie Sogn - Bornholms Amt
Bodel Kirstine Jensen 15  -  Plejebarn Rønne Købstad - Bornholms Amt
Bodel Kirstine Sørensen 83  enke  hans svigermoder [Anders Peter Hansen] Østermarie Sogn - Bornholms Amt
Jens Senius Møller 7  -  forsørges på fattigregning Østermarie Sogn - Bornholms Amt
(is being cared for on behalf of the authorities)

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, Bølshavn, , et Huus, 156, FT-1850
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Johan Andersen 26  Gift  Huusejer, Lever af Avling Østermarie
Johanne Oline Lov 24  Gift  Hans kone Aaker
Hans Michael Johansen 2  Ugift  Deres søn Østermarie
Anders P. Hansen 53  Gift  Mandens fader, der af ham forsørges Østermarie
Benditte Johansen 55  Gift  Hans kone Østermarie
Jens Senius Møller 12  Ugift  Forsørges af fattighuset Østermarie (being cared for on behalf of the poorhouse)
Lars Peter Pedersen 3  Ugift  Forsørges for sognets regning Østermarie

bornholm, Øster, Svaneke Købstad, Svaneke Købstad, , et Hus, 194, FT-1855
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Peter Pedersen 40  Gift Skomager, Husfader  Svaneke
Malene Kure 34  Gift Hans Kone  Østermarie sogn
Peter Andreas Pedersen 11  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
Mattias Georg Pedersen 8  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
Carl August Pedersen 5  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
Edvard N. Pedersen 1  Ugift Deres Søn  Svaneke
Jørgen Peter Hansen 22  Ugift Skomagersvend  Ibsker sogn
Jens Signius Møller 17  Ugift Skomagerlærling  (shoemaker apprentice) Østermarie sogn
Ane Margrethe Kok 30  Ugift Tjenestepige  Ibsker sogn

bornholm, Øster, Svaneke Købstad, Svaneke Købstad, , et Hus, No.226, FT-1860
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Thomas Larsen 53  Gift Skomager, Husfader  Svaneke
Karen Kirstine Andersen 53  Gift Hans Kone  Østermarie sogn
Jens Signus Møller 22  Ugift Skomager  (shoemaker) Østermarie sogn
Caroline Petersen 41  Ugift Ernære sig af Syning  Christiansø

bornholm, Øster, Svaneke Købstad, Svaneke Købstad, , Forhus, Matr. No. 231b, FT-1870
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Jens Signius Møller 31  Gift Husfader Garver og Skomager (tanner and shoemaker) Østermarie Sogn
Margrethe Frederikke Mossin 28  Gift Husmoder  Svaneke
Mathias Ricard Møller 6  Ugift Søn  Svaneke
Frederikke Margrethe Møller 3  Ugift Datter  Svaneke
Margrethe Marie Møller 1  Ugift Datter  Svaneke
Peter Edvard Mossin 11  Ugift Plejesøn  Svaneke
Margrethe Mossin F. Jensen 68  Enke Husmoderens Moder  Østermarie Sogn
Karen Marie Mossin 38  Enke Husmoderens Søster  Svaneke
Hans Johansen 21  Enke  Skomagersvend Østermarie Sogn
Hans Peter Mossin 31  Enke Husmoderens Broder Sømand Svaneke

bornholm, Øster, Svaneke Købstad, , , Matr. No 203 Forhus, 220, FT-1890
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Jens Sinius Møller 52  Enkemand (widower) Husfader Garvermester (tanner) Østermarie Bornholm
Jens Peter Møller 19  Ugift Søn Garversvend Svaneke
Sinius Karl Møller 18  Ugift do [Søn] do [Garversvend] Do [Svaneke]
August Emil Møller 16  Ugift do [Søn] Garverlærling Do [Svaneke]
Peter Kristian Møller 14  Ugift do [Søn] - Do [Svaneke]
Madsine Nikoline Møller 12  Ugift Barn - Do [Svaneke]
Karoline Augusta Møller 10  Ugift do [Barn] - Do [Svaneke]
Hans Kristian Møller 8  Ugift do [Barn] - Do [Svaneke]
Johan Petermøller 5  Ugift do [Barn] - Do [Svaneke]
Margrethe Markman 31  Ugift Husholderske - Østermarie Bornholm

Lissa

[Homer Ficken]

My name is Wayne Johnson; I am the grandson of a Peter Miller who reportedly immigrated to America from Denmark in 1894, at the age of 14.  (Peter Miller declared during a 1900 US Census interview that he was born in Denmark in "February 1870," and arrived in the US "in 1894.")  

