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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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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