A future Beloit resident, son of Gulack Olson Gravdale, "the first settler," was born in Norway.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Beloit; born in Norway in 1830; his parents movedto 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 Jancsville, 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 resides in Iowa. He lived in the town of Beloit after he was married for thirteen years ; then”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/19-bios-newark.md, PDF p. 767 / book p. 771

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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