Son of Jorgen Simon Rasmusen Homborstad and Ales Eriksdatter Berstad; his birth record can be found in the parish records of Davik in Davik, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway, Book 1, page 8 (available online at the Norwegian Digital Archives). This record indicates, as does that of his brother Olai Elias Jorgenson, that Ales and Jorgen were not married. According to Bagley Cemetery records Peder is buried next to Christ Helseth, Jacob Helseth, Elina Helseth, and Jens Helseth in lot 10, row 9, block A. (Christ's is grave 1, Elina's is grave 3, Jacob's is grave 4, Peder's is grave 5, and Jens's is grave 7.) Peder's mother was Elina Helseth's sister, and he emigrated from Davik Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, on the same boat with one of their nieces, his cousin Elisa Mark. The MN Death Certificates Index gives his mother's maiden name as "Benstad," probably a mistranscription of "Berstad."

1883 Sep 29 1883 Baptism in Davik in Davik, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway

1891 Jan 1 Census of Davik District, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Peder Jorgensen Humberstad, living in Davik with mother, Ales Eriksdtr Berstad. His birthyear is given as 1883, Ales's as 1851.

1903 Oct Emigrated from Davik in Davik, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway
Recorded in parish records, page 205, entry 31 in the Norwegian Digital Archives

1910 Census of Shevlin, Clearwater Co., MN
Peder Jorgenson, aged 26, single; he and parents born in Norway; immigrated in 1903, has filed papers for citizenship; owns a mortgaged farm and does general farming.

1912 Resided in Shevlin, Clearwater Co., MN. (From land ownership map of Shevlin.)

1918 Sep 12 WWI Draft Registration
Peder Jorgenson, aged 34, born 11 Sep 1884 [sic]; naturalized citizen; contact Ales Yaaberg of Modeon, Bergen, Norway; medium height and build, blue eyes, black hair. [Presumably, Ales Yaaberg was his mother, Ales Eriksdatter.]

1920 Censis of Shevlin, Clearwater Co., MN
Peder Jorgensin [sic], aged 35, born in Norway, parents born in Norway; immigrated in 1903, naturalized in 1915; single, general farmer

1930 Census of Shevlin, Clearwater Co., MN
Peder Jorgenson, aged 45, born in Sweden [sic], parents born in Sweden [sic]; immigrated in 1898 [sic] naturalized; general farmer, single, not a veteran

1935 Resided in rural Shevlin, as derived from the 1940 Census

1940 Census of Shevlin, Clearwater Co., MN
Peder Jorgenson, aged 57, born in Norway, naturalized, single, farm laborer

1962 Aug 9 Death in Clearwater County, MN
MN Death Index 1908-2002 gives mother's maiden surname as "Benstad," probably a mistranscription of "Berstad."

Peder had several half-siblings and one known full sibling, a brother named Olai Elias Karl Jorgensen, born 27 Jan 1882 in Davik, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway.