When Melchior Bluth was born before 3 March 1654, in Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire, his father, Johannes Blut, was 11651 and his mother, Mrs Johannes Blodt or Blut, was 24. He married Ilsabe Klinkow in 1686, in Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. In 1707, his occupation is listed as kaufmann (english translation: kaufmann (english translation: salesman or works at store). He died in 1710, in his hometown, and was buried in Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire.
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During the Thirty Years' War, the city came under Swedish rule and remained so until the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Elimelech, Simcha, Avraham, Chaya, Mordecai.
Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Blüth): artificial name from German Blüte ‘bloom, flowerhead’.
German: nickname or perhaps ornamental name from Middle High German bluot ‘bloom, flowerhead’. Alternatively, perhaps from Middle High German bluot ‘blood’, an allusion to kinship or family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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