Halvor L. Skavlem was born in the town of Newark, Rock County.

The evidence

• “Halvor L. Skavlem, historian and public-spirited citizen of Janesville, Wis., was born in the town of Newark, in Eock county, on October 3, 1846, son of Lars Halvorsen and Groe (Nilssen) Skavlem; the father was born in Norway in 1819, and emigrated to the United States in 1839 and died in Eock county, Wisconsin, September 2, 1879. The mother came here from Norway, her native country, in 1842, and the next year was married to Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 415 / book p. 906

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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