In Unfinished Tales, what it says is that Oropher lived with Celeborn and Galadriel for a while in Lothlorien. After a while, he grew tired of being ruled by them, and probably wanted to strike out on his own, so he packed up and moved north with his following, and founded Mirkwood.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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