Listed below in a text based family tree are the first five generations of our branch of the Heiden Family. It starts with the earliest relative, Friedrich Heiden (1755-1811) in Germany and continues to the grandchildren of August Heiden (1838-1922) who, with his wife and first three children, were the first to come to America in 1873.

Relatives who did not leave Germany are indicated by the letter, . Those who made the trip to America from Germany have a next to their name. All others listed below were born in the U.S.

At the bottom of the page is information on other types of graphical representations. These include graphic family trees created in PhotoShop and a wide variety of family relationship charts which can be created in RootsMagic software that we use.
 

Unfortunately, in our search for family history, the surname of several branches including the Knaacks, Roggermans and a few others have been spelled differently in different records. Fortunately, that does not seem to be the case with the surname Heiden. All the records we have found back to the earliest German relative have the same spelling.

  1. Friedrich Heiden + Hanna Teschenaw
    1. Johann Heiden + Ilsabe
      1. Maria Heiden + Johann Kanseyer or Cansier
        1. August Heiden
          1. His 8 Children
            1. His 36 Grandchildren

Herman Heiden
+ Fredareka Rambow		 Lena Koster
+John Koster		 John Heiden
+Agnes Brockman
  1. Lewis Heiden
  2. Nellie Ayris
  3. Bertha Drake
  4. Richard Lee Heiden
  1. Erlin Koster
  2. Harold Koster
  3. Marvin Koster
  1. Howard Heiden

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.

The RootsMagic software that I use has many, many options for displaying the information in its database. I have included a few examples and hope to add more in the future. If you are interesting in getting a chart or display for your particular branch of a family, I would be glad to help you.