Andrew Ursin was born June 17, 1861, Harstad commune, Troms fylke, Norway. He entered the US in Washington in 1900 and obtained his citizenship June 1, 1939 in Seldovia, Alaska. He married Dorothea ELLINGSEN May 20, 1892 in Norway. Children: Radar (11/27/1897), Harstad (8/5/1899), Axel (9/3/1900). He died on Aug. 15, 1950 in Seldovia and is buried in the Seldovia City Cemetery in Plot #60, next to his wife.