Listed here are the homes of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden . All but one of them, Hilda Fuller, lived their entire life in Monroe County. After retirement, a few of them spent the winters in Florida.

My father, Arthur Heiden, lived in at least 12 different places during his 72 year long life while his younger brother, William Frank, lived in only two homes during his 91 years.

The lists are based on my personal knowledge, feedback from relatives, U.S. Census reports and various newspaper reports such as wedding or anniversary articles. If you have first hand information to add or corrections or pictures, please send me an EMAIL.

Thanks, Ralph Heiden

As mentioned above, the 13 children of William Carl and Mary Heiden did not stray very far away from the home farm at 8861 Dixon Road. Here is a list of the distance, in miles, from 8861 to the home where each son or daughter spent the largest portion of their adult life.

  1. Wm Frank Heiden - 0.0
  2. Arthur Heiden - 150 ft
  3. Carl Heiden - 1.6
  4. Leo Heiden - 2.3
  1. Edna Berns - 2.6
  2. Lester Heiden - 2.7
  3. Helma Nickel - 3.8
  4. Mildred Eipperle - 5.3
  1. Helen Heiden - 9.5
  2. Jeanie Heiden - 9.5
  3. Wilma Bicking - 9.9
  4. Marie Tommelein - 16.3
  5. Hilda Fuller - 106.0
Note: Distances are based on a Google Map search of the two addresses.
0-2 1898-1900 Eby Farm in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents. She was the first of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
2-10 1900-1908 Albright Farm on South Custer Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents.
11-20 1909-1918 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents.
20-27 1918-1925 Living at the site of the current address of 8530 Dixon Road which was a house for the hired hands on the east side of the Wakefield Farm. That house no longer exists. Her sons, Walter was born here in 1919 and Lavern in 1920.
28-43 1926-1941 Living at 11501 Dixon Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. The family consisted of Doris, Eva, Laura and Linda.
43-46 1941-1944 Hallie Farm near Maple Grove Cemetery in Dundee, Michigan.
46-87 1944-1985 7460 South Custer Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Doris, Eva, Laura and Linda were living with their parents here.
87-90 1985-1988 Rawson Place Apartments at 501 Rawson Street, Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.

0-9 1900-1909 Albright Farm in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He was the second of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
9-30 1909-1930 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents.
30-32 1930-1932 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents. Carl and his wife, Anita lived here after their marriage and their first child, Velda was born in this house in 1931.
32-34 1932-1934 8750 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. This was where their daughter, Verdell was born. The house is about 150 yards east of 8861.
35 1935 2830 North Custer Road for 9 or 10 months according to Velda Heiden . It was a house across from the Monroe Airport location.
35-50 1935-1950 8750 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
51-72 1951-1972 600 Ida Maybee Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.

0-6 1902-1908 Albright Farm in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He was the third of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
7-25 1909-1927 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents.
26-27 1928-1929 Living at the site of the current address of 8530 Dixon Road which was a house for the hired hands on the east side of the Wakefield Farm. This is where their first child, Mary Lou was born. Earlier in the decade, Leo's sister, Edna, and her husband, Henry Berns, had lived in this house.
28-32 1930-1934 899 Laplaisance Road, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan. according to the 1930 U.S. Census with 8 month old Mary Lou.
33-34 1935-1938 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents. Leo and his wife, Lucille, lived here with his parents when their second child, David, Sr. was born.
35-36 1938-1939 Living at 11501 Dixon Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. They were staying with Leo's sister, Edna Berns and her family.
37-38 1939-1940 7950 South Custer Road at the back of the store on the corner of Lewis Ave/Ida-Maybee Roads and South Custer. This is where their third child, Roger, Sr. was born.
39-43 1941-1945 Lived at the Reber farm at 6842 Dixon Road
44-77 1946-1979 7758 South Custer Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.

0-4 1905-1909 Albright Farm in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. He was the fourth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
4-20 1909-1925 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents.
21 1925-1926 Living at 11501 Dixon Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. They were staying with Lester's sister, Edna Berns and her family.
22-30 1926-1935 601 Sixth Street, Monroe, Michigan. after his 1925 marriage to Lila Viets. They had three children while living at this house. Robert (1927), Dale Arthur (1932-1932) and Donna Mae (1934).
31-37 1936-1942 Living at 12909 South Custer Road with children, Bob and Donna Mae. This was a short distance away from the home of Pete and Lela Heiden at 12880 South Custer
38-65 1943-1970 7299 S. Custer Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Nearly across the road from Lester's grandparents, Heinrich and Wilhelmina Rambow.
65-77 1970-1982 7358 South Custer Road immediately next door to the east from his grandparents, Heinrich and Wilhelmina Rambow.
1970s - 1980s Winters at a double wide mobile home in Palmetto, Florida
78-87 1983-1992 Mable Kehres Apartments in Monroe, Michigan.
0-2 1906-1908 Albright Farm in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. She was the fifth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
3-22 1909-1928 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents.
22-25 1928-1931 309 Hubble Street, Monroe, Michigan. with her husband Virgil "Charlie" Fuller, and their first child, Arlene, was born while they lived at this address..
26-33 1932-1939 161 N. Fifth Street in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana where their second child, Marilyn was born.
34-43 1940-1949 Living on Laurel Drive in Battle Creek, Michigan. Their third child, Gary, was born in Battle Creek.
44-72 1949-1978 Living on Charlotte Street in Battle Creek, Michigan.

0-1 1908 Albright Farm in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. She was the sixth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
1-20 1909-1928 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents.
20-30 1929-1939 2491 Geiger Road, Ida Michigan. with her husband, John Eipperle. Her sister, Helma (Heiden) Nickel was boarding with them. they all worked at River Raisin Paper at the time.

