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Subject: P.S. Origin of Upshur
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: December 31, 2007 at 1:05:54 PM
Reply to: Re: Given Name "Upshear, Upsher, Upsherd" by Cleveland Kent Evans
According to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, Upshur indicates that one's ancestor came from a place called Upshire in Essex. Unfortunately this place is not listed in my English place name dictionary.

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