married Margaret Calderwood; she
apparently died before the 1841 Scottish census.
children christened at Lanark, Lanarkshire:
1(i). David Dale Shirley born
27 Jun 1815, chr 2 July 1815 at
Lanark; living Bristol, Ottawa Canada in 1851 census; died Dec
2 1853; buried in burial plot with sister Isabella Shirley; member
of the Free Church of Scotland
married Agnes___________ born Scotland abt 1826.
1(ii). Margaret Shirley chr
10 May 1818 at Lanark; b. 09 May 1813, d. 25 Sep 1891 m. James
Campbell
1(iii). Robert Shirley chr 26
Nov 1820 at Lanark (likley died in infancy)
1(iv). Robert
Shirley chr 17 July 1825 at Lanark
b. July 10, 1824 Lanarkshire, Scotland, died March 5, 1896 Allerton,
Wayne County Iowa, USA. Wife: Betheiah
1(v). Isabella Shirley born about 1812; died May 3,
1852; buried in the same plot as brother David Dale Shirley
Robert Shirley