Norma Jean “Jeanie” Heiden was born on Monday, April 11, 1927 in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo. She was the only one of the 13 children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden who was not born at the family home. Mary was 49 years old at the time of Jeanie's birth. She was their final child and was 6 weeks premature according to Jeanie.

Jeanie attended Bridge School through the 8th grade and then went on to graduate from Dundee High School in the class of 1945. She was salutatorian of her class.

In 1946, she began working for Monroe County Abstract Company writing title abstracts for property transactions throughout the county. She continued with this job until 1989 when she retired. However, she continued to work as an abstractor part-time for Hassett Title Co. and celebrated fifty years on the job in 1996.

Jeanie who lived in the Detroit Beach area near the City of Monroe, passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe. She was 85 at the time of her death and is buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in LaSalle, Michigan.
 

This census shows Wm Carl (56), Mary (59), Carl (29), Marie (15), Wm Frank (12), Helen Esther (10), Wilma (7) and Norma Jean (2) living at the home farm. Wm Carl is shown as a carpenter.

Note:Norma was the last child and the first one born in a hospital. Her birth state is listed as Ohio.

Living at the home farm were Wm Carl (56), Mary (52), Marie (24), Helen Esther (20), Wilma (17) and Norma (12). Wm Frank (22) and his wife, Helen (20) also lived their with their first child, Carol (1).

Following the death of Mildred in 1939 at the age of 31, her husband John Eipperle and daughter Sally came to live in the house also.

Wm Carl and Mary are both listed as having completed the 8th grade. Marie was a barmaid who made $364 in the previous year. Helen Esther was an unpaid family house worker. John Eipperle who had completed 8th grad was a truck driver making an annual salary of $1,000. Wm Frank who also completed 8th grade was "working on his own account" and made $480 in 1939.
On this census, Wm Carl was listed as William Heiden, Sr. (76). He and Mary (72) were living on the home farm with daughters Helen Esther (30) and Norma (22). Helen Esther was listed as a house worker in a private home while Norma worked as a typist in an abstract office.

At this time, Wm Frank (32), his wife Helen (30) and their children Carol (11), Janice (9), James (7), Dianne (5) and Richard Carl (3) also lived at 8861 Dixon Road.

Note: They would move a short distance away to 8420 Dixon to rent a farm before returning to 8861 when they purchased the farm from Wm Carl in 1960.