Show ContentsBollmann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Bollmann family

The surname Bollmann was first found in Baden, Wurtenberg and northern Switzerland where the name has been found in records from the 13th century, when a Hainr Dictus de Bolle was on record in Salem. Other early records of this name include Haninr der Boller in 1314 in Rottweil.

Early History of the Bollmann family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bollmann research. Another 29 words (2 lines of text) covering the year 1500 is included under the topic Early Bollmann History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bollmann Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bollman, Bollmann, Bolemann, Bolman, Bölmann, Böllman, Bölleman and many more.

Early Notables of the Bollmann family

Notables with the surname Bollmann during this period were

  • the Bollmann family of Nuremberg


United States Bollmann migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bollmann Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johann Nickel Bollmann, who arrived in America in 1739 [1]
  • Jacob Bollmann, who settled in South Carolina in 1749
  • Christoph Bollmann, who arrived in America in 1778 [1]
  • Christoph Bollmann, a Brunswick mercenary sent to America by the British who settled in Winterhill, Massachussetts in 1778
Bollmann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Herm Rudolph Bollmann, who arrived in Missouri in 1836 [1]
  • Harm Heinr Bollmann, who landed in Missouri in 1839 [1]
  • A Cath Bollmann, who landed in America in 1842 [1]
  • Johann Georg Friedrich Bollmann, who landed in America in 1853 [1]
  • Jacob Bollmann, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1869 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Bollmann (post 1700) +

  • Gerd Friedrich Bollmann (1947-2017), German politician
  • Ernst Bollmann (1899-1974), German politician
  • Horst Bollmann (b. 1925), German film and television actor
  • Markus Bollmann (b. 1981), German footballer
  • Henry Bollmann Condy, British chemist and industrialist, best noted for his eponymous disinfectants Condy’s Crystals and Condy’s Fluid

Bismarck
  • Otto Bollmann (1915-1941), German Matrosengefreiter Res. who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking [2]


  1. 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)
  2. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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