Researching Juan Ley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1308 people with the Ley surname? In that year Ley was ranked number 2321 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Juan means "form of JOHN - God has given" and is of Spanish origin.
Records of Juan Ley on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Juan Ley and the Ley Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1723 people with the Ley surname in the UK? Ley is now ranked number 2527 for popularity in the UK. |
Ley Family Tree Databases
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Ley Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Ley surname in the USA? Ley is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Juan Ley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Juan Ley
Juan Manuel Ley
Juan Manuel Ley López (February 17, 1933 – January 22, 2016) was a Mexican businessman, and the Casa Ley chairman. He also was president of the baseball teams Saraperos de Saltillo in the Mexican Summer League and Tomateros de Culiacán in the Mexican Winter League.
In 1910, Ley's father, Lee Fong, left Guangdong province, China by boat. When he arrived in Sinaloa city, he "Mexicanized" his name to Juan Ley Fong instead. Ley himself was born and raised in Mexico. The eldest of eight brothers and sisters, Juan Manuel was the CEO of Culiacán Sinaloa Mexico's Based Grupo Ley until his death, which comprises several companies going from Casa Ley SA de CV, one of Mexico's largest retail supermarkets (co-owned by California-based Safeway Inc.), Apparel Stores, Baseball Teams in both Mexican Leagues (Saraperos de Saltillo and Tomateros de Culiacán), Automobile Dealerships, and Del Campo y Asociados, one of the largest producers of fresh tomatoes for export into the United States.
He was born February 17, 1933 in Tayoltita, Durango, Mexico and died January 22, 2016 at 82 years old in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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