Mary Susan Bollinger was born 14 August 1855 at Weinfelden, Thurgau, Switzerland, to John Bollinger and Ann Barbara Bollinger.

When of age she went in training to be a nurse and worked in Zurich, Switzerland for a number of years in a large hospital. Her son, John Henry, was born 9 November 1873. (His mother always- said that his father's name was Edward Berrett of Zofinger, Argan County, Switzerland.) She put Henry in an orphanage run by a Mr. and Mrs. Bardoldi who had no children of their own, but loved children. They had Henry as a baby until he was ten years old.

While working in the hospital she met the missionaries and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With the people being very bitter towards the Church at that time she soon lost her job. Elder Stauffer of Providence, Utah encouraged her to come to Utah with the missionaries. Sailing from Liverpool, England 5 June 1879 on the ship, "Wisconsin," in Captain John G. Jones's Company, they arrived at New York 20 June and the company continued by rail, arriving in Salt Lake City 24 June 1879.

Elder Stauffer took her to his home in Providence and she met his family. Not knowing he was a married man and seeing how hurt his family was that he had brought her with intention of her to be his wife, she packed her bags and left in the night walking all the way from Providence to Smithfield in the dark.

Early morning she knocked on the first door she came to and the family in the home took her in, but could not understand one word she was saying. They got a young girl who lived near by, Lanny Ewing, who was Danish, and she could understand what she wanted and who she was and where she came from. She helped her find work and they were the best friends the rest of their lives. She took her endowments out 5 August 1880 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Robert Meikle's wife passed away 10 April 1880, leaving him with three children and a small baby ten days old. He needed a nurse and Mary Susan Bollinger went into his home and cared for his family. In June, the 23 June 1881, she was married to Robert Meikle in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. She raised his children by two wives. He had lost two wives.

Having left her son in Switzerland she and her husband, Robert Meikle, decided they would send for him. He came to America with a group of missionaries, in the summer of 1883 and was adopted by Robert Meikle and sealed to him and his mother on the 11 March 1885 in the Logan Temple.

Mary Susan was called to go to Salt Lake and take a Nurses course in midwife [so] she could deliver babies. Being a three month course she completed hers in one month as she was already trained in the old country. Receiving her license to practice she returned home and cared for the sick and delivered many babies.

Her husband died 1 Sep. 1890. After the children were raised she went out in the Tintic Mining district and worked with a Dr, Stoffer. Here she met and married a man by the name of John James.

After some years they were divorced and some time later she married a John Burt and lived in Spanish Fork, Utah. John Burt had two sons, which she raised. One of the sons had T.B. of the hip and was bed fast for some time and she cared for him.

After the two boys were on their own, she and her husband separated, sold their property, and divided it so she had some money. She entered the Sarah Daft home on 13th East in Salt Lake City, Utah to live using some money that she had to take care of herself while she lived there.

She has done Temple work in the Salt Lake and Logan Temples. While she was living in the Sarah Daft home she decided to have an operation and some time after the operation she died in the Salt Lake Hospital the 12 February 1924 and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

In Switzerland she was a Doctor and Midwife, but in America was known as a midwife. She was a good nurse to hundreds of people and known as a good nurse. She delivered thousands of babies. While taking care of John Burt's son with T.B. of the hip she gave him such good care and she didn't separate from John Burt until the boys were able to be on their own.