Jakob Möller, the grandfather of Rika (Mrs August) Heiden was born in the small village of Neukalen in Mecklenburg Schwerin, Germany. This town is only about 26 kilometers northeast of Groß Wokern, the home village of August and Rika Heiden before they emigrated to America in 1873. It is about 5 or so miles from Alt Suhrkow the ancestral home of several of the Burmeister and Kanseyer or Canseyer or Kansehr families.

Jakob Möller was the grandfather of Rika (Mrs August) Heiden. As with several German names, this one has been spelled differently in certain German and American records. It may be represented as Möller, Muller or even Miller.

  1. Jakob Möller (-) grandfather of Rika Heiden.