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 We have only traced
the Dreier family back to Heinrich who was the great grandfather of
Sophia Wilhelmina Fredericka Adolphine
"Rika" Heiden. He was born around 1750 in
Germany.
His son, Johann Jochim Friedrich
Dreier, was born around 1775 in Mamerow, Germany.
Johann's daughter married Christoph Knaack and their
daughter, Fredericka "Rika" married
August Heiden
in 1868. They
came to America in 1873.
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 Other
descendants of Heinrich Dreier also
played a significant role in the lives
of August and Rika (Knaack) Heiden. As
shown in the chart below, Johann Dreier
had another daughter, Maria, who married
Heinrich Roggelein (Regelin). They had a
daughter, Dorothea (right), who was
Rika's first cousin and who married
Johann Laas before coming to America in
1867. The Laas' appear to have played a
major role in the Heiden's decision to
come to Monroe, Michigan when they
emigrated from Germany six years later.
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It
can help to see a physical representation of facts and other
data involved in a family history. This partially explains the
use of "family trees" with relatives scattered among the
branches which helps to bring order to things.
