September 16, 1887.

Happy Birthday – Olive A. Hulme.

September 16, 1887Olive Alice Hulme – my grandmother – is born to Hiram Howard Hulme and Anna Dill Hulme – long-time residents of Henry County, Iowa, with Olive’s father being a cattle farmer on land located southeast of Wayland. On April 10, 1912, Olive married Waldo E. Boller in Wayland, Iowa, 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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