Family Facts for Heidens and Rambows - Heiden Family of Monroe County, Michigan- Includes Rambow, Milhan, Roggerman, Getty, Knaack and Laas Families

1.	Our family name should probably be Kanseyer.
2.	Most of our family originated in a small village of Gross Wokern in northern Germany. The Heiden, Rambow and Milhan ancestors who came to America in 1873 and 1874 all lived there before emigrating.
3.	Heinrich Rambow served in the Franco-Prussian War from 1870-1871.
4.	August and Rika Heiden had 35 grandchildren.
5.	Wm Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden had 38 granchildren. The first one, Walter Berns, was born in 1919 and the last one, Gail (Heiden) Baker, was born in 1958.
6.	Hilda Fuller was the only one of the 13 children of Wm Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden to live outside Monroe County.
7.	Herman Heiden was the only child of August and Rika to live outside Monroe County. He and his family moved north in Michigan to Isabella County.
8.	All of Wm Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden's 13 children attended Bridge School as did Wm Carl and Mary.
9.	Our early relatives landed at Castle Gardens reception center in New York City and not Ellis Island which did not open until later.
10.	We don't know why the Heidens and Rambows ended up in Monroe County, Michigan. The Heidens came first in 1873 followed by the Rambows in 1874.
11.	Although many of our ancestors lived into their 90s, a few including Ruth (Rambow) Piotter (104), her sister Marie (Rambow) Cowen (111) and Fred Milhan (100) were centenarians. Caroline Brown made it to 99 3/4 years.
12.	There are three William Heidens in the early generations. This includes Wm Carl and his son, Wm Frank. Wm Leo was a nephew of Wm Carl and cousin of Wm Frank.
13.	There are two women in the early generations who went by the nickname of Rika. One was the wife of August Heiden and here given name was spelled Fredericka. The other was a daughter-in-law married to their son, Herman. She spelled her name Fredareka.
14.	The 1880 U.S. census, shows August and Rika Heiden living at 248 9th Street in the City of Monroe. Wm Carl was listed as "Willie" and he was born there in 1874, one year after the family emigrated from Germany.
15.	Meta Heiden, the third child of August and Rika made the trip from Germany but died just 12 days after they arrived. She was two and a half years old and is buried in Monroe, Michigan.
16.	Bridge School which many, may of the Heiden relatives attended is the oldest public school in Michigan established in 1828.
17.	Starting in the 1910s, the Heiden Family Reunion was held most years through 2002. It most often occurred on the Fourth of July.
18.	Members of the Heiden family lived in over 70 different places in Raisinville and Dundee Townships alone. Many shared homes at different times and 32 people lived at the home with Wm Carl and Mary Heiden over the decades.
19.	Wm Carl Heiden purchased the family farm at 8861 Dixon Road on April 1, 1909 which was his 35th birthday. When he was a youngster, he had helped his father, August put the brick on what would become his future home.
20.	During World War I (1914-1918), Fred Rambow who had been born in Germany had to register to have permission to come within one-half mile of the post office in Monroe.
21.	The first Heiden Reunion was held on July 4, 1921.