Uhr Family History
Uhr Name Meaning
German: from a short form of the personal name Uhrich, a
variant of Ulrich.German: from Middle High German
ur ‘aurochs’, hence a nickname for someone thought to
resemble a bison.Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic
occupational name for a watch- or clock maker, from German Uhr
‘watch’, ‘clock’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Uhr
Name Distribution of Uhr Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Uhr census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Uhr surname lived over the years.
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Uhr Family Origin
Uhr Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Uhr Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Uhr census records
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Military Service by Uhr
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