Kroshus Family Members qualify for Minnesota Century Certificates

During the Minnesota Sesquicentennial in 2008, the Norwegian Statehood Pioneer Project offers a Century Certificate for direct descendants of Norwegians who settled in Minnesota before January 1, 1908. The cost is $10. 

NSPP Website

Multiple generations of the Kroshus family qualify for a certificate. Documentation is required to prove residence and line of descent. 

Proof of residence:  John Anderson Kroshus

Proof of descent:

   1860 Census (Oline, Halvor, Mary, Anne)

   1870 Census (Halvor, Mary, Anne, Pauline, Albert)

 

Proof of residence for Kroshus siblings:

Census records found in each sibling's section: Olina     Halvor   Anna   Pauline   Albert

Biographies, land patents, and other documents can also be used to establish earliest residence. Check each sibling's section for census records and other documents that can be used to verify residence prior to 1908 and/or descent for many Kroshus descendants. Clicking on headstone thumbnails in Bethania Cemetery. will always bring up a full-sized photo of the headstone, often the individual's obituary is also available and can be used to document descendants.

 

NSPP also offers a plaque for those whose ancestors were in Minnesota when it became a state in 1858. John and his family moved to Iowa before Minnesota achieved statehood.