Bollinger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The ancient name of Bollinger finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a person who worked as the baker. This name was also referred to as le boulanger which is the Old French form, and in the sharpened form as Pullinger. 1
Early Origins of the Bollinger family
The surname Bollinger was first found in Sussex, where Terricus le Bulenger was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1180. A very rare name, we later found William Pullenger in Cambridgeshire in 1553. 1
Early History of the Bollinger family
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Bollinger Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bollinger family name include Bullinger, Bulenger, Pullenger, Pullinger, Bulinger and many more.
Early Notables of the Bollinger family
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Bollinger Ranking
In the United States, the name Bollinger is the 2,497th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 2
Bollinger migration to the United States +
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bollinger surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Bollinger Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Christian Bollinger, who arrived in Carolina in 1736 3
- Jakob Bollinger, who landed in Carolina in 1736 3
- Jakob Bollinger, who arrived in Carolina in 1737 3
- Jacob Bollinger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1750 3
- Andreas Bollinger, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 3
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Bollinger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Francis Bollinger, aged 24, who arrived in Missouri in 1840 3
- Wemor Bollinger, who landed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1844 3
- Peter Bollinger, who arrived in Cincinnati, Oh in 1869 3
- Jacob Bollinger, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1873 3
- Samuel Bollinger, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 3
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Bollinger Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
- Marie M. Bollinger, aged 28, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "President Grant" from Brest, France 4
- Bernard Bollinger, aged 22, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Tidewater" from Lisbon, Portugal 4
- Fred Bollinger, aged 34, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Espagne" from Le Havre, France 4
- Bernard Bollinger, aged 21, who arrived in Genoa in 1919 aboard the ship "Tidewater" from New York 4
- Clarence R Bollinger, aged 27, who arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Vauban" from Buenos Aires, Argentina 4
Bollinger migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Bollinger Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
- Eva Bollinger, who arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1752
Contemporary Notables of the name Bollinger (post 1700) +
- Bill Bollinger (1939-1988), American sculptor
- George Frederick Bollinger (1770-1842), American settler, eponym of Bollinger County, Missouri
- Tara Bollinger (b. 1979), American model and beauty queen from Missouri, competitor at the Miss USA pageant (2003)
- John A. Bollinger (b. 1950), American author and financial analyst
- Brooks Bollinger (b. 1979), retired American football quarterback and current coach
- Lee Carroll Bollinger (b. 1946), American lawyer and educator, the 19th president of Columbia University
- Lee C Bollinger (b. 1947), American educator, president of the University of Michigan in 1996
- George Wallace Bollinger (1890-1917), New Zealand soldier and diarist
- Otto Bollinger (1843-1909), German pathologist, eponym of Bollinger bodies and Bollinger granules
- Alun Bollinger MNZM (b. 1948), New Zealand cinematographer who has worked on several Peter Jackson films
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Historic Events for the Bollinger family +
- J Bollinger (d. 1979), American passenger from USA, who flew aboard American Airlines Flight 191 and died in the crash 5
Citations +
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
- Flight 191's Victims - latimes. (Retrieved 2014, April 16) . Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/1985-08-04/news/mn-4349_1_fort-lauderdale-area