surname,Boley....this guy isn't even German,
judging from his surname, info on the internet!
He's a commie Englishman who thinks he's chosen to rule the wogs!
You can see how Bolay families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bolay family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1880 and 1920. The most Bolay families were found in the USA in 1920. In 1880 there was 1 Bolay family living in Indiana. This was about 50% of all the recorded Bolay's in the USA. Indiana and 1 other state had the highest population of Bolay families in 1880. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Bolay surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
Very interesting thoughts, sir, but I’m afraid that in this case, this mayor is most probably of German heritage :-)
You see, there are some surnames in both English and German, which are relatively similar. Furthermore, there are quite a few Bolay families to be found in the Stuttgart region, among them a clockmaker and an entrepreneur.
In German, the name is also pronounced somewhat differently than in English. It sounds like: ˈboːlaɪ̯.
The name is derived from the personal name of a late Roman martyr named Pelagius of Constance, who was referred to as “Sant Bolai” in late medieval vernacular (i.e. non-literary) German. His relics have found their way to Constance, which is situated in Southwestern Germany as well, like Stuttgart.
Maybe the English version of this last name traces back to the same saint; that would explain the similarity in both languages :-)