Mamerow is a very, very small town about 4 miles south of Groß Wokern, the home of August Heiden and Heinrich Rambow. It was the hometown of the Knaack family and is where Christoph Knaack was born in 1805 and where he married Sophie Dreier in 1834.

Seven years later in 1841, they had a daughter, Fredericka (right) who would one day attract the attention of August Heiden who lived about 4 miles away in Groß Wokern. They would be married 1868 in nearby Klaber and begin their life together in Groß Wokern before emigrating to America in 1873.

According to a 2024 Google search, Mamerow has a population of 24.

Knaack - Knack - Kanak - Knaak - Rika (Mrs August) Heiden and her daughter-in-law, Anna (Mrs Ernst) Heiden had similar maiden names. Both have been recorded in different documents as having one of the four spellings above for their maiden name.

In researching Rika's background, the old German church records most frequently spell it Knaack. In America, we find the occasional Knaak or Kanack. Since Knaack appears to be the accepted German spelling, that is what we will use...for now.

Anna in her newspaper obituary is listed as Knaack also. However, tracing her back into Germany finds her father's name is Knack and her Social Security application has her maiden name as Knack. Also, relatives who attended her funeral service all wrote their names as Knack. Anna originated from a different part of Germany than Rika, too. So, it would appear that Knack is the proper spelling.

  1. Elisabeth Catharina Johanna Dreier born September 11, 1804  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's aunt)
     

  2. Christoph Johann Jochim Friedrich Knaak born March 1, 1805 married Sophia Dorothea Elisabeth Dreier on September 19, 1834 (Rika's parents)
     

  3. Sophia Dorothea Elisabeth Dreier born December 12, 1806 (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's mother)
     

  4. Johann Jochim Diedrich Heiden married Isabe Catharina Sophia Teschenow on May 29, 1807 (August Heiden's maternal grandparents)
     

  5. Magdalina Sophia Christina Dreier born June 8 1810  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's aunt)
     

  6. Johann Heinrich Friedrich Ferdinand Dreier born May 24, 1811  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's uncle)
     

  7. Maria Dorothea Carolina Dreier born September 13, 1813  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's aunt)
     

  8. Elisabeth Dorothea Sophia Dreier born February 5, 1817  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's aunt)
     

  9. Christina Catharina Sophia Marz or Martz died October 27, 1822 (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's grandmother)
     

  10. Hanna Louise Dorothea Knaack born May 25, 1834  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's sistedr)
     

  11. Georg Christoph Heinrich Carl Johann Knaak born September 15, 1836  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's brother)
     

  12. Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Knaak born February 7, 1839  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's brother)
     

  13. Elisabeth Sophia Wilhelmina Fredericka Adolphine Knaak born November 3, 1841 (Mrs August Heiden)
     

  14. Dorothea Friedericka Sophie Roggelein or Ruggelin born January 21, 1843  (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's cousin)
     

  15. Stillborn Girl Dreier February 12, 1845
     

  16. Helmuth August Friedrich Ludwig Hinrich Dreier born March 3, 1846
     

  17. Johann Carl Theodor Schmidt married Friedericka Sophia Henrietta Johanna Heiden on April 16, 1861 (August Heiden's half-sister)
     

  18. Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schmidt born December 3, 1861 (August Heiden's half-nephew)
     

  19. Helmuth Friedrich August Ludwig Carl Schmidt born November 25, 1863 (August Heiden's half-nephew)
     

  20. Marie Rudolphine Johanne Auguste Schmidt born March 26, 1866 (August Heiden's half-niece)
     

  21. Heinrich Fredrich Johann Heiden born June 19, 1866 (August Heiden's son)
     

  22. Johann Jochim Friedrich Dreier born (Rika (Knaack) Heiden's grandfather)
     

  23. Friederika Sophia Henrietta Johanna (Heiden) Schmidt died January 12, 1900 (August Heiden's half-sister)