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Origin of the Surname Gulick is from "Jülich (German pronunciation: [%CB%88jy%CB%90l%C9%AA%C3%A7]; in old spellings also known as Guelich or Gülich, Dutch: Gulik, French: Juliers) a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Jülich is first mentioned in Roman times as Juliacum and was named to honor the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. Juliacum was a fortified Roman city on the main road from Roman to the far out reaches of the Roman Empire northern Europe and Britain. As a border region between the competing powers in the Lower Rhine and Meuse areas, the town and the Duchy of Jülich played a historic role from the Middle Ages up to the 17th century. [1] [2] [3]
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1. Wikipedia - Origin of the Surname (van) GUILICK (von Jülich) LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BClich
2. Gulick, David E . "Gulicks of the U.S.A." Los Altos, Calif. : D.E. Gulick, 1961.
3. Gulick, Paul, "The Gulick Book", P. Gulick, 2016.