August Leistikow, son of Andreas Gottlieb and Hannah (Detmann) Leistikow, was born May 6, 1841, in the village of Labenz, County (Kreis) Scheifelbein located in an area of the country of Pomerania that is now part of Poland.
August married Henrietta Münch and they had four children:
| Alexander Leistikow | Born April 17, 1879 in Labenz, Scheifelbein, Pomerania. Alexander married Hannah Roe and they had 4 children. |
| Marie Leistikow | Born in 1882 in Pozen, Germany. |
| Wanda Anna Leistikow | Born November 2, 1884 in Pozen, Germany. Wanda married Albert Goeddertz, Jr. and they had 4 children. Wanda died in 1940 in Shelby, MT. |
| John A. Leistikow | Born in 1907. |