Bolle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Bolle is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a maker of wooden bowls and dishes, from the French bolle.

Early Origins of the Bolle family

The surname Bolle was first found in Lincolnshire where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Bolle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bolle research. Another 74 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1407, 1410, 1413, 1420, 1528, 1650, 1700 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Bolle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bolle Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Bolle has appeared include Boll, Bolle, Boal and others.

Early Notables of the Bolle family

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Bolle Ranking

In France, the name Bolle is the 4,010^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Bolle family to Ireland

Some of the Bolle family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 87 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bolle migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Bolle arrived in North America very early:

Bolle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Ignace De Bolle, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 2
Johan Christian Bolle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 2
Johannes Bolle, who arrived in New York, NY in 1782 2

Bolle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J. M. Bolle, who settled in Baltimore in 1823
Peter Samuel Bolle, who arrived in New York in 1836 2
Fr Eberh Bolle, aged 30, who landed in America in 1839 2
George Bolle, who settled in Philadelphia in 1848
August Bolle, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1860 2

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)