João Bley

Brief Life History of João

When João Bley was born on 23 May 1840, in Rio Negro, Paraná, Brazil, his father, Nicolau Bley, was 32 and his mother, Izabel Gebert, was 26. He married Maria Grein on 23 May 1860, in Rio Negro, Paraná, Brazil. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil in 1889. He died on 31 October 1905, in Rio Negro, Paraná, Brazil, at the age of 65.

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João Bley
1840–1905
Maria Grein
1845–1911
Marriage: 23 May 1860
Izabel Bley
1862–1905
Rosa Bley
1864–1896
Laurinda Bley
1866–1945
João Bley Filho
1868–1931
Nicolau Bley Netto
1870–1941
Francisca Bley
1872–1939
Adolfo Bley
1874–1923
Alfredo Bley
1875–1935
Maria Luiza Bley
1877–1955
Amantino Bley
1879–1931
Honorina Bley
1880–1965
Joselina Bley
1882–1882
Ernesto Bley
1883–1949
Izaura Bley Vieira
1885–1965
Jocelina Bley
1887–1912

Sources (74)

  • Joao Bley, “Brasil, Paraná, Registros da Igreja Católica, 1704-2008”
  • Joao Bley, “Brasil, Paraná, Registros da Igreja Católica, 1704-2008”
  • {name} na entrada para Izaura Bley Wolff, “Brasil, Paraná, Registro Civil, 1852-1996”

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Eckhard, Ernst, Fritz, Joerg, Volker.

German: metonymic occupational name for a lead miner or lead worker, from Middle High German blī ‘lead’. Compare Blei , Bly , and Ply .

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from German Blei or Yiddish blaj ‘lead’, due to replacement of -ei or -aj with Russian -ey.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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