Allan was the eldest child of Michael Augustus and Ida Elizabeth (Eckenrode) Bollinger. On 25 August 1906, Allan married Anna V. Kelly; the couple had four children. In 1915, following the birth for their fourth child, Anna and the child became the center of a heated debate over eugenics and the power of a doctor to elect whether or not to perform a live-sustaining operation on a newborn. Anna had recently recovered from a severe case of typhoid fever before she gave birth--which is what the attending doctor attributed to being the cause of a severe deformity with the child. At the time, Anna and Allan thought the doctor's decision to not sustain the life of the infant was the correct course of action. However, in July 1917, Anna died having "'fell into a settled melancholy and wasted away'"* which Allan attributed to the loss of the infant's life. On 16 April 1919, Allan remarried to Catherine Murdoch Page; they had one child together. Allan worked as a foreman a streetcar line in Chicago.
*Quote from Allan Bollinger on his wife's death; Chicago Tribune, 28 July 1917, p. 1.
*Quote from Allan Bollinger on his wife's death; Chicago Tribune, 28 July 1917, p. 1.
Allan was the eldest child of Michael Augustus and Ida Elizabeth (Eckenrode) Bollinger. On 25 August 1906, Allan married Anna V. Kelly; the couple had four children. In 1915, following the birth for their fourth child, Anna and the child became the center of a heated debate over eugenics and the power of a doctor to elect whether or not to perform a live-sustaining operation on a newborn. Anna had recently recovered from a severe case of typhoid fever before she gave birth--which is what the attending doctor attributed to being the cause of a severe deformity with the child. At the time, Anna and Allan thought the doctor's decision to not sustain the life of the infant was the correct course of action. However, in July 1917, Anna died having "'fell into a settled melancholy and wasted away'"* which Allan attributed to the loss of the infant's life. On 16 April 1919, Allan remarried to Catherine Murdoch Page; they had one child together. Allan worked as a foreman a streetcar line in Chicago.
*Quote from Allan Bollinger on his wife's death; Chicago Tribune, 28 July 1917, p. 1.
*Quote from Allan Bollinger on his wife's death; Chicago Tribune, 28 July 1917, p. 1.
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