Apollonia Wolff

     Apollonia Wolff was born on 9 April 1837 at Kuhardt, Germersheim, Bavaria, Germany.^2,3,1 She was the daughter of Joannes Adamus Wolff and Eva Margaretha Bolz.¹ Apollonia Wolff was christened on 21 April 1837 at Kuhardt, Germersheim, Bavaria, Germany.⁴ Apollonia Wolff went by the nick-name of Lena.²

Apollonia Wolff, age 28, married Conrad Merdian, age 27 , son of Georg Anton Merdian and Margaretha Hatzenbühler, on 24 March 1866 at Sankt Martinum Roemisch-Katholische, Ottersheim, Germersheim, Bavaria, Germany.^5,2 Apollonia Wolff and Conrad Merdian immigrated on 12 September 1881 to New York City, New York, on board the SS Stella out of Amsterdam.^6,7,2 Apollonia and Conradmoved to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1884.⁸ According to the 1885 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Directory, Conrad and Lena lived in Pittsburgh and he was a laborer.⁹ Apollonia, age 62 years, and Conrad, age 61 years, appeared on the US Census of 1900 at 2 Butler Street, Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.² Apollonia Wolff died on 14 November 1907 at Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at age 70 from pneumonia.^1,3 Apollonia's obituary of 15 November 1907, reads:

She was buried on 17 November 1907 at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the old section.^1,3