Herman and Frieda Leistikow
Herman and Frieda Leistikow
Joint wedding of brothers Herman and August Leistikow to sisters Frieda and Rosine Kreb. (Herman and Frieda on the right)
Herman Leistikow, son of Leopold and Sophia (Tiedt) Leistikow, was born November 1, 1882, in Bremer, Iowa.
Frieda Kreb, daughter of Johann Georg and Rosine Karoline (Mueller) Kreb, was born in 1886 in Winterbach, Wuttenburg, Germany.
Herman married Frieda on January 19, 1911, at the same ceremony where Herman's brother August married Frieda's sister Rosine. After their marriages, the first child in both families were daughters, and they both were Christened at the same ceremony. The families continued to be close, as their farms were adjacent. Herman inherited 80 acres and the farmhouse of his father Leopold, and August farmed 120 acres directly to the north. (Refer to the 1917 map displayed in Leopold's page.)
Herman and Frieda had 6 children:
| Mabel Lillian Leistikow | Born December 8, 1911 in Bremer, Iowa. Mabel married Frederick Jacob Weber. |
| Robert Leistikow | Born May 12, 1913 in Fairbank, Iowa. Robert married Anna Allene Engel and they had 3 children: LaVerne, Rodney, and Barbara Ann. |
| Elmer George Leistikow | Born May 14, 1916 in Bremer, Iowa. Elmer married Virginia Manley, and they had 6 children. |
| Emil Randolph Leistikow | Born March 17, 1918 in Bremer, Iowa. Emil married Mrytle Rae Enloe and they had 6 children. |
| Raymond Ernest Leistikow | Born March 16, 1922 in Bremer, Iowa. Raymond married Louise Hunter. |
| Mervin Herman Leistikow | Born December 15, 1928 in Bremer, Iowa. Mervin married Francis Yancy |
