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Surnames: Shively, Wells, Harris
Classification: Query
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Shively, Wells, and Harris are also surnames Mom mentioned were related and if I could
figure out this other name, we might be related.
To all those including Nick searching for the Ulerich surname, I have been told used to be
the name for my family with an explanation I will gladly share, but not here, for fear it
might be wrong, I wouldn't want to set anyone on a wrong path I haven't been able
to verify at this point.
I heard the name had been changed including different variations of it about 1830's,
it might explain why I can find my GG-Grandfather married, but not where or when he was
born.
Does anyone know of a Thomas Chandler Ulerick or variation there of, born c. 1800 and I
can't find date of death but his wife was a widow in 1880 living with her father.
I think all of you are on to something here with this name, If one of us could just find a
connection, it would no longer be such a crazy game.
My G-Grandfather is George, his son, Daniel is my Grandfather. Even the spelling known to
me in the past has varied many times.
Mom did mention the possibility of Native American Heritage, but she said Cherokee and I
have found no connection. Long ago I did think I may have found another, but couldn't
prove the connection with the surnames I know.
I'm told besides this name being German in origin, it also has it English side, French
and Ireland too. All that fits with what I have been told about my nationalities of which
I was informed for years.
I have found connection to these Nations in other family of mine, but after so many years
of search, I am willing to give this a try.
Since I haven't been able to find a message board for Ulerich first said to be spelled
Ullerich, there has to be a reason why.
I read somewhere recently, the name had died out in one line, and I wrote to that person
suggesting it had just been a name change. The letter was returned and couldn't be
researched.
While in the past Mom told me of all the surnames in our lines, one she used to say was
what I thought was Aldridge, but she didn't spell the names. Knowing as others in the
past wrote names the way they sounded to them, I could well be doing the same.