Wayne, if he was born 1870 and immigrated 1894 he would have been 24 not 14.

I assume he was the one listed in 1900 Stearns County Minnesota census? Unfortunately, he failed to list immigration year in the 1910 Stevens County Minnesota census, and where was he 1920?  Anna and children were then in Fargo, North Dakota without him, but Anna is listed as married and not a widow.

Where is he buried?  Does he have a grave marker with birth date?

[Lissa Pedersen]

Jens Peter Møller was born 9 Feb 1870 to Jens Sineus Møller and Frederikke Margrethe Mossin (Svaneke parish 1844-1875) - image 51 - www.arkivalieronline.dk.

Lissa

[Lissa Pedersen]

Hi,

Found a Jensenius Møller born 16 March 1838 in Øster Marie parish - born to unmarried Jensine Mortensdatter - alleged father Jens Møller - image 35 (1831-1849). I cannot read it all, very bad writing!

Jensine could be here as a servant:

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, , , 29 Selvejergaard, 127, FT-1834
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Peder Larsen 40  Gift  Herredslieutenant, Gaardmand  
Kirstine Margrethe Hop 41  Gift  hans Kone  
Christine Margrethe Pedersdatter 14  Ugift  deres Børn  
Petrea Kirstine Pedersdatter 11  Ugift  deres Børn  
Mads Ipsen Pedersen 9  Ugift  deres Børn  
Lars Ipsen Pedersen 5  Ugift  deres Børn  
Kirstine Ellebye 71  Enke  Mandens Moder, Aftægtsfolk  
Hans Larsen 52  Ugift  hendes Søn, Aftægtsfolk  
Henrich Brugmann 20  Ugift  Tjenestefolk  
Jensine Mortensdatter 23  Ugift  Tjenestefolk

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, Bødilshavn (B'lshavn), , 27 Slgd., 125, FT-1840
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Jens Hansen Schøtt 34  Gift  Gaardmand  
Margrethe Hansen 30  Gift  Hans kone  
Hans Morten Jensen 8  Ugift  deres Børn  
Margrethe Kirstine Jensen 4  Ugift  deres Børn  
Peter Nielsen 23  Ugift  Tjenestefolk  
Jensine Mortensen 27  Ugift  Tjenestefolk  
Hans Veidemann 30  Ugift  Mandens Broder, Søfarende

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, Bølshavn, , et Huus, 126, FT-1850
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Hans Peter Nielsen 24  Gift  Huusejer, Sømand Østermarie
Jensine Mortensen 39  Gift  Hans kone Østermarie
Hansmine Jørgine Due 9  Ugift  Deres datter Østermarie
Karen Marie Hansen 3  Ugift  Deres datter Østermarie

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, Østre Skoledistrikt, , et Huus, 29, FT-1855
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Hans Peter Nielsen 28  Gift Fisker, Huusfader  Østermarie sogn
Jensine Mortensen 40  Gift Hans Kone  Østermarie sogn
Hansine Jørgine Due 13  Ugift Deres Datter  Østermarie sogn
Caroline Maria Hansen 8  Ugift Deres Datter  Østermarie sogn

Lissa

[Homer Ficken]

Jens Peter Møller was born 9 Feb 1870 to Jens Sineus Møller and Frederikke Margrethe Mossin (Svaneke parish 1844-1875) - image 51 - www.arkivalieronline.dk.

Lissa

Lissa, if he was the Jens Peter Møller who emigrated 1916 he can not be the one that Wayne seeks, who was in U.S. censuses by 1900.

The above Jens Peter Møller arrived New York on the Oscar II 12 May 1916.  He stated he had not been in USA before and listed nearest relative as his wife Jenny Cathinka Møller of Allinge [Bornholm].  Destination was a friend in Mineola New York.

[Lissa Pedersen]

Hi Homer,

I'm a bit confused about these Møller people ....

