Listed here are the major milestones or personal events that occurred during the life of Ernst "Ernest" Heiden and other closely related family members. This includes the dates of birth, marriage and death along with the places of residence over the years. Events are noted for this person and his or her spouse and children.
0 10 June 1868 Gross Wokern, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. He was the second of the eight children of August and Fredericka (Knaack) Heiden .
5 4 June 1873 Arrived at Castle Garden Emigrant Depot, New York, New York aboard the S.S. Saxonia with his family including his parents, older brother, Heinrich, and younger sister, Meta.
5 16 June 1873 Meta Heiden died at the age of 2½ in Monroe, Michigan. just 12 days after the family arrived in America.
8 15 July 1876 Anna Sophia Knack was born in the Lippe district of the Federal Republic of Germany. This is about 300 miles from where Ernst was born. She emigrated to America in 1882 at the age of 6.
8 31 July 1876 Fraternal twins, Herman and Bertha Heiden were born in Monroe, Michigan.
9 31 Jan 1877 Bertha Heiden died at the age of 6 months in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
12 According to the census, the August Heiden family was living on West 9th Street, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan. However, we do not know exactly when they started living at that address.
17 1883 Anna Sophia Knack emigrated to America from Germany
26 17 Apr 1895 Ernst married Anna Sophia Knack in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
29 14 June 1897 Frank Henry Heiden was born in Monroe County, Michigan.
31 30 July 1899 Edwin Herman Ernst "Pete" Heiden was born in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
32 8925 South Custer Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
35 11 Sep 1903 Walter Wilhelm Johann Heiden was born in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
38 20 Aug 1906 Ada Emma (Heiden) Robbins was born was born in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
40 11 Feb 1909 Elmer John Heiden was born in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
43 25 June 1911 Florence Ada "Maggie" Heiden was born in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
45 1 Oct 1913 Ervin Friederick August Heiden was born in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
47 20 July 1915 Alfred Julius "Dave" Heiden was born in Monroe County, Michigan.
Note: Their 50th Wedding Anniversary newspaper article says that Ernst and Anna had two daughters who died in childhood but did not mention names or dates.
54 20 Apr 1922 Heinrich Heiden died at the age of 55 at home at 8420 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
54 5 Sep 1922 August Heiden died at the age of 84 at his home at 8700 South Custer Road in Raisinville Twp, Monroe County, Michigan.
56 14 Sep 1924 Frank Henry Heiden died in Monroe County, Michigan. at the age of 27.
58 14 Jan 1926 Fredericka "Rika" (Knaack) Heiden died at the age of 84 at her home at 8700 South Custer Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
58 8 Dec 1926 Edwin Herman Ernst "Pete" Heiden and Lela Ella Viets were married in St Matthew Lutheran Church in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
59 18 Aug 1927 Donald Edwin Heiden was born in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
63 20 June 1931 Deloris Mae Heiden was born in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
65 2 Dec 1933 Walter Wilhelm Johann Heiden and Edith Margaret Spaulding were married
65 19 May 1934 Ada Emma (Heiden) Robbins and DeGarmo Robbins were married
66 1 Dec 1934 Florence Ada "Maggie" Heiden and Harold Louis "Butch" Miller were married in Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan.
68 23 Feb 1936 Melvin E. Robbins was born in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
68 29 Mar 1936 Gerald Walter Heiden was born in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
Richard L. Robbins was born in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
70 31 Dec 1938 Alfred Julius "Dave" Heiden and Betty Jane Cusac were married in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
71 18 Oct 1939 Wayne Lee Heiden Sr was born in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.
71 8 Nov 1939 Alton Harold Miller was born in Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.
72 17 Sep 1940 Nancy Phyllis Heiden was born in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
72 20 Sep 1940 Nancy Phyllis Heiden died at the age of one day in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
72 28 Sep 1940 Ervin Friederick August Heiden and Helen A. Jaworski were married in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.
74 1942 Lois Ann Heiden was born and died in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
74 25 Mar 1942 Bonnie L. (Heiden, Bruns) Mills was born in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.
75 9 Feb 1943 Gary Lee Miller was born in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
Thomas Jay Heiden was born in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
Patricia Mae (Heiden) Massingill was born in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
76 1944 With daughter, Ada Robbins, at 8004 Mill Street in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
77 1945-46 Grandson, Donald Edwin Heiden, served in the U.S. Navy
78 24 April 1946 Daniel Gale Heiden was born in Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
80 4 April 1948 Roger Dale Robbins was born in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
82 With daughter, Ada Robbins, at 8004 Mill Street in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
82 31 Dec 1950 At his daughter, Ada Robbins' home at 8004 Mill Street, Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
3 Jan 1951 St Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Since 1964, it has been known as the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church cemetery.
82 30 June 1959 Died at home at 8055 Ida East Road in Ida, Michigan.
St Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Since 1964, it has been known as the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church cemetery.