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Surname: BOLLEY
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Descendants of Jacob Frederick Bolley
Generation No. 1
1. JACOB FREDERICK1 BOLLEY was born January 16, 1833 in Switzerland1, and
died October 23, 1910 in Plato, LaGrange Co., Indiana1. He married ELIZABETH
DOERRER June 30, 1859 in Ashland Co., Ohio2, daughter of JACOB DOERRER
and ANNA GAISER. She was born September 03, 1836 in Ashland, Ohio3, and
died September 25, 1922 in Johnson Twp., LaGrange Co., Indiana3.
Notes for JACOB FREDERICK BOLLEY:
The lineage of Jacob Bolley is unclear. Jacob's death certificate indicated
his father was Jacob Bolley of Switzerland. No such person can be found
and this may or may not be true. The IGI shows a Jacob Bolli, son of Simeon
Bolli & Margaretha Bollinger, was born January 16, 1834, County of "Sh",
Town of Beringen. This may be a match ... same month, same day, off by
only one year. In 1980 Floyd Bolley told that he thought Jacob was born
near Shoufan on the Rhine River. He also believed Jacob had a brother,
John, and a sister, Anna, who moved to Illinois. In 1870 Jacob and Elizabeth
moved to LaGrange County, Milford Twp., Indiana from Ashland, Ohio per
Elizabeth's obituary.
OBITUARY: (LaGrange Standard, October 27, 1910) Funeral services for Jacob
Bolley, whose death occurred Sunday Evening at the home of a son at Brighton
were held Tuesday from the Plato church.
More About JACOB FREDERICK BOLLEY:
Burial: Plato, Indiana Cemetery
Notes for ELIZABETH DOERRER:
OBITUARY: (LaGrange Standard, September 29, 1922) In Ashland county, Ohio,
on September 3, 1836, a daughter, Elizabeth, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Dorerrer. In 1859 she was united in marriage to Jacob Bolley. To this union
were born eight children, three sons and five daughters. Mrs. Bolley departed
this life on September 24, 1922, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Henry Misner, near Olive Lake. Her husband and three daughters preceeded
her to the pririt world. Three sons are living, Jacob, William and Albert,
and two daughters, Mrs. Albert Case and Mrs. Daniel Ackermire. Three brothers
Emanuel of Helmer and Frank and Edwin of Ashland, Ohio, twenty-eight grandchildren,
thirty-three great great grandchildren and many friends and neighbors are
leftg to mourn their loss. In 1870 she came from Ohio with husband and
family and settled on a farm in Milford township, LaGrange county, where
they resided until the husband was disabled and compelled to retire from
active life. After this, the rearing of the family was left to her and
to her alone. No on knows what she suffered and endured through those lonely
years, for uncomplainingly and yet smiling, she suffered through. She was
unusually ambitious and active both in youth and in age and always ready
to help those in need. Being a member of the German Lutheran church since
early womanhood and a firm believer in her God, she left us without fear.
More About ELIZABETH DOERRER:
Burial: Plato, Indiana Cemetery
Census: 1920 LaGrange Co., Indiana, ED 128, Sheet 10, living w/ daughter
Mary Case
Children of JACOB BOLLEY and ELIZABETH DOERRER are:
i. UNKNOWN DAU.2 BOLLEY, m. DANIEL ACKERMIRE.
ii. UNKNOWN DAU. BOLLEY.
iii. UNKNOWN DAU. BOLLEY.
iv. UNKNOWN DAU. BOLLEY.
2. v. MARY, b. 1862, Ohio.
3. vi. JACOB FREDERICK BOLLEY, b. September 03, 1867, Ashland, Ohio; d.
December 12, 1950, Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan.
4. vii. WILLIAM BOLLEY, b. June 01, 1869, Ashland Co., Ohio.
5. viii. ALBERT H. BOLLEY, b. June 1873, Indiana.
Generation No. 2
2. MARY2 (JACOB FREDERICK1 BOLLEY) was born 1862 in Ohio. She married ALBERT
CASE. He was born 1853 in Indiana.
More About ALBERT CASE:
Census: 1920 LaGrange Co., Indiana, ED 128, Sheet 10
Children of MARY and ALBERT CASE are:
i. CHARLES3 CASE, b. 1892.
ii. LAN CASE, b. 1898.
3. JACOB FREDERICK2 BOLLEY (JACOB FREDERICK1) was born September 03, 1867
in Ashland, Ohio4, and died December 12, 1950 in Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan5.
He married STELLA MCCALLY June 08, 1890 in LaGrange Co., Indiana6, daughter
of JOHN MCCALLY and ELIZA THOMAS. She was born August 01, 1871 in Plato,
LaGrange Co., Indiana7, and died January 19, 1946 in Bronson, Branch Co.,
Michigan7.
Notes for JACOB FREDERICK BOLLEY:
OBITUARY: (Coldwater Daily Reporter, Dec. 13, 1950) Plan Rites for Jacob
F. Bolley For 2 Thursday - Funeral services for Jacob F. Bolley, who made
his home in a Bethel township farm for four years with his daughter, Mrs.
