When William Boller was born on 11 January 1815, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, James Boller, was 24 and his mother, Sarah "Sally" Lenox, was 25. He married Keziah Dillon on 28 February 1839, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Van Buren, Van Buren Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 30 November 1882, at the age of 67, and was buried in Fletcher Chapel Cemetery, Marion, Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States.
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Indiana is the 19th state.
Historical Information: 1827: Grant, Indiana, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
South German and Swiss German (also Böller): habitational name for someone from any of several places called Boll (see Boll ), derived from the topographic term from Middle High German bolle ‘round container’, Middle Low German bolle ‘anything ball shaped’.
South German and Swiss German: nickname for a noisy blustering person, from Middle High German bollen ‘to bluster’.
German: from a Low German short form of the personal name Baldwin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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