Andrew Shirley was born in Norway.

The evidence

• “Andrew Shirley, who is the fifth child of a family of nine children, is a native of Norway, where he was born on January 10, 1849. His parents were Henry and Isabelle (Johnson) Shirley, who emigrated with their family to the United States in 1853.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 462 / book p. 950

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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