Johann Jakob Blum

Brief Life History of Johann Jakob

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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Family Time Line

Johann Kaspar Blum
1796–1875
Anna Schmidt
1801–1838
Johann Georg Friedrich Blum
1820–1839
Johann Jakob Blum
1821–1833
Anna Maria Blum
1826–
Verena Katharina Blum
1831–1844
Blum
1838–1838

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  • Johann Jakob Blum, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"

Name Meaning

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.

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

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