FREDERICK BOLLE

"GOODSPEED'S HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI,
Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888."

Frederick Bolle, member of the firm Wehner & Boole, proprietors of the City Mills at Ste. Genevieve, was born in Hanover, Germany, August 13, 1845, and is the son of Christian and Elizabeth (Burmann) Bolle, both natives of Hanover, Germany. The father was a merchant and grain dealer in his native land, and died in 1863 at the age of seventy-two. The mother is still living and is eighty-three years old. In 1866 Frederick Bolle came to America, landed at New York, and went from there to Louisville, Ky. He then went to Bowling Green, and from there to Belleville, Ill., where he engaged in the milling business, having learned the trade in his native country. In 1878 he moved to Ste. Genevieve, began working in the Cone Mills, and there remained until 1883, when he became a member of the present firm. In July, 1879, he married Miss Teresa Wehner, a daughter of Nicholas and Clara (Schneider) Wehner. Four childre were born to this union, one son and one daughter now living. Mr. Bolle is a member of the Catholic Church and a Republican in politics.

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