Boehling Family History
The Boehling family history in the United States is relatively short. The first Boehling born in America was Herman Heinrich Anton Boehling in 1850, in Richmond, Virginia. His father, Herman Heinrich Boehling and second wife, Maria Elizabeth Gerling immigrated to America from Alfhausen, Germany. Young Herman married Mary Gertrude Holzgrefe. They had 7 children, the youngest of whom was John Joseph Boehling, whose line this page traces. – Blair Museum & Historical Society