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.

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 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. So, it would appear that it is the proper spelling of her name.

  1. Elisabeth Catharina Johanna Dreier born September 11, 1804
     

  2. Elisabeth Dorothea Sophia Dreier born February 5, 1817
     

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

  4. Johann Heinrich Friedrich Ferdinand Dreier born May 24, 1811
     

  5. Johann Jochim Friedrich Dreier born
     

  6. Magdalina Sophia Christina Dreier born June 8 1810
     

  7. Maria Dorothea Carolina Dreier born September 13, 1813
     

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

  9. Stillborn Girl Dreier February 12, 1845
     

  10. Friederika Sophia Henrietta JohAnna (Knack) Heiden died January 12, 1900
     

  11. Heinrich Fredrich Johann Heiden born June 19, 1866
     

  12. Johann Jochim Diedrich Heiden married Isabe Catharina Sophia Dreier on May 29, 1807
     

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

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

  15. Georg Christoph Heinrich Carl Johann Knaak born September 15, 1836
     

  16. Hanna Louise Dorothea Knaak born May 25, 1834
     

  17. Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Knaak born February 7, 1839
     

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

  19. Dorothea Friedericka Sophie Roggelein or Ruggelin born January 21, 1843
     

  20. Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schmidt born December 3, 1861
     

  21. Helmuth Friedrich August Ludwig Carl Schmidt born November 25, 1863
     

  22. Johann Carl Theodor Schmidt married Friedericka Sophia Henrietta JohAnna (Knack) Heiden on April 16, 1861
     

  23. Marie Rudolphine Johanne Auguste Schmidt born March 26, 1866