When Joseph Bohlen was born on 17 October 1912, in Staunton, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, his father, Johann Marten Bohlen, was 30 and his mother, Gesche Anna Gehrhards, was 26. He married LeeNondes Brown on 8 September 1934, in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States. He lived in Omphghent Township, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 7 December 1992, at the age of 80.
German: patronymic from Bohl 1.
German: habitational name from a place in Westphalia named Bohlen.
German (Böhlen): habitational name from any of several places in Saxony named Böhlen.
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