Ehler Bolln was the 9th of 10 children born to Joachim Bolln I (1806-1886) and Catherina Heidmann Heitmann Bolln (1812-1882) in Schleswig-Holstein Germany. His parents and his two oldest siblings didn't immigrate to the USA, but Ehler and 3 sisters and 4 brothers did immigrate, each seemingly at different times. Ehler left Hamburg in July 1867 at the age of 16 and landed in New York.
Ehler's grandson and my father, William Edward Warren, wrote the following about him: "Eli came to this country with very little money, but he had a strong constitution and an ambition to succeed. He was short, about 5’4”, but he had a broad and sturdy frame. He was also an attractive man with a musical talent.
Eli wound up working for the U.P. Railroad near Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1870. He had a brother who settled in Casper, Wyoming, but they had very little contact. Eli wasn’t content to make a career of being a railroad section hand so he began to explore ways to improve his lot.
The land in Wyoming at that time was mostly free range owned by the U.S. government with vast tracts granted to the U.P. Railroad.
Eli, along with a cousin named Bill Bolln, bought a half section of land along Crow Creek located about 8.5 miles southeast of Cheyenne, Wyoming. This provided a base to begin an operation of catching and breaking wild horses for sale. This operation proved successful and Eli gradually accumulated land with adequate water to begin a cattle ranch. His main holdings consisted of ten sections of land on East Porter Creek near Carpenter, Wyoming. This land consisted of five sections in Wyoming and five sections in Colorado.
This may sound romantic and adventurous, but life for Eli consisted of hard work and long hours in primitive circumstances. Anyway, his determination and persistence paid off. In addition to his quite extensive land holdings, he began acquiring property in town.
Eli remained single until age 42 when he met Grandma Cecilia Ulrich who was a 22-year old, recently-arrived immigrant from Germany. Eli and Cecelia were married in 1892 and began a happy relationship which lasted for forty years. This union yielded five offspring beginning with Emma who was born in 1895".
The 5 children of Ehler and Cecilia Ulrich Bolln were: Emma Katherine Bolln Warren (1895-1951), Frederick "Fritz" Edward Bolln (1896-1942), Olga Bolln (1898-1903), Anne Bolln Von Kennel Spurrier (1901-1995), and Helen Cecelia "Babe" Bolln Costello Fuller (1906-1990).
Some of my Dad's facts were a little wrong. Ehler and Cecilia married on November 8, 1894 in Cheyenne (from CHEYENNE DAILY SUN, page 3, dated 9 Nov 1894). I believe "the brother who settled in Casper" was actually George Bolln who settled in Douglas. Regardless, Dad's biography painted a rather personal portrait of his grandfather.
Ehler's grandson and my father, William Edward Warren, wrote the following about him: "Eli came to this country with very little money, but he had a strong constitution and an ambition to succeed. He was short, about 5’4”, but he had a broad and sturdy frame. He was also an attractive man with a musical talent.
Eli wound up working for the U.P. Railroad near Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1870. He had a brother who settled in Casper, Wyoming, but they had very little contact. Eli wasn’t content to make a career of being a railroad section hand so he began to explore ways to improve his lot.
The land in Wyoming at that time was mostly free range owned by the U.S. government with vast tracts granted to the U.P. Railroad.
Eli, along with a cousin named Bill Bolln, bought a half section of land along Crow Creek located about 8.5 miles southeast of Cheyenne, Wyoming. This provided a base to begin an operation of catching and breaking wild horses for sale. This operation proved successful and Eli gradually accumulated land with adequate water to begin a cattle ranch. His main holdings consisted of ten sections of land on East Porter Creek near Carpenter, Wyoming. This land consisted of five sections in Wyoming and five sections in Colorado.
This may sound romantic and adventurous, but life for Eli consisted of hard work and long hours in primitive circumstances. Anyway, his determination and persistence paid off. In addition to his quite extensive land holdings, he began acquiring property in town.
Eli remained single until age 42 when he met Grandma Cecilia Ulrich who was a 22-year old, recently-arrived immigrant from Germany. Eli and Cecelia were married in 1892 and began a happy relationship which lasted for forty years. This union yielded five offspring beginning with Emma who was born in 1895".
The 5 children of Ehler and Cecilia Ulrich Bolln were: Emma Katherine Bolln Warren (1895-1951), Frederick "Fritz" Edward Bolln (1896-1942), Olga Bolln (1898-1903), Anne Bolln Von Kennel Spurrier (1901-1995), and Helen Cecelia "Babe" Bolln Costello Fuller (1906-1990).
Some of my Dad's facts were a little wrong. Ehler and Cecilia married on November 8, 1894 in Cheyenne (from CHEYENNE DAILY SUN, page 3, dated 9 Nov 1894). I believe "the brother who settled in Casper" was actually George Bolln who settled in Douglas. Regardless, Dad's biography painted a rather personal portrait of his grandfather.
