Show ContentsBollen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Bollen family

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

Early History of the Bollen family

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

Bollen 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 Bollen family

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Bollen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bollen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • John Bollen, who arrived in Maryland in 1671 1
Bollen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Conrath Bollen, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1732 1
  • Maria Elisabetha Bollen, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1748
  • Maria Elisabctha Bollen, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1748 1
Bollen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Frans Bollen, aged 23, who immigrated to the United States, in 1892
  • Johan Bollen, aged 21, who landed in America, in 1892
  • Martin Bollen, aged 18, who settled in America, in 1892
Bollen Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Henry Bollen, who settled in America, in 1904
  • Samuel Bollen, aged 32, who landed in America from Pontypridd, Wales, in 1907
  • Stanley Bollen, aged 5, who immigrated to the United States from Pontypridd, Wales, in 1911
  • Russell Bollen, aged 3, who immigrated to America from Pontypridd, Wales, in 1911
  • Mary L. Bollen, aged 14, who immigrated to the United States from Pontypridd, Wales, in 1911
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Bollen (post 1700) +

  • Christopher Bollen (b. 1975), American novelist, journalist, and editor
  • Clemens Bollen (b. 1948), German politician and member of the SPD

Mount Mulligan Mine
  • Herbert Bollen, Australian coal miner who was killed in the Mount Mulligan Mine explosion in 1921


  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)


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