My mom's grandfather came to the US from denmark with the Mormons. They ended up staying in Iowa just across the Mississippi river in Clinton.
He is a petersen.
Pete my mom's dad was born around the turn of the century 1900s. Not sure if he was born in the US off hand.
They, mom's grandfather came through Ellis island and traveled with the Mormons before breaking off in iowa.
Pete was a Ditch digger for the phone company.