Person:Olav Grå (1)

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Olav Grå
b.Abt 1610
 
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  • H.  Olav GråAbt 1610 -
  1. Jan OlavssonEst 1640 -
  2. Andres OlavssonAbt 1646 -
  3. Vern OlavssonAbt 1650 - Abt 1732
  4. Arnt OlavssonEst 1655 -
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Name Olav Grå
Alt Name[1] Olav Tveit
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1610
Marriage to Unknown
Residence[1] 1645 Bø, Telemark, Norway
Residence[1] 1661 Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway
Residence[1] 1664 Tveit, Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway

According to legend, he was a silversmith who came from Kongsberg (Buskerud) to Bø and then later to Kviteseid[1].

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Loupedalen, Torjus; Aanund Olsnes; and Olav T Bakken. Kviteseid bygdesoge. (Kviteseid: Eigi forlag, 1956-1962 ; c1987-)
    1:168.

    'I gamle dagar gjekk det mange slag ord om Olav Grå og sønine hans på Tveit i Tveitgrenni. Me finn karane jamleg i tingbøkane. Segni er at Olav var sylvsmed og kom frå Kongsberg til Bø (Gråsvoll og kanskje Groa skal vera minne om han). Seinst kom han til Tveit. Han er nemnd i lensrekneskapane i Bø 1645, han betaler koppskatt. 1661 er han komen til Kviteseid, 1664 er han "oppsidder" på Tveit, 54 år, sønine Ahnders og Verner er 18 og 14 år.'

    translation (with help from Google translate): In the old days were many kinds of words about Olav Grå and his sons at Tveit in the Tveit area. We find the men regularly in the assembly books. Legend says that Olav was a silversmith and came from Kongsberg to Bø (Gråsvoll [Grosvoll] and perhaps Groa may be named in memory of him). Later he came to Tveit. He is mentioned in Bø accounts in 1645; he paid the poll tax. By 1661 he had come to Kviteseid. In 1664, he was a leaseholder in Tveit, aged 54 years old, with sons Ahnders (18) and Verner (14).

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