Floyd Miller, near Bronson, will be held Thursday afternoon from the Fogelson
funeral home in Sturgis, at 2 o'clock, with Dr. Byron F. Hahn, pastor of
the First Methodist church in Sturgis, having charge. burial will be made
in a cemetery at Brighton, Indiana in LaGrange county. Mr. Bolley is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Chester Simmons, the latter living
in Coldwater; three sons, Floyd, Elkhart, Harold, Lansing, and John, Marshall;
14 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Mr. Bolley was born September
3, 1867 in Ohio, and was a farmer in LaGrange county most of his life and
until his retirement. He and Stella McCally were married June 8, 1890,
at Plato, in the Indiana county. Her death occured nearly four years ago.
Mr. Bolley died Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Miller, the daughter.
More About JACOB FREDERICK BOLLEY:
Burial: Brighton Chapel Cemetery, LaGrange Co., IN.
Census: 1900 LaGrange Co., Bloomfield Twp., ED 69, Sheet 7; 1920 LaGrange
Co., Indiana, ED 122, Sheet 3
More About STELLA MCCALLY:
Burial: Brighton Chapel Cemetery, LaGrange Co., IN.
Children of JACOB BOLLEY and STELLA MCCALLY are:
i. FLOYD MCCALLY3 BOLLEY, b. December 17, 1890, LaGrange Co., Indiana8;
d. 1983, LaGrange Co., Indiana; m. BERTHA PLANK, June 20, 1917.
ii. CHARLES WENZEL BOLLEY, b. March 30, 1893, LaGrange Co., Indiana8.
iii. BLANCHE ELIZA BOLLEY, b. September 03, 1895, LaGrange Co., Indiana8;
d. July 23, 1918, LaGrange Co., Indiana.
iv. HAROLD JOSEPH BOLLEY, b. July 12, 1898, LaGrange Co., Indiana8; m.
ELECTA MINNICH, December 16, 1920.
v. FREIDA BOLLEY, b. November 25, 1900, LaGrange Co., Indiana8; m. FLOYD
MILLER, October 11, 1919.
vi. VERABELLE BOLLEY, b. November 07, 19038; d. 1944.
vii. ROA LAURINE BOLLEY, b. September 24, 1909, Mongo, LaGrange Co., Indiana8;
d. Aft. November 2000, Coldwater, Branch Co. Michigan; m. CHESTER DEAN
SIMMONS, February 25, 1930, Ft. Wayne, Indiana9; b. September 30, 1902,
Albion, Noble Co., Indiana10; d. July 21, 1976, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan10.
Notes for CHESTER DEAN SIMMONS:
OBITUARY: Chester D. Simmons, 73, of Quincy Route 2, Branch county resident
for many years, died suddenly at 5 a.m. Wednesday at his home at 6053 Marble
Lake. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Putnam funeral
home. Mr. Simmons was born Sept. 30, 1902 in Kendallville, Ind., the son
of George and Loressa (Howard) Simmons. He married Roa Bolley Feb. 24,
1929 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He came to the Coldwater area from Bronson
in 1940 and had lived at Marble Lake the past 11 years. He was retired
from the Maintenance Department at Coldwater State Home and Training School.
He was a member of Tyre Lodge No. 18, F&AM. Survivors include his wife,
Roa; one son, Robert N. Simmons of East Lansing; a brother, Howard of Ft.
Wayne, Ind.; two sisters Leilia Fitzgerald of Chicago and Dorothy Koder
of Tampa, Fl.; eight grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nieces
and nephews. One daughter, Shirley Fuller, died in 1970 in Denver.
More About CHESTER DEAN SIMMONS:
Burial: Lakeview Cemetery, Quincy, Michigan
viii. JOHN JACOB BOLLEY, b. July 10, 1912, LaGrange Co., Indiana11; m.
MORETA RIDLEY.
4. WILLIAM2 BOLLEY (JACOB FREDERICK1) was born June 01, 1869 in Ashland
Co., Ohio12. He married LILLIE MAY MISNER 1900 in Plato, LaGrange Co.,
Indiana12. She was born July 02, 1878 in LaGrange Co., Indiana12.
Children of WILLIAM BOLLEY and LILLIE MISNER are:
i. MARY M.3 BOLLEY, b. January 1889, Indiana.
ii. FRED E. BOLLEY, b. September 1890, Indiana.
iii. JESSIE E. BOLLEY, b. July 1894, Indiana.
iv. ORIN L. BOLLEY, b. October 1895, Indiana.
5. ALBERT H.2 BOLLEY (JACOB FREDERICK1) was born June 1873 in Indiana.
He married MARY E.. She was born April 1878 in Indiana.
Children of ALBERT BOLLEY and MARY E. are:
i. MERRILL J.3 BOLLEY, b. February 1898, Indiana.
ii. HAZEL BOLLEY, b. February 1900, Indiana.
Endnotes
1. Indiana State Board of Health Death Certificate for Jacob Bolley, LaGrange
Co., Greenfield.
2. Ashland Co., Ohio Marriage License.
3. Indiana State Board of Health Death Certificate for Elizabeth Bolley,
LaGrange County.
4. Family Record.
5. Michigan Department of Health Death Certificate for Jacob F. Bolley,
Branch Co., Bronson.
6. Bolley Family Bible Record.
7. Michigan Department of Health Death Certificate for Stella Bolley, Branch
Co., Bronson.
8. Bolley Family Bible Record.
9. Allen Co., Indiana Marriage License.
10. Family Record.
11. Bolley Family Bible Record.
12. International Genealogical Index, LDS Family History Library, Salt
Lake City, UT.