Margaret Elizabeth Merdian

     Margaret Elizabeth Merdian was born on 6 December 1865 at Ottersheim, Germersheim, Bavaria, Germany.^1,2 She was the daughter of Conrad Merdian and Apollonia Wolff. Margaret Elizabeth Merdian immigrated in 1881 to the United States.³

Margaret Elizabeth Merdian, age 18, married Albert M. Sahr, age 21 , son of Johann Conrad Sahr and Anna Maria Wenz, on 11 November 1884 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sharpsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.^4,1 As of 11 November 1884,her married name was Sahr. Margaret, age 44 years, and Albert, age 46 years, appeared on the US Census of 1910 on Ralanning Pike, O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.³ Margaret was naturalized before 1920.⁵ Margaret, age 54 years, and Albert, age 56 years, appeared on the US Census of 1920 on 208 Singer Avenue, McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.⁵ Margaret, age 64 years, and Albert, age 66 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 on 1250 Faulkner Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.⁶ Margaret, age 74 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 on 1119 Newcomer Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, She was a widow living alone.⁷ In 1941, the year Margaret died, she lived at 1119 Emporia Street, Sheraden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.² She died on 18 July 1941 at Marcy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at age 75 from an intestinal obstruction.^1,8,2 Margaret's obituary of 19 July 1941, reads:



Margaret was buried on 22 July 1941 at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in plot R-39-3.^9,8,2