August Heiden, Heinrich Rambow, Fred Milhan, Charles Roggerman and John Getty, Sr were the first generation of these families to emigrate to the United States. Their children would be the second and their grandchildren the third generation to live in America. We have also included non-living members of the fourth generation.

We have gathered together some examples of the types of occupations people in these four generations have held in the "New World'. The most common profession was as either a full or part-time farmer but there have been a wide range of other jobs too.
 

August Heiden was trained as a bricklayer/mason or Maurer in German. In 19th century Germany, this involved starting as an apprentice (Lehrlin) and then moving into the next level as a journeyman (Geselle). Often this involved traveling around the region to gain different experience and eventually, if you passed all the requirements, you would become a master craftsman (Meister). The whole process was usually under the guidance of a specific craft guild which set the rules for gaining each step.

Some of the letters sent from Germany in the 1920s were addressed to Maurer August Heiden so it must have been a special title. In America, it appears that he worked both as a mason and a carpenter. He is said to have built the house at 7400 South Custer Road where the Heinrich Rambow family lived. Along with one of his sons, William Carl, he put the brick facade on the house at 8861 Dixon Road which would later be William's home farm. They also built a building in Grape for Raisinville Township in 1891.
  1. Chester Ayris
  2. Arthur Burgard
  3. William Burgard
  4. Cecil Drake
  5. Arthur Heiden
  6. August Heiden
  7. Carl Heiden
  8. Edwin "Pete" Heiden
  9. Ernst Heiden
  10. Gerald Walter Heiden
  11. Heinrich Heiden
  12. Herman Heiden
  13. Howard Heiden
  14. John Heiden
  15. Lester Heiden
  16. Roger Heiden, Sr.
  17. Wm Carl Heiden
  1. Wm Frank Heiden
  2. Norman Kehrer
  3. John Koster, Jr.
  4. Marvin Koster
  5. Fred Milhan
  6. Albert Miller
  7. Herb Nickel
  8. Larry Nickel
  9. Heinrich Rambow
  10. William Rambow
  11. Edward Regelin
  12. Frank Regelin
  13. Charles Roggeman
  14. George Roggeman
  15. Charles Toburen
  1. Arthur Heiden
  2. Leo Heiden
  3. Gus Lehmkuhl
  1. Walter Heiden - Amendt Milling
  2. Henry Wm Heiden - Dundee Feeds
  3. Velda Heiden - Ida Farmers' Coop
  1. Galen Berns
  2. Walter Berns
  3. Wm "Bill" Bicking
  4. Ervin Heiden
  5. Gerald Walter Heiden
  6. Harold Heiden
  7. Kenneth Kimlin
  8. Melvin Pickens
  9. Morris "Brick" Tommelein
  1. Beverly (Strzesinski) Hammond
  2. Bennie Heiden
  3. Edward Heiden - Fisher Body, Lansing
  4. Gary Miller
  5. Bonnie (Heiden, Bruns) Mills
  6. Dennis Tommelein
  1. Lavern Berns
  2. Arthur Heiden
  3. Wm Leo Heiden
  4. Bob Roggerman
  5. Ralph Raymond Roggerman
  1. Lester Frank - Knapp Motors - Blissfield, MI
  1. Connie (Pickens) Menna - Teacher
  2. Ella Burgard - Teacher
  3. Harrison Dentel - Teacher
  1. Edward Regelin - Musician - Dundee, MI
  2. Melvin Toburen - Musician & Elderly Instruments, Lansing
  3. Evelyn (Ayris) Van Orden - Soaring Eagle Casino
  1. Hilda Fuller - Kellogg Com College
  2. Helen Kreps - Ida Schools
  3. Bernard Laas - Buckeye Brewery
  4. Richard Laas - Snug Harbor Bar
  5. Dorothy Miller - Snug Harbor Bar
  6. Lewis Heiden - Sealtest - Lansing, MI
  1. Wilma (Heiden) Bicking - County of Monroe
  2. Cecil Drake - Law Enforcement
  3. William Tommelein - Law Enforcement
  4. Norma (Miller) Ballard - State of Michigan
  5. Darrel Berns - State of Michigan
  6. Patricia (Bicking) Klass - State of Michigan
  7. Donald Heiden - U.S. Postal Carrier
  8. Glenn Heiden - U.S. Postal Carrier
  9. Neil Heiden - U.S. Postal Carrier
  10. Robert Heiden - U.S. Postal Carrier
  11. Marvin Koster - U.S. Postal Carrier
  12. Ervin Roggerman - Ranger, Yellowstone National Park - Montana
  1. Helen (Jaworski) Heiden - Beautician - Dundee, MI
  2. Roberta (Gall) Heiden - Nurse
  1. Gerhardt Althoff - Tool and Die Maker
  2. Arthur Heiden - Dundee Products - Dundee, MI
  3. Lela Heiden - Willow Run Bomber - Ypsilanti, MI
  4. Lela Heiden - Yeck Mfg - Dundee, MI
  5. Lester Heiden - Willow Run Bomber - Ypsilanti, MI
  6. Roger Heiden, Sr.- Dundee Casting - Dundee, MI
  7. Roger Heiden, Sr - France Stone Co.
  8. Esther Kehrer - Wies Manufacturing
  9. Maggie Miller - Pur-O-Lator - Petersburg, MI
  10. Butch Miller - Michigan Tube Swagers - Temperance, MI
  11. Harley Ayris - Dow Chemical - Midland, MI
  12. Harold Heiden - Jansen Tool & Die - Toledo, Ohio
  13. Alice Berlin - La-Z-Boy Chair - Monroe, MI
  14. Lavern Berns - La-Z-Boy Chair - Monroe, MI
  15. Wm Frank Heiden - La-Z-Boy Chair - Monroe, MI
  16. Helen Esther Heiden - Leake Stamping - Monroe, MI
  17. Louis Ezra Getty - Tecumseh Products - Tecumseh, MI
  18. Howard Heiden - Tecumseh Products - Tecumseh, MI
  19. Wm Frank Heiden - Tecumseh Products - Tecumseh, MI
  20. Arthur Heiden - Wolverine Manufacturing - Dundee, MI
  21. Wm Frank Heiden - Wolverine Manufacturing - Dundee, MI
  
 
[Consolidated Paper Co., Monroe Paper Products, Union Camp Paper, & River Raisin Paper Co.]  
  1. Veyirl Wittkop - Telephone Operator
  2. Pat Klass - Upper Peninsula Power Co.
  3. Deloris Fitzgerald - Kaiser-Frazer Corp. - Willow Run, MI
  4. James William Heiden - Flangex, Inc - Brantford, Ontario
  5. Norma "Jeanie" Heiden - Monroe Abstract Co - Monroe, MI
  6. Dianne Houpt - University of Michigan
  7. Karen (Berns) Wheaton - University of Michigan
  1. Nellie (Heiden) Ayris - Gorham Brothers
  2. Helen (Henning) Heiden - Ida Hardware Store
  3. Veyirl Wittkop - Goodrich Five and Dime
  
  1. Ervin Getty -Square Deal Garage
  2. Harrison Dentel - Insurance Agency
  3. Gerald Walter Heiden - Heiden's Produce
  4. Ervin Getty - Thrasher
  1. Ralph Raymond Roggerman - Great Lakes Sailor
  2. John Eipperle - Truck Driver
  3. Alfred "Dave" Heiden - Truck Driver
  4. Henry Wm Heiden - Truck Driver
  5. Wm Leo Heiden - Truck Driver
  6. Donald Klatt - Truck Driver
  7. Larry Nickel - Truck Driver