Ehler Bolln was the 9th of 10 children born to Joachim Bolln I (1806-1886) and Catherina Heidmann Heitmann Bolln (1812-1882) in Schleswig-Holstein Germany. His parents and his two oldest siblings didn't immigrate to the USA, but Ehler and 3 sisters and 4 brothers did immigrate, each seemingly at different times. Ehler left Hamburg in July 1867 at the age of 16 and landed in New York.
Ehler's grandson and my father, William Edward Warren, wrote the following about him: "Eli came to this country with very little money, but he had a strong constitution and an ambition to succeed. He was short, about 5’4”, but he had a broad and sturdy frame. He was also an attractive man with a musical talent.
Eli wound up working for the U.P. Railroad near Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1870. He had a brother who settled in Casper, Wyoming, but they had very little contact. Eli wasn’t content to make a career of being a railroad section hand so he began to explore ways to improve his lot.
The land in Wyoming at that time was mostly free range owned by the U.S. government with vast tracts granted to the U.P. Railroad.
Eli, along with a cousin named Bill Bolln, bought a half section of land along Crow Creek located about 8.5 miles southeast of Cheyenne, Wyoming. This provided a base to begin an operation of catching and breaking wild horses for sale. This operation proved successful and Eli gradually accumulated land with adequate water to begin a cattle ranch. His main holdings consisted of ten sections of land on East Porter Creek near Carpenter, Wyoming. This land consisted of five sections in Wyoming and five sections in Colorado.
This may sound romantic and adventurous, but life for Eli consisted of hard work and long hours in primitive circumstances. Anyway, his determination and persistence paid off. In addition to his quite extensive land holdings, he began acquiring property in town.
Eli remained single until age 42 when he met Grandma Cecilia Ulrich who was a 22-year old, recently-arrived immigrant from Germany. Eli and Cecelia were married in 1892 and began a happy relationship which lasted for forty years. This union yielded five offspring beginning with Emma who was born in 1895".
The 5 children of Ehler and Cecilia Ulrich Bolln were: Emma Katherine Bolln Warren (1895-1951), Frederick "Fritz" Edward Bolln (1896-1942), Olga Bolln (1898-1903), Anne Bolln Von Kennel Spurrier (1901-1995), and Helen Cecelia "Babe" Bolln Costello Fuller (1906-1990).
Some of my Dad's facts were a little wrong. Ehler and Cecilia married on November 8, 1894 in Cheyenne (from CHEYENNE DAILY SUN, page 3, dated 9 Nov 1894). I believe "the brother who settled in Casper" was actually George Bolln who settled in Douglas. Regardless, Dad's biography painted a rather personal portrait of his grandfather.
Ehler's grandson and my father, William Edward Warren, wrote the following about him: "Eli came to this country with very little money, but he had a strong constitution and an ambition to succeed. He was short, about 5’4”, but he had a broad and sturdy frame. He was also an attractive man with a musical talent.
Eli wound up working for the U.P. Railroad near Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1870. He had a brother who settled in Casper, Wyoming, but they had very little contact. Eli wasn’t content to make a career of being a railroad section hand so he began to explore ways to improve his lot.
The land in Wyoming at that time was mostly free range owned by the U.S. government with vast tracts granted to the U.P. Railroad.
Eli, along with a cousin named Bill Bolln, bought a half section of land along Crow Creek located about 8.5 miles southeast of Cheyenne, Wyoming. This provided a base to begin an operation of catching and breaking wild horses for sale. This operation proved successful and Eli gradually accumulated land with adequate water to begin a cattle ranch. His main holdings consisted of ten sections of land on East Porter Creek near Carpenter, Wyoming. This land consisted of five sections in Wyoming and five sections in Colorado.
This may sound romantic and adventurous, but life for Eli consisted of hard work and long hours in primitive circumstances. Anyway, his determination and persistence paid off. In addition to his quite extensive land holdings, he began acquiring property in town.
Eli remained single until age 42 when he met Grandma Cecilia Ulrich who was a 22-year old, recently-arrived immigrant from Germany. Eli and Cecelia were married in 1892 and began a happy relationship which lasted for forty years. This union yielded five offspring beginning with Emma who was born in 1895".
The 5 children of Ehler and Cecilia Ulrich Bolln were: Emma Katherine Bolln Warren (1895-1951), Frederick "Fritz" Edward Bolln (1896-1942), Olga Bolln (1898-1903), Anne Bolln Von Kennel Spurrier (1901-1995), and Helen Cecelia "Babe" Bolln Costello Fuller (1906-1990).
Some of my Dad's facts were a little wrong. Ehler and Cecilia married on November 8, 1894 in Cheyenne (from CHEYENNE DAILY SUN, page 3, dated 9 Nov 1894). I believe "the brother who settled in Casper" was actually George Bolln who settled in Douglas. Regardless, Dad's biography painted a rather personal portrait of his grandfather.
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