Boel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Boel family

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

Early History of the Boel family

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

Boel 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 Boel family

Pieter Boel (1626-1674) was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialised in lavish still lifes

Boel migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Boel Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Niels Anderson Boel, German labourer, aged 21, who arrived in Lyttleton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Gutenburg" in November 1874

Contemporary Notables of the name Boel (post 1700) +

Henri "Rik" Joseph Boel (1931-2020), Belgian politician and a judge
Boel Berner (b. 1945), Swedish sociologist, historian, and editor