The earliest relative we were able to find so far in the German church records was Friedrich Heiden who was born in 1755 in the village of Nienhagen in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany.

We know that he died in 1811 at the age of 56 and that he and his wife, the former Hanna Christina Magdalena Teschenow, had two sons and a daughter.

  1. Johann Jochim Diederich Heiden (1776-1827) (Grandfather of August Heiden)
     
  2. Mina Marie Louisa Heiden (1781-1801)

  3. August Heinrich Ernst Heiden (1783-February 23,1802)

Mary Lou Opfermann, Agnes Heiden, Karen Wheaton, Joann Kimlin & Dianne Houpt

Gail Baker, Drew Berns, Madelyn Berns, Veronica Berns, Wilma Bicking, Myrna Bishop, Marilyn Burgard, Bertha Drake, Kay Dushane, Elaine Eichbauer, Monita Fergus, Harold Heiden, Mildred Heiden, Norma Heiden, Ronald Edward Heiden, Wm Frank and Helen Heiden, Pat Klass, Helma Nickel, Peter Opfermann, Caroline Rambow, Jane Root, Pastor Don Thomas, Marie & Brick Tommelein, Gwen White, Jeff Wittman and Joyce Wittman.