Bollinger and/or Bolinger Family
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Bollinger and/or Bolinger Male Lineage
The Bollinger family traces its roots to Switzerland in the mid-1600s, emigrating to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. The line descends through Lancaster County and eventually into the Civil War generation.
Hans Bollinger
1656–1706
Birth 15 APR 1656 • Beringen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Death 17 OCT 1706
Johann Bollinger
1675–1787
Birth 21 MAR 1675 • Bollengen, Canton, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Death 1787 • Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Hans Rudolph Bollinger
1700–1772
Birth 29 OCT 1700 • Bollengen, Canton, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Death 28 JULY 1772 • Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Daniel Bollinger
1728–1791
Birth 28 MAY 1728 • Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death 1791 • Cocalico, Schuynskell, Pennsylvania
Peter Bollinger
1757–1839
Birth 15 JULY 1757 • Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death 11 DEC 1839 • Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Bollinger
1782–1865
Birth 3 JANUARY 1782 • Lancaster City, Pennsylvania
Death 29 DECEMBER 1865 • Lancaster City, Pennsylvania
Andrew L. Bollinger
1808–1880
Birth 17 MAY 1808 • Tell, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death 23 FEB 1880 • Dublin Mills, Taylor Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Jacob Bare Bolinger
1844–1890
Birth 6 AUG 1844 • Waterfall, Pennsylvania
Death 6 DEC 1890 • Taylor Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania
22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry
Albert Francis Bolinger
1888–1974
Birth 4 DEC 1888 • Dublin Mills, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Death 19 FEB 1974 • Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Himes Willard Bolinger
1916–2001
Birth 8 JAN 1916 • Orbesonia, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death 6 OCT 2001 • Lansdown, Va.
Lt. Col. US Army
WWII North Africa • Korea • Vietnam
Bruce Himes Bolinger
1943–
Johnstown, Pa.
Greeting Card Designer
US Army PFC
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Kim A. Bolinger
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Zane Berton Bolinger
Born 1928 Cambria County, Pa.
Died 2016 Rochester, N.Y.
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Other Civil War Ancestors
Men from many sides of the family were in the Civil War. We continue to unearth new names that come from the various lineages around the time of the Civil War.
James Mikel Flanigan
Company E of the 171st Pennsylvania Volunteers
Peter L. Rickabaugh
1838–1912 • Company F of the 158th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Jacob E. Stuby
194th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers 1864
William P. Joiner
Welch's Pennsylvania Infantry – an independent battalion organized by Captain Truman B. Welch
John H. Hoover
Company H 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry 8/61–9/64
Benjamin Franklin Bollinger
1838–1904
Dooley Pounders
Company E 4th Alabama Cavalry
If we find more relatives from the Civil War, we will add them. If we learn more details about any of these gentlemen, we will update the site.