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  William
Carl Heiden's wife was the former
Mary
Rambow
(right) and his brother, Herman was married to the
former Fredarecka Rambow (left). Their mother's maiden
name was Wilhelmina Milhan. The
Heidens,
Rambows and
Milhans all lived close to each other in the small
town of
Gross Wokern, Germany
and then all lived in Raisinville Township in Monroe
County after immigrating.
The first generation
of German Milhans we have found (so far) began with Johann
Joachim Friedrick Milhan who was born July 23, 1823
in Gross Wokern. He was married to Marie Sophia
Fredericke Möller and they had 2 girls,
Wilhelmina
and
Fredericka
and 3 boys,
Carl
"Fred" (below),
Wilhelm and
Christoph.
 In 1873, the Heidens
and Fred Milhan
emigrated to the U.S. (separately as far as we
know). About one year later in 1874,
the Rambows and three of Fred's younger siblings followed.
It had been the plan
for both the Rambows and all of the Milhans to take the ship
together. In the year before departure, however,
Wilhelmina's father and mother both died. The
mother, Sophia, was buried the day before the others
left Gross Wokern for the port city of Hamburg,
Germany.
Carl "Fred" Milhan
who came to Monroe County in 1873 had built a log house in Raisinville Township on
South Custer Road a short distance from the farm
where the Rambows eventually settled after a short
time living in Dundee Township. |
