June 15, 1884 – Waldo Emerson Boller – my grandfather – is born to Daniel J. Boller and Barbara J. Miller Boller in Washington Township of Johnson County, Iowa. Named after the famous 19th century American author, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Waldo and his younger brother, Ora Francis Boller – nicknamed Frank – grew up together in small Iowa farming communities. Records show that they bounced around from town to town – 5 different homes in Waldo’s first 12 years – until their father, D.J., finally settled in Wayland, Iowa in 1896. Waldo married Olive A. Hulme of Wayland on April 10, 1912, and their only child was my father – George E. Boller (1921).
Waldo E. Boller & Olive A. Hulme – Surviving the Great Depression.
– 1884-1910 – Meet Waldo & Frank.
– 1910-1920 – Marrying The Farmer’s Daughter.
– Olive Alice Hulme – The Hulmes Of Henry County.
– 1920-1929 – The Roaring Twenties.
– Boller Furniture Company – Wayland’s Finest For 45 Years.
– 1929-1969 – Pushing Through The Great Depression.
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