Boelens History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Boelens family

The surname Boelens was first found in Mecklenburg, where chronicles first mention Bole von Malchow of Rostock in Mecklenburg in the year 1298.

Early History of the Boelens family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boelens research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1626, 1674, 1721 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Boelens History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Boelens Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boel, Boell, Boeler, Boelert, Bohlen, Bohllen, Boehlen, Boehl, Boehler, Boehlert, Boehling, Boehllen, Bolen, Boelen, Boelens, Boellner, Boellsch, Bollen, Boellen, Bohl, Bole, Bolin and many more.

Early Notables of the Boelens family

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Boelens Ranking

In Netherlands, the name Boelens is the 825^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,376 people with that name. 1

Boelens migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boelens Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jacob Boelens who arrived in Iowa in 1882
Jacob H Boelens, who landed in Iowa in 1882 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Boelens (post 1700) +

Robert Boelens, American politician, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan (1970-71)

Citations +

"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)