If you follow the phonetic spelling of the name back, you'll find the name spelled Aleshite or Elshite (phonetically Ellscheid). The German "er", indicating the masculine, was sometimes added, i.e. Ailshiter or Aleshiter, which when written by English speaking clerks, became Aleshire or Ailshire!
                   --Dottie Aleshire, 4 Nov 1991

Right: Ida May Ailshire Polly and her younger sister,
Mary Effie Ailshire Wilson.