Re: Heiden, Ger., Wis., Iowa.
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Re: Heiden, Ger., Wis., Iowa.
4/29/00
I am the 2nd great grandson of Johann Joachim Friedrich Heiden, born on 3/28/1828 in Garwitz, Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany.As near as I can tell he had five siblings, one of them was the grandfather to your great-grandmother Amanda Heiden Schlief.I would be very interested in sharing information.I have quite a bit on the Heiden's of Watertown, but not much on the "off-shoots" after they left town.The original spelling of the name was Heyden.Johann Joachim Friedrich was married originally to Sophia Stoevhase.She passed away around 1894 and he remarried his maid, Phillipinna Bergdoll.His children from the first marriage were irate and many left the area and went north to Columbus. His second wife convinced him to "americanize his name" and he changed it to Heiden shortly after his marriage.