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 The family must have moved from Klein Rehburg
to nearby
Gross Wokern
because that was the birthplace of
Christina Sophia Maria
Elizabeth Heiden who was the mother of
August Heiden and the grandmother of
William Carl Heiden.
The final son, Heinrich was born on
Wednesday, November 21, 1827, only two weeks after his father’s
death at the age of 51. This must have been a very hard time for
the widow, Ilsabe. One son, Carl, had died when he was only 2
years old so she was left with three young children ranging from
newborn to age 9.
 Maria was already 20 when her father died and
was probably out working on her own. Perhaps she felt obligated
to stay at home and help with the support of the family with the
meager wages she earned as a housemaid.
Ilsabe Heiden died on Monday, January 20, 1845 in
Gross Wokern at the age of 54. By then, the youngest son,
Heinrich,
would have been 17 years old and was probably already working
too.
On January 27, 1883,
Ludwig Heiden sent a
letter to his nephew,
August Heiden in Michigan. He had been living in Sweden (the letter came from Christianstad, Sweden) and
had been married to his
second wife for 20 years at that time. He would have been about
58 at that writing.
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