Individual Details
Henrich C "Henry" Heiken
(5 Sep 1888 - 5 Oct 1918)
Events
| Birth | 5 Sep 1888 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Baptism | 20 Oct 1888 | Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Military | 5 Jun 1917 | Yellowstone, Montana, United States |  | | |
| Death | 5 Oct 1918 | in WWI - Gesnes-en-Argonne, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France | | | |
| Burial | Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France |
Families
| Father | Albert Heike Heiken (1846 - 1899) |
| Mother | Talke Maria "Mary" Behrends (1856 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Margaretha Mayme "Maggie" Heiken (1879 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Wilhelm "William" Heiken (1881 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Anna Gesina "Annie" Heiken (1883 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Johann "John" Heiken (1884 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Hillma Maria "Helene" Heiken (1886 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Friedrick "Fred" Heiken (1890 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Carl Gerhard Heiken (1893 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Bernhard Dietrich "Ben Bernie" Heiken (1895 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Albert George Heiken (1898 - 1990) |
Notes
Military
address: Comanche, Montanaborn: September 5th 1888, Monticello Iowa
occupation: Farming for myself, north of Comanche, Montana
single, Caucasion
medium build & height
blue eyes, red hair
Death
Aunt Emma told Ramona (Heiken) Mayer that Henry disappeared in Germany during World War I.(Monticello Express, Nov 24, 1938)
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Years Ago
Important Happenings In Monticello As Chronicled By The Express During November, 1918
Among the Jones county boys who died while in the service of their country in France and whose deaths were reported during the month, were Henry Heiken, son of Mrs. Albert Heiken October 5, 1918 killed in action; F. W. Folkers, son of J, H. Folkers, October 30, of pneumonia, Milo Batchelder, son of J. H. Batchelder of Langworthy, October 11, of pneumonia.
Endnotes
1. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Jones Co. (read by Nancy Prouty, Nov. 24, 2000).
2. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), p. 33.
3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 29 March 2014), Henry Heiken, 1917-1918; citing Yellowstone County, Montana, United States.
4. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), p. 33.
5. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 29 March 2014), Henry Heiken, 1917-1918; citing Yellowstone County, Montana, United States.
6. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992).