Tjøtta i Tjøtta minestrialbok 1862-1877, side 201: Enkemand Anders Johan Olsen Taavær 56 år sønn av Ole Benjaminsen Taavær ekteviet 10.oktober 1865 med pige Ane Christine Christensdatter af Næsne 55 år datter av Chr Pedersen af Næsne. Folketellingen 1865: Gårdbruker, Leilending og Fisker i Øverstua i Tåvær. De hadde da 4 kyr, 10 sauer, 1 svin og de dyrket bygg, havre og poteter. Undersøkt av Dag Marius Hestvik.

Anders Johan Olsen was a, fisherman and farmer. He was born on 17 Jun 1809 at Tåvær. He and Ane Bergetta Jensdatter were parents of one child at Tåvær. He later married Gurine Elisabeth Mathiasdatter on 10 Oct 1839 at Tjøtta, Nordland, Norway and they had eight children. He married Anna Kierstine Kristensdatter on 10 Oct 1865 at Tjøtta.

    Anders Johan Olsen of Tåvær took over the family farm from his father. The Anders Olsen Household in the 1865 Census - 4 cows, 10 sheep, 1 pig, 1,5 barrels of Rye, 2 barrels of mixed grain, and 6 barrels of potatoes. He died on 12 May 1868 at Tåvær at age 58 of Yellow Fever. His estate was probated on 28 Jul 1869 at Nordland, Norway. Written by Jim Willhite.