Herman John Heiden and his
fraternal twin,
Bertha
Dorothea, were born on Monday, July
31, 1876. They were the fourth and fifth children of
August and Fredarecka (Knaack) Heiden and the second and third to be born in America. The
family was living at 248 West 8th Street in Monroe, Michigan at
the time of the births according to the 1880 census.
He married
Friedarecka "Reka" Johanna Christine Rambow on
Thursday, February 22, 1900 at
St
Matthew Lutheran Church in
Raisinville Township. Reka, who was 19, was the younger
sister of William Carl Heiden’s wife,
Mary
Hannah Rambow. Reka was born on Wednesday,
December 22, 1880.
In 1915, Herman and Reka took a
train from Dundee
where they were living on Cass Street, north to Isabella County to the town of
Shepherd. He eventually bought a farm there and became the only
child of
August Heiden to live outside Monroe County.
Herman was 81 years old at his death on Wednesday, December 11,
1957. He passed away at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan
and is buried in the Salt River Cemetery in Shepherd, Michigan.
Reka died on Friday, October 8, 1964 at the age of 73
in Shepherd, Michigan and is also buried at Salt River Cemetery.
During
their 54 year marriage, they had two sons and two daughters.
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