Carl Herman Tiedt, the son of Carl Fredrick and Mathilda Charlote Elisabeth (Koeltzow) Tiedt, was born in 1942, in Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado.
Barbara Kay Holden, the daughter of Chester Arthur and Eula Eunice (Manning) Holden, was born in 1946, in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
Carl and Barbara married in 1966, in Redeemer Lutheran Church,Springfield,Greene County,Missouri, and they had 1 child:
| Kimberly Dawn Tiedt | Kimberly was born on July 11, 1975, in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. She married Arthur Dean Adams III. |