| ![Show Contents]() Ulf History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Ireland The Ulf family history stretches back to the clans of the Dalriadan kingdom on the sea-swept Hebrides islands and mountainous western coast of Scotland. The name Ulf is derived from the son of the blond one, or son of Alpin. Early Origins of the Ulf familyThe surname Ulf was first found in Argyllshire (Gaelic erra Ghaidheal), the region of western Scotland corresponding roughly with the ancient Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Argyll and Bute, where they were descended from King Kenneth MacAlpin who was murdered by the Picts near Dundee in the year 834. MacAlpin is generally considered to have been the first king to rule both Scots and Picts, and as such, was the first king of Scotland. Further to the south, the variant Alby hailed from Alby, a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk. "This place, which was anciently called Oslby, is intersected by the road from Aylsham to Cromer, and includes the hamlets of Alby Common and Alby Hill." 1 Early History of the Ulf familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ulf research. Another 193 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1395, 1405, 1531, 1557, 1658, 1692 and 1725 are included under the topic Early Ulf History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Ulf Spelling VariationsMedieval translation of Gaelic names could not be referred to as an accurate process. Spelling was not yet standardized, and names in documents from that era are riddled with spelling variations. Ulf has been written as MacAlpine, MacAlpin, MacAilpein (Gaelic) and others. Early Notables of the Ulf familyNotable amongst the Clan from early times was Sir John MacAlpin; John MacAlpine (Latin: Maccabeus) (died 1557), a Scottish Protestant theologian; and Joseph Capen (1658-1725), a Massachusetts clergyman who during...
Another 30 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Ulf Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Ulf family to Ireland
Some of the Ulf family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 31 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Ulf migration to the United States | + |
The descendants of the Dalriadan families who made the great crossing of the Atlantic still dot communities along the east coast of the United States and Canada. In the American War of Independence, many of the settlers traveled north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. Clan societies and highland games have allowed Canadian and American families of Scottish descent to recover much of their lost heritage. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Ulf or a variant listed above include:
Ulf Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Lars Anderson Ulf, who arrived in Delaware in 1641 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Ulf (post 1700) | + |
- Ulf Ludvig Sundqvist (1945-2023), Finnish politician who served as chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Ulf Lennart Nilsson (1948-2021), Swedish writer who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents
- Ulf Reinhold Dahlén (b. 1967), Swedish retired ice hockey player
- Ulf Hoelscher (b. 1942), German violinist, soloist with the Berliner Philharmoniker
- Ulf Gerhard Lundell (b. 1949), Swedish writer, poet, songwriter, composer, musician and artist
- Ulf Svante von Euler FRS (1905-1983), Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1970)
- Ulf Lohmann, German electronic music producer
- Ulf Kirsten (b. 1965), former German football striker
- Ulf Schirmer (b. 1959), German conductor
- Ulf Oscar Sand (b. 1938), Norwegian politician
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Ulf migration to the United States 
