Endre (Sveinson) Grov (1702 - abt. 1749)

Born 1702 in Grov, Sand, Rogaland, Norway

Ancestors

Husband of Barbro (Olsdotter) Flotnes — married 1725 in Rogaland, Norway

Descendants

Died about 1749 at about age 47 in Grov, Sand, Rogaland, Norway

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Biography

Endre was born in 1702 at Grov in Sand, and was the son of Svein Ingemundsen Grov and Marta Endresdotter Hiim.^[1]

He married Barbro Olsdotter Flåtnes from Suldal in 1725.^[1] They lived at Fattnes in Sand for a couple years, then moved to Grov in 1728. They got the lease for half of Grov in 1730, and for the other half in 1732; over the next few years, they acquired ownership deeds for all of Grov except for the parts owned by the children of Gjert Holch.^[1]

The children of Endre and Barbro were:

• Svein, born 1726, lived at Grov^[1]
• Ingemund, born 1726, lived at Sandslandet and Tjelmane^[1]
• Ola, born 1730, lived at Grov^[1]
• Marta, born 1733, lived at Brommeland^[1]
• child known only as "youngest child of Endre Grov", born 1736, died 1737^[1]
• Brita (Berta), born about 1740, lived at Rørvikjå^[1]
• Barbro, born about 1745, served at her brother Ola in 1758, was unmarried in 1784 and is later unknown^[1]
• Torborg, born about 1747, died 1792, was a servant girl, had a daughter named Torborg in 1777^[1]

Endre died about 1749.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Sand: Gardar og folk. 2, pp. 353-354.

• Ernst Berge Drange, Sand: Gardar og folk. 2: Eide, Sandsbygdå og fjordgardane (gardsnummer 24-33 og 36-40). Suldal kommune, 1998. Available to Norwegian IPs at Nasjonalbiblioteket