Brief Life History of Giovanni Battista
When Giovanni Battista Boff was born on 4 September 1839, in Seren, Belluno, Veneto, Italy, his father, Osvaldo Bof, was 34 and his mother, Anna Maria Rech, was 31. He married Domenica Rech on 20 November 1861. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in 1883. He died on 27 March 1914, in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at the age of 74, and was buried in Caxias, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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- {name} na entrada para Mathildes Boff, “Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Registro Civil, 1829-2012”
- {name} na entrada para Florindo Branchini, “Brasil Batismos, 1688-1935”
- Registro de óbito de Osvaldo Boff
Spouse and Children
1839–1914 Male
1840–1915 Female
Children (11)
1864–1921 Male
1864– Male
1865–1936 Female
1867–1933 Female
1868– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1804– Male
1807– Female
Siblings (13)
1829–1909 Female
1831– Female
1833–1837 Female
1835– Male
1837–1859 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (3)
1849
Age 10
1860
Age 21
1861
Age 22
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Gabrielle, Henri.
English (of Norman origin): from Old French boeuf ‘bull, ox’, a nickname for a powerfully built man. In some cases it may have been originally a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman. Compare Bouvier .
German (Böff): from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name with bod- (Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’), as in Bodo .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Origem do sobrenome Boff...
origem Deve ser derivados, directamente ou através de apocopate formas dialetais, de nome medievais Boffus , dos quais um tem um exemplo em Crónicas fermane sob o ano 1383, ou a partir de pseudónimos …
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