When Johann Jakob Blum was born on 12 August 1821, his father, Johann Kaspar Blum, was 25 and his mother, Anna Schmidt, was 19. He lived in Gersbach, Schopfheim, Bezirksamt Schopfheim, Baden, Germany in 1821. He died on 14 July 1833, at the age of 11.
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German (rarely Blüm): from Middle High German bluom ‘flower’, hence an occupational name for a flower gardener or a florist. The surname Blum is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Bluem .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Blume, Yiddish blum ‘flower’.
Swedish: variant of Blom 1.
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