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Re: Meaning of Surname Bollinger?

by Lepic (guest)

2/1/2018, 7:45 AM

You'll find the origin of Bollinger at tinyurl.com/yacoxjwm as well as in the surname dictionary Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung (see tinyurl.com/y8w6ddlq). The first migrant from Switzerland to the US is listed at tinyurl.com/yb6ge85r, inter alia. For the current distribution of the surname in Germany and Switzerland, see tinyurl.com/2fwghf.

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- Jennie (guest) +3

10/4/2018, 9:40 PM

My family are the Bollinger’s from Bollinger County, Mo. they immigrated from the Palatinate area of Germany. Then Immigrated to Pennsylvania and moved into Newton Conover, NC before settling in Missouri. My grandfather said the family name was Swiss in origins. I doubt that it really is because the family was in Germany for many, many generations before leaving Europe and there is no proof, just a lot of guessing.

- Bob Bollinger, Jr. (guest) +2

4/9/2020, 10:43 PM

Jennie, we are probably cousins of some degree. My Bollinger relatives lived in Newton, NC for generations before I was born, and I grew up there. They migrated to NC from central Pennsylvania around 1763 or so.

- Kay Weaver (guest) +1

11/20/2020, 11:28 AM

Bob, we are most likely related as well. My maternal grandmother was a Bollinger from Newton, NC. There are two or three Bollinger family groups here now, but I suspect they are all related, if one were to do in-depth research.

- Lorrie (guest)

1/1/2024, 8:19 AM

My Grandma was a Bollinger out of PA. They moved to DE I think in early 50 or late 40’s. I have a twin that did the DNA testing. Are blood line is the same as you guys talk about here. So cool her name was Anamae Bollinger before marriage. Any shout outs?

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