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Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos family papers, 1889-1984

Title
Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos family papers, 1889-1984
Identifier
NAHA 2022/038
Date
1889-1984
Description
Records of the Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos families. Sigrid Eline Harstad Kjos was born in Arendahl, Filmore County, Minnesota on November 29, 1869. She married Andreas (Andrew) J. Kjos on December 12, 1894. Andrew Kjos died on April 13, 1908. Together they had 8 children: Joseph Gerhard Kjos (April 29, 1896); Clarence Eugene Kjos (May 17, 1899-March 26, 1936); Ellen Beatrice Kjos (August 7 1901); Neil A. Kjos (Febuary 28, 1904); Ahlfeld Silian Kjos (May 2, 1907-January 27, 1907).

Documentation, photographs, and correspondence from Ellen’s Kjos-Harstad family from Freemont County, Minnesota. Includes records on:
  • Bjug Harstad (Ellen’s maternal great uncle). Founder, or co-founder of many early settler churches in MN, ND and Oregon and Pacific Lutheran University.
  • Kittel Harstad (Ellen’s grandfather), Very active in developing Lutheran church growth in S.E. Minnesota.
  • Harstad/ Kjos family groups and individual photos.
  • Carl Andreas Kjos (Ellen's father)
  • Sigrid Harstad Kjos (Ellen’s mother, Kittel and Eli Harstad’s daughter, and Bjug Harstad’s niece)
  • Neil Kjos Sr. (Ellen's brother). Music publishing - Chicago, IL.
  • Joe Kjos (Ellen's brother). Prominent  Mayville, ND banker and owner of several farms.
  • Clarence Kjos (Ellen's brother). Unmarried/no children, prominent Portland, OR doctor who died very suddenly at 39.  His mother, Sigrid, was living with him at the time.
  • Early church materials from Minnesota and Mayville, ND: Gran Lutheran Church, North Prairie Lutheran Congregation, Mayville Congregation, Greenfield Evangelical Lutheran Church.
  • Harstad family in Norway.
  • Photographs and records of the Fjelstad family.
Language
English
Norwegian

Collection

Archival Collection

Citation

“Harstad/Fjeldstad/Kjos family papers, 1889-1984,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12407.