Lissa

[Lissa Pedersen]

The allged father, Jens Møller, could be here in 1840 (at the birth of Jensenius Møller he was at the mill - the Kure mill):

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, Bødilshavn, , et Huus, 141, FT-1840
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Karen Kirstine Jensen 73  Enke  Huus- og Mølle Eier  
Jens Møller 29  Gift  hendes Søn, som forestaar Møllen  
Margrethe Nielsen 21  Gift  hans Kone  
Benditte Cathrine Møller 1  Ugift  disses Barn  
Peder Pedersen 9  Ugift  Til opdragelse for betaling  
Peder Jensen Møller 31  Ugift  den gamle Kones Søn, Skomager

A lin to the mill: http://www.kuremoellen.dk/ and http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13571955

And here in 1834 with his parents at the mill:

bornholm, Øster, Østermarie, , , et Huus, 31 Selvejergaards Grund, 135, FT-1834
Name: Age: Marital status: Occupation in household: Occupation: Birth place:
Jens Bjørnsen 67  Gift  Huusmand og Møller (miller)  
Karen Kirstine Jensdatter 67  Gift  hans Kone  
Peder Jensen Møller 25  Ugift  deres Sønner  
Jens Møller 23  Ugift  deres Sønner   Cathrine Kirstine Jensdatter 15  Ugift  Tjenestepige

Lissa

[Jane C]

I am the grandson of a Peter Miller who reportedly immigrated to America from Denmark in 1894....I suspect he may have been born Jens Peter Moller on 09 February 1870 in Svaneke, Bornholm to Jens Sineus Moller and Frederikke Margrete Mossin

Thanks to the research of you all, and especially Lissa's thorough documentation of the above family, we can now see that Wayne's grandfather is NOT Jens Peter Moller of Svaneke, Bornholm. It was important to rule out this man.

So where was Wayne's grandfather Peter Miller born in Denmark? Wayne, you don't share many details about "your" Peter Miller.

Since he is in Webster, Iowa, when he first arrives, maybe there is a relative there who can help us tie him back to Denmark.

His death record and marriage record also might contain his birth place and the names of his parents.

The census records below seem to refer to "your" Peter, as Homer found. Note that the 1900 math is wrong for Anna, and in 1910 Peter's birth year is given as 1872.


DECLARATION of Intent to become a citizen
Filed naturalization papers in Webster City, Iowa (per Wayne)
Was that in Hamilton County? What date?

1898 MARRIAGE (Is the marriage record your grandfather, Wayne?)
22 NOVEMBER 1898 in Meeker County, Minnesota
Peter Joseph Miller marries
Anna Catherine Pennertz
Marriage record available to order online at this link:
http://www.mncounty.com/Modules/Certificates/Marriage/MarriageSearch.aspx?county=&by=&lastname=Miller&firstname=Peter&from=&to=

1900 CENSUS
20 JUNE 1900 Crow River, Stearns, Minnesota
Peter Miller 30 born FEB 1870 in Denmark to USA 1894 married 3 years (married 1897) butter maker
Anna Miller 26 b FEB 1876 2 children 2 living
Emma 1 year b JUN 1898 in Minnesota
Cora 1 month b APR 1900

1900 CITIZENSHIP
Minnesota District Judge granted him US citizenship 03 July 1900

1910 CENSUS
APRIL 1910 Morris, Stevens, Minnesota
Peter Miller 38 b about 1872 in Denmark married 12 years butter maker in a creamery
Anna Miller 34 b about 1876 in Minnesota her parents born in Norway 6 children 6 living
Emma F Miller 11
Cora E Miller 10
Alma P Miller 7
May A Miller 5
Jennie E 3
Edith P 6 months

WIFE and CHILDREN
1920 CENSUS
Fargo Ward 4, Cass, North Dakota
Peter Miller - name Peter is crossed out and name Annie placed on this line
Annie Miller 44, head of the house, married b Minnesota, parents b Minnesota [sic] no profession
Emma Miller 28 stenographer, real estate
Cora Miller 19
Elma Miller 17
May Miler 15
Jennie Miller 12
Edith Miller 10
Kent Morgan 33 lodger
Kent Prodybuska 42 lodger


1927 DEATH? per Wayne
Peter dies in an automobile accident - Specific date? Where?

1928 DEATH
02 MAY 1928 Stearns County
A man named Peter Miller dies in Stearns County, Minnesota
Minnesota Death Certificate# 1928-MN-014690
Can be ordered online at this link:
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Results.cfm?CFID=13891222&CFTOKEN=14415222

[Jane C]

There is another, different Peter Miller b 1870 with wife Annie in Meeker County, Minnesota - so probably the marriage record above is for that couple.