0-18 1910-1928 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents. She was the seventh of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .Helma was the first child born at this farm.
18-22 1928-1932? The 1930 U.S. Census showed Helma living with her sister, Mildred and her husband, John Eipperle at 2491 Geiger Road, Ida Michigan. They all worked at River Raisin Paper at the time.
23-28 1933-1938 Helma lived with her parents during this period and she and Herb also lived there for a while after their marriage in 1938.
29-87 1939-1998 1258 Lewis Avenue, Ida, Monroe County, Michigan. with her husband, Herbert Nickel. This was a house built on the south end of the farm owned by Herb's parents. It is where their son, Larry, was born in 1943 and continued to live until his death in 2024.

0-16 1912-1928 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents. He was the eighth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
16-22 1919-1934 Art was a farm worker at the Fred Degner Farm at 7883 Dunbar Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
22 1934 207 Rawson Street in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan. with his wife, Mildred (Roggerman). This was the home of Mildred's aunt, Veyirl and her husband, Dewey Wittkop.
22-24 1934-1936 138 Monroe Street in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan. This was where their first son, Harold was born in September of 1934. It was also the future home of one of their daughters-in-law, Corliss Crombez.
25-27 1937-1939 134 Ida Maybee Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. This was the home of Arthur's friend, George Rath. They shared the house with the Rath's for a while and their second child, Joyce was born here in 1938.
28-31 1940-1943 Butler Farm on South Custer Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Art was working for the Butlers and living in a house on the farm property. Their third child, Ronald Edward was born while they lived at this location.
32-33 1944-1945 134 Ida Maybee Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Art and Mildred and their children moved back to live with the Raths for a short while after Art got a job and Monroe Auto Equipment and left Butler Farms.
33-40 1945-1952 9450 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. The family moved to this farm which was owned by Carl Rath, George Rath's brother. It was here that their fifth child, Ralph, was born in 1948. In 1951 they also had a stillborn baby boy.
40-42 1952-1956 Laskey Farm in 12444 Dixon Road, Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan. This was a farm where Art milked cows while working at Monroe Auto Equipment. Their sixth child, Kay Lynn was born while they lived here and son, Harold, was married and moved to Monroe.
42-51 1956-1963 8864 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Art purchased the tiny, one bedroom house which is directly across the road from his parents' home. He added two bedrooms to the east side and this is where they were living when their final child, Gail Mildred was born.
52-64 1964-1976 Suchick Farm at 8420 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. The family moved about 1/2 mile east to this farm with their children Ralph, Kay and Gail. This had been the home of his uncle, Heinrich Heiden and was also occupied by Art's brother, William Frank.
64-72 1976-1985 8864 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Art and Mildred with daughters, Kay and Gail moved back to this house where he lived until his death in 1985.
71-87 1985-2009 Mildred moved to Rawson Place Apartments at 501 Rawson Street, Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.
87-97 2009-1012 For the last years of her life, she lived at Medilodge of Monroe at 481 Village Green Lane, Monroe, Michigan.

0-31 1914-1945 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents. She was the ninth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
31-33 1945-1947 After their marriage, Marie and her husband, Brick, lived on Wells Road, north of Dundee. This was where they were located when their first son, William, was born in 1946.
34-65 1948-1979 116 West Michigan. Avenue in Milan, Michigan. according to the 1950 U.S. Census. Their second child, Dennis, was born in 1948 while they lived at this address.
65-75 1979-1999 A second home in Milan, Michigan. not far from Home No. 3 and spent winters in Florida.

 

0-21 1917-1938 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents. He was the tenth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
21-35 1938-1952 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his wife, Helen and their children. They lived in the west side of the house while his parents and sisters, Helen Esther and Norma "Jeanie" lived on the west side.
35-43 1952-1960 8420 Dixon Road in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. This had been the home of his uncle, Heinrich Heiden and later would occupied by his brother, Arthur.
43-91 1960-2008 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with his parents on the east side of the house until his mother's death in 1963 and father's passing in 1967. He spent all but 8 of his 91 year life on this farm.

0-48 1919-1967 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents. She was the eleventh of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
49-50 1967-68

For a while after the death of her father, William Carl Heiden in 1967, Helen lived with her sister, Helma (Heiden) and Herb Nickel on Lewis Avenue, Ida, Michigan.
51-76 1969-1996 Helen lived at the River Raisin High Rise on N. Roessler St. in Monroe, Michigan.
0-18 1922-1940 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents. She was the twelfth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .
19-22 1941-44 After graduating from high school, Wilma lived at the Detroit YWCA while working for Western Union for 1½ years before working as a teletype operator at Ford Motor Co.
24-26 1946-48 538 Godfroy Ave in Monroe, Michigan. After their marriage, Wilma and Bill lived at his parents' home.
28 1950 U. S. Census Wilma, her husband, Wm, and their daughter, Patricia were living in the upper apartment at 811 South Street, Monroe, Michigan.
29-69 1951-1989 503 Navarre Street in Monroe, Michigan. Their second and third children, Sharon and John were born while the family lived at this address.
  1990 According to William Bicking's obituary, they were living at 614 Bentley Drive in Monroe, Michigan.
71-83 1993-2005 Apartment in Monroe, Michigan at 126 Macomb Court.
 
0-40 1927-1967 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. with her parents. Jeanie was the thirteenth of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden and the only one not born at home. She was born at St Vincent's Hospital in Toledo, Ohio.
40-85 1967-2013 After her father's death in 1967, Jeanie moved to a house on Hollywood Drive in Monroe, Michigan. where she lived the rest of her life.