Listed
below are excerpts from transcriptions of audio tapes of
two meetings with different combinations of the people
shown here. They occurred on May 28 and September 25,
1995. For the entire script,
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Wilma, Jeannie, Wm, Helma and Marie were
children of Wm
Carl Heiden
Mildred was married to
Arthur Heiden
and was mother of Ralph Heiden
Helen was wife of Wm Frank and they were
parents of Dianne
Ralph, Dianne, Pat and Mary Lou were
first cousins
Wilma (Heiden) Bicking - Helma, I didn’t know your middle name was Nettie.
Helma (Heiden) Nickel - Yes, that was after Nettie Spohr. Emma was for Aunt Emma (Stock) Heiden. They both stood up for me.
Ralph Heiden - That was the way they used to do it. Often the person was
named after the people who stood up for them at baptism. If they had
four witnesses, they had four names.
Wilma (Heiden) Bicking - They stopped that when they got down to me.
Mildred (Roggerman) Heiden - With your dad it should be Arthur Henry Carl
(left). Carl Rathke
stood up for him.
Listed
below are excerpts from transcriptions of audio tapes of
two meetings with different combinations of the people
shown here. They occurred on May 28 and September 25,
1995. For the entire script,
Helma (Heiden) Nickel - Yes, that was after Nettie Spohr. Emma was for Aunt Emma (Stock) Heiden. They both stood up for me.
