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Upshur Name Meaning
Most probably an altered spelling of English Upshire, a
habitational name from Upshire in Essex, named with Old English
upp ‘up’ + scir ‘district’. Alternatively, it may be
a variant of Upshaw.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Upshur Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Upshur families
 36 - 70  13 - 35 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Upshur families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Upshur census records
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Upshur Family Origin
Upshur Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Upshur
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Upshur Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Upshur census records
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Upshur Civil War Service Records
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