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*[[Ollivander (382 B.C. era)|Ollivander]] {{Fl|[[B.C. era|382 B.C.]]}} — A Roman wizard, who established [[Ollivanders Wand Shop|the family business]].
 
*[[Ollivander (382 B.C. era)|Ollivander]] {{Fl|[[B.C. era|382 B.C.]]}} — A Roman wizard, who established [[Ollivanders Wand Shop|the family business]].
 
*[[Geraint Ollivander]] {{Fl|Middle Ages}} — A great medieval wandmaker.
 
*[[Geraint Ollivander]] {{Fl|Middle Ages}} — A great medieval wandmaker.
*[[Gerbold Ollivander|Gerbold Octavius Ollivander]] {{Fl|[[19th century]]}} — Father of Gervaise. A rival to [[Arturo Cephalopos]], who predictibly went out of business.
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*[[Gerbold Ollivander|Gerbold Octavius Ollivander]] {{Fl|[[19th century]]}} — Father of Gervaise. A rival to [[Arturo Cephalopos]], who predictably went out of business.
 
*[[Gervaise Ollivander]] {{Fl|late [[19th century]]/early [[20th century]]}} — Father of Garrick. According to his son, "wrestled" with substandard wand cores his costumers brought to him as it was practice at the time.
 
*[[Gervaise Ollivander]] {{Fl|late [[19th century]]/early [[20th century]]}} — Father of Garrick. According to his son, "wrestled" with substandard wand cores his costumers brought to him as it was practice at the time.
 
*[[Garrick Ollivander's mother|Mrs. Ollivander]] — A [[Muggle-born]] witch; wife of Gervaise and mother of Garrick.
 
*[[Garrick Ollivander's mother|Mrs. Ollivander]] — A [[Muggle-born]] witch; wife of Gervaise and mother of Garrick.

Revision as of 20:50, 18 April 2013

Ollivander is the surname of an old wizarding family. The family is known to have been in the wand-making business since 382 B.C.. It is said that the name means ‘he who owns the olive wand’, which suggests that the original Ollivander arrived in Britain from a Mediterranean country (olive trees not being native to the UK).[2]

Garrick Ollivander believes that his earliest ancestors in England arrived with the Romans, and set up stall (subsequently shop) to sell to ancient British wizards whose wands were crude of construction and unreliable in performance.

The earliest known member of the family is Geraint Ollivander. The current owner of the famous wand shop is Garrick Ollivander. He is an established wandmaker in the British wizarding community and many wizarding families preferred buying Ollivander's wands over other makers, often remarking that his were the best. Harry Potter also bought his first wand from him in 1991. He is also responsible for making the "brother wand" of Harry's, purchased by Tom Riddle (later known as Lord Voldemort).

In 1996, Ollivander was captured and tortured by Lord Voldemort at Malfoy Manor. Later in 1998, he was rescued by Harry Potter and his friends, along with others who had also been captured. He later took refuge at Ron Weasley's great-aunt Muriel's home.

Known members

Notes and references

  1. On Pottermore - "New from J.K. Rowling: Pure-Blood", the Ollivanders are mentioned to have been included in the Pure-Blood Directory published in Britain in the 1930s. As Gervaise Ollivander was already alive by 1930, this establishes that he must be a pure-blooded wizard and this, in turn, indicates that all of his ancestors must be Pure-blood as well; his son was not a Pure-blood, however. This was due to Gervaise marrying a Muggle-born.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pottermore Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "pottermore" defined multiple times with different content