According to what we have been
able to determine, at least two different branches of the Heiden
family have lived in this small house directly across the road from the
William
Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden home farm at
8861 Dixon.
This property was
originally part of the Heiden homestead which included both the
south and north side of Dixon Road to the River Raisin. Sometime in the 1930s,
three large lots of about 3 or 4 acres in size were subdivided
to go from the road north to the river.
The middle lot that became 8864 Dixon Road was directly across
from William Carl and Mary's house. The lot to the east during the 50s and
60s only contained a small garage-type cottage set back half way
to the river which was used by
a couple named Jerry and Anabelle Feeback who lived in Toledo and came out on the
weekends. Later, their daughter and son-in-law built a house
near the road.
The lot to the left of this house included a nice,
big brick house that belonged to Paul Goetz and his
family during the 1950s into the 2000s.
In
the late 1930s, Walter
W. Grams (right) who was the teacher at the nearby Bridge School
bought this lot and built a small, one-bedroom house
shown above. The school was less than 1/2 mile from
this house.
In the 1940s,
Ervin (left) and
Helen (Jaworski) Heiden and their daughter,
Bonnie
(Heiden, Bruns) Mills and son, Allen, lived in the house.
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