[Jane C]

Wayne, would you comment on this post, below? Is the information about being born in Copenhagen NOT correct?

Found online:
"I would appreciate any help finding Peder Møller (aka Peter Miller), reportedly born Copenhagen 24 February 1872. A "butter-maker" apprentice, he reportedly left Denmark for America in 1888, at age 16. Oral records have him entering University of Minnesota Agriculure ("Dairy") School and graduating from there in 1895 -- attempts to obtain records from there have met with blank stares and stone walls ("..have no people to look in stacks, and won't let non-employees go there..").

After graduating, Peter arrived Georgeville, Minnesota prior to 1897, where he opened a creamery (married there in 1897). He was successful businessman based on his abilities, opening and running creameries, in addtion to the first one in Morris, Minnesota; Ellendale, North Dakota (and ultimately becoming the first North Dakota State Dairy Commissioner in mid-1910s); and other locations, ending up as owner-operator of large creamery in Cannon Falls, Minnesota (1925 - 1927 when he was killed in automobile accident).

Using every possible Nordic/Germanic spelling variation of the name, I have spent tens of hours going over Danish records that are available on the Internet, including census data and immigration records, in addition to posting to the respective MN andf ND boards, to no avail. I have hit the perverbial "Stonewall." I must be missing something so simple, as I have my facts correct, or at least that's what I'm told by relatives."

Mvh

[Homer Ficken]

Hello all, Wayne is having computer or server problems and asked me to post this for him:

"Here is Wayne Johnson finally I hope; I'm so sorry that I have not been able to contact the forum, as after a few minutes of connection, I am disconnected, and have to start all over again.  It has something to do with my computer.

I wish to thank you for all the help; Lissa is right, as relayed to me by Homer, that Jens Peter Møller is not my Peter Miller.  There have been serious conflicts in data over the year of birth, along with other items.  The "First Naturalization Papers," had they been available from Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, would have cleared it all up.  I took the 1870 Birth Date off the 1900 Census because it was just after the Naturalization approval, Granted Citizenship, as was the 1894 arrival date.  There had been confusion about his Birth Date (1872 vs 1870) and about year of arrival (1888 vs 1894); therefore, the confusion by me.

Again: I am very sorry to have bothered you, and thank you, thank you for all your many efforts to help me.  I am at a complete loss where to go next, as I had already gone though all the Møller families in Copenhagen, parish by parish, a few years ago.  I have covered all the US Census documents for Minnesota and North Dakota.  Your help was much appreciated.  Sincerely, Wayne Johnson"

[Jane C]

His death record and marriage record also might contain his birth place and the names of his parents.

1928 DEATH
02 MAY 1928 Stearns County
A man named Peter Miller dies in Stearns County, Minnesota
Minnesota Death Certificate# 1928-MN-014690
Can be ordered online at this link:
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Results.cfm?CFID=13891222&CFTOKEN=14415222

Hi Wayne,

Thank you for writing on Wayne's behalf, Homer! :  D Don't you just hate those computer issues? At the end of the day, though, our computers are worth the aggravation.

So you agree with Homer and me in concluding that Jens Peter Moller in Bornholm is not our man.

I think the next step is to order two records.

1: a copy of the marriage record. You seem to know just where and when Peter was married, yes?

2: a copy of his death record. Is the record I posted the right one?

About his naturalization papers: I don't think a declaration of intent to become a citizen would be located in a city archives. Thoughts, anyone? I would think the place to find them would be a county or state archives. I just read the National Archives description of where these records are located - and it can vary - and what I read did not specify a location for Hamilton County, Iowa. That said, I'm not sure those papers are going to tell very much anyway.

It sounds as if you have his citizenship document?