| Bally family | |
|---|---|
| Swiss business family | |
 Carl Franz Bally Eduard Bally Arthur Bally | |
| Current region | Switzerland |
| Place of origin | Montafon, Austria |
| Founded |
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| Founder | Franz Ulrich Bohli (1748–1810) |
| Titles | List |
The Bally family (German: [ˈbɑːli]) is a Swiss industrial and political family primarily associated with the Bally (fashion house), once Europe's largest shoe manufacturing company, founded in 1851. The family originally hailed from the Montafon valley in Vorarlberg, Austria.
The progenitor of the Swiss family is Franz Ulrich Bohli (1748–1810), a stonemason originally from Übersaxen, who landed in Aarau in spring 1778. He would later become a merchant and become a Swiss citizen in Rohr, Solothurn in 1788. The family has been strongly associated with the textile industry and the municipality of Schönenwerd.
References
- HLS DSS "Bally (Familie)" https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/025024/2011-01-19/
- Bally von Rohr SO https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/famn/index.php
- "Familiengeschichte | BALLYANA - Sammlung Industriekultur". www.ballyana.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-29.