The uhr Surname
uhr Name Meaning and History
- 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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| Uhr Family Line Looking still | Jennifer Torre | 1 |
| Uhr research |
 JerryMyers57
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| Clara Uhr m. Michael Liebel Sr. 1865 |
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| Uhr - change of email address |
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| Uhr from Norway |
JerryMyers500
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| Uhr Family ? |
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| UHR et seq of Sydney, NSW, AUS |
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| Grandfather named Joseph Uhr from Chicago |
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| Anna Marie Uhr |
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| Uhr Message Board; ancestral search | Janet Williams | 3 |
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