Brief Life History of Kliever
Kliever was born about 1823, in Margenau, Omsk Oblast, Russia, Soviet Union as the daughter of Kliever. She married Johann Reimer about 1843, in Taurida, Ukraine. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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1922
Joseph V. Stalin made general secretary of party. Treaty of Rapallo signed with Germany.
1922
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) established, comprising Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Transcaucasian republics.
Name Meaning
Germanized form of Dutch Kluiver, Kluyver: occupational name for a court official, originally a hangman or torturer.
North German: habitational name for someone from Klieve, Kleve, from cleve ‘swamp’. Compare Klever 1.
History: This (see 1 above) is the name of a Dutch Mennonite family. Some Mennonites with this name migrated to Prussia (Germany) in the 17th century. In the 18th century several Mennonite families immigrated from Prussia to North America (in order to avoid compulsory military training) and settled largely in KS.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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