Carl A. Leistikow, son of Frederick Wilhelm and Charlotte (Schimmelpfennig) Leistikow, was born in October 28, 1827, in the village of Labenz, County (Kreis) Scheifelbein located in an area of the country of Pomerania that is now part of Poland.
According to family researcher Wayne L. Waggoner, Carl immigrated to the United States on the ship 'Aurora' from Hamburg, arriving in New York on November 23, 1854. Traveling with him were his cousins Albert, Heinrich, and Leopold Leistikow, son of his uncle Christian Leistikow. (There is some mystery as to the ship they traveled on, as this site shows the Aurora left Hamberg November 11, 1854 and sailed directly to Australia.)
Augusta Maschke, daughter of Adam and Caroline Louisa (Schwartz) Maschke, was born in 1844.
Carl married Augusta on April 9, 1863, and they had 10 children. (At some point, apparently Carl dropped the 'kow' from his last name, as records refer to him as Carl Leistico, and all his children went by Leistico.)
| Herman Albert Leistico | Born March 17, 1864 in Hutchinson, MN. Herman married Bertha Caroline Wilbelmine and they had 2 children. After Bertha's death in 1894, in 1897 Herman remarried to Madgelena Florentine Louise Leistiko, and they had 3 children. Herman died April 14, 1944, in Stewart, MN. |
| Albert C. Leistico | Born May 24, 1865. Albert married Laura Stokes and they had 3 children. Albert died November 20, 1908, in Worthington, MN. |
| Bertha Veronica Leistico | Born March 3, 1867. Bertha died April 18, 1881 in Minneapolis, MN. |
| Wilhelm Ferdinand "Fred" Leistico | Born April 3, 1869. Fred married Clara Marie Hanefeld and they had 14 children. Fred died June 30, 1937, in Worthington, MN. |
| Wilhelmine Louise Henn Leistico | Born July 22, 1872. Wilhelmine married Anton Reinholt Schmidt and they had 11 children. Wilhelmine died February 10, 1949, in Dundee, MN. |
| Otillie Emilie Leistico | Born January 13, 1875. Otillie married Vany Duba and they had 4 children. Otillie died April 21, 1968, in Northfield, MN. |
| Heinrich Otto Leistico | Born May 15, 1877. Heinrich married Johanna Laffen and they had 1 child. Heinrich died May 15, 1877, in Austin, Texas. |
| Otto Leistico | Born June 20, 1879. Otto married Laura Lena Tessmer and they had 1 child. |
| Emil August Leistico | Born April 18, 1882. Emil married Martha Elsie L. Schulte and they had 1 child. Emil died August 25, 1955, in Hutchinson, MN. |
| Karl Edward Leistico | Born November 27, 1884. Karl died December 28, 1887 in Young America, MN. |
Carl and Augusta didn't have an easy life. During the Indian outbreak in 1882, they were forced to flee to
the Hutchinson Stockade, and while they were gone, the Indian's burned their buildings and killed all their stock.
They were forced to start again with nearly nothing, this time in Carver County, near Young America. This story
is told in great detail in an article July 15, 1920 edition of the
'The Leader', the newspaper of Hutchinson, MN