Johann Mathias Kleinheider was born on 5 April 1804 in Allendorf, Hanover, Germany to Johann Caspar Heinrich Kleinheider (1771-1846) and Anna Maria Elisabeth Spreckelmeyer (1767-1836). Johann Mathias Kleinheider (the father of Johann Conrad Kleinheider) arrived in the United States on 4 January 1843. In 1845, he traveled back to Germany to reunite with his family for the move to Washington, Missouri. Johann Conrad Kleinheider, his wife Clara Maria, daughter Anna Maria, and his son Johann Mathias arrived in New Orleans, LA on 13 December 1845. The family traveled to Washington, MO to settle down (
Source: Kleinheider and Related Families 2002).
Every Kleinheider in the United States is decended from Johann Mathias Kleinheider!
163 Years of KLEINHEIDER in the United States of America!