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"Ole Gulack Gravdale"

OLE GULACK GRAVDALE, farmer; P.O. Beloit; born in Norway in 1830, his parents moved
to Newark in 1839; he is also the son of Gulack Olson GRAVDALE, the first settler; he lived on the farm with his parents, and married in 1855, in Janesville, Jure GUNALE, daughter of the Widow GUNALE; they had five children; all are living at home with their parents except one daughter, who is married and reside in Iowa. He lived in the town of Beloit after he was married for thirteen years; then bought eighty acres in Newark in 1868 and moved there; had a residence partly built, which he completed and now occupies; he owns 210 acres, part in Plymouth and the balance in Newark.
 
Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis." (c)1879, p. 771.
 
Courtesy of Carol

This page last updated June 2, 2002
 
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