Christian Leistikow, son of Karl Leistikow, and a wife whose name is yet unknown, was born in 1797, in the village of Labenz, County (Kreis) Scheifelbein located in an area of the country of Pomerania that is now part of Poland. Christian married Dorothee Christine (Kysow) Henriette, and they had 3 children:
Heinrich Leistiko | Born in 1826 in Labenz. |
Albert Leistiko | Born October 18, 1828. Albert died April 28, 1913 in the Minnesota Soldiers' Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
Leopold Heinrich Leistikow | Born March 10, 1837. Leopold married Sophia Maria Dorothea Tiedt. |