Carl Leistikow, son of Andreas and Hanna Leistiko, was born March 18, 1842, in the village of Labenz, County (Kreis) Scheifelbein located in an area of the country of Pomerania that is now part of Poland.
Caroline Schaffer was born August 29, 1843 in Woitzel, Pomerania..
Carl married Caroline and they had a 6 children:
| Emilie Leistikow | Born November 9, 1869 in Woitzel, Pomerania. Emilie married Wilhelm Rusch, and they had a daughter. |
| Ida Pauline Friederike Leistikow | Born February 19, 1870 in Woitzel, Pomerania. Ida married Albert Schimmelpfennig, and they had 8 children. |
| Albert Leistikow | Born June 26, 1873 in Labenz, Pomerania. Albert married Helen Becker. There are no known children. |
| Gustav Karl Ernst Leistikow | Born March 18, 1875 in Woitzel, Pomerania. Gustav married Anna Lemke of Labenz, and they had a daughter, Alma Leistiko, who was born April 17, 1905. Alma married Hermann Lemke and they had a son, Martin Lemke, who was born in 1931 in Labenz. |
| Anna Leistikow | Born January 17,1878 in Nuthagen, Pomerania. Anna married Albert Dobratz, and they had 2 children. |
| Franz Leistikow | Born January 17,1879 in Woitzel, Pomerania. Franz married Emma Schimmelpfennig, and they had 2 children. |