Christian Johann Carl and Maria Sophia Johanna (Piehl) Tiedt
Christian Johann Carl Tiedt, the son of Johann Christian Heinrich and Catharina Margarethe Maria Auguste "Lena" (Zierjack) Tiedt, was born on September 28, 1835, in Zurow-Jesendorf-Büschow, Amtsgericht Wismar, Landgericht Schwerin, Grandduchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Maria Christina Carolina Spangenberg, the daughter of Christian Karl Friederich and Maria Sophia Regina (Ruge) Spangenberg, was born on January 21, 1835, in Gustävel, Amtsgericht Brüel, Landgericht Güstrow, Grandduchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Christian and Maria married on January 26, 1862, in Immanuel Lutheran Church, DuPage County, Illinois, and they had 3 children:
| Heinrich Christian Johann Carl "Henry" Tiedt | Henry was born on June 9, 1862, in Leyden Township, Cook County, Iillinois. He married Bertha F. Buenzow, daughter of Friederich and Friedericka Maria (Mattens) Buenzow on April 5, 1896, in Grove Hill, Bremer, Iowa. According to Verla Becker, their ganddaughter, Heinrich and Bertha ran a creamery and a grocery store, which was part of thier house. They made and sold butter and pumped gas. There was a dance hall across the road from them. Henry died on August 24, 1931, at the age of 69. Bertha then married to Henry's younger half-brother, Rudolph H. J. Tiedt, on December 26, 1936, after his wife Emma had died in 1927 and his second wife Etta had also died. |
| Louisa Maria Lina Tiedt | Louisa was born on April 2, 1864, in Leyden Township, Cook County, Iillinois. She married Christoph F. Judas on February 18, 1888, in St. Matthew's, Knittel, Iowa. Louisa died on 31, 1943, at the age of 79. |
| Herman Johann Heinrich Tiedt | Herman was born on January 14, 1866, in Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois. He married Charlotte Marie Sophie "Mary" Bolte on 27, 1900, in Dayton Township, Bremer County, Iowa. Herman died on July 20, 1951, at the age of 85. |
Maria died as a young mother on January 31, 1867, in Leyden Township, Cook County, IIllinois, at the age of 32.
Johann Christian Friedrich Wiegert, the son of Johann Juergen and Sophia Christine (Koch) Wiegert, was born on November 19, 1819.
Maria Sophia Johanna Piehl, the daughter of Christopher Wilhelm and Maria (Roggentin) Piehl, was born on May 26, 1843, in Strelitz Alt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Johann and Maria married on May 16, 1862, in Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, and they had 2 children:
| Sophie Louise Wilhelmine Henriette Wiegert | Sophie was born in 1862. She married John C A Brandenburg on May 10, 1881 and they had 5 children. Sophie died on March 9, 1946, at the age of 83. |
| Heinrich Carl Johann Joachim Wiegert | Heinrich was born on August 15, 1864. He died on August 27, 1915, at the age of 50. |
Johann died in 1866, in New York, at the age of 45 or 46.
After the spouses of both Christian and Marie died, they married each other on April 24, 1867, in Immanuel Lutheran Church, DuPage County, Illinois, and they had 5 children:
| Emma Sophia Lisetta Katherine Tiedt | Emma was born on May 22, 1868, in Franklin Twp. Bremer County,Iowa. She died on August 22, 1871, at the age of 3. |
| Maria Tiedt | Maria was born on October 29, 1869, in Bremer County, Iowa. She married Louis Lohmann on December 9, 1892, in St Matthews Readlyn, Iowa. Maria died on July 9, 1935, at the age of 65. |
| Rudolf Heinrich Johann Tiedt | Rudolf was born on August 12, 1872, in Readlyn,Franklin Twp., Bremer Co. Iowa . He married his first cousin Emma Caroline Elsie Tiedt, daughter of his Uncle Heinrich Tiedt, and they had seven children. Rudolf inherited the family farm and, like his father, was a prominent figure in the community. On March 12, 1917, as a result of a meeting held at their farm home, 10 1/2 lots with an existing house in the eastern part of Readlyn were purchased from Rudolf for the sum of $4,100, on which the new Zion Lutheran Church of Readlyn, Iowa, would be built. Emma died on January 14, 1927, and Rudolf remarried to Etta May Matthews on April 25, 1928. Etta had been previously married to Robert C. Jennings, and they had 5 children. Robert died in 1923. Rudolf and Etta divorced and he married Bertha (Buenzow) Tiedt in 1936, the widow of his elder half-brother Henry. Rudolf died on March 5, 1938, at the age of 65. Bertha died January 3, 1947, at the age of 75. |
| Auguste Tiedt | Augusta was born on June 15, 1874, in Bremer County, Iowa. She died while still an infant on August 17, 1874. |
| Louis C. Tiedt | Louis was born on December 10, 1875, in Bremer County, Iowa. He married Anna Boeckmann. Lous died on August 1, 1954, at the age of 78. |
Christian died on July 4, 1892, in Franklin Twp, Bremer Co, Iowa, at the age of 56. Marie died on January 11, 1917, in Bremer County, Iowa, at the age of 73.
