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In its ancient Gaelic form, the Irish name Bolen was written Ó Beollain, formed from a Norse personal name. 1
The surname Bolen was first found in counties Clare and Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland, where they held a family seat.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bolen research. Another 144 words (10 lines of text) covering the year 1014 is included under the topic Early Bolen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
One explanation for the many variations is that scribes and church officials frequently spelled the name as it sounded: an imprecise method at best. Understandably then, various spellings of the surname Bolen were found in the many archives researched. These included Boland, Bolan, Boland, O'Boland, O'Bolan, Bolend, Bolen, Bolland, Bollan, Bollend, Bollen, Bowland, Bowlan, Bowlin, Boulland, Bollander, Bolander, Bollinder, Bolinder, Bollendar, Bolendar, Bollandar, Bowlander, Boulander, Bouland and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Bolen Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Bolen is the 3,904th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 2
A great wave of Irish migration occurred during the 19th century as a direct result of English colonial rule and tight-fisted absentee landlords. Many of these Irish immigrants boarded passenger ships bound for North America. Those who migrated early enough were given land in either British North America or the United States; those who came in the late 19th century were typically employed in industrial centers as laborers. At whatever age they undertook the dangerous passage to North America, those Irish immigrants were essential to the speedy development of the two infant nations to which they arrived, whether they broke and settled land, helped build canals, bridges, and railroads, or produced products for consumer consumption. An examination of immigration and passenger lists has uncovered a large number of immigrants bearing the name Bolen or one of its variants:
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: