When Helena Leischner was born on 18 August 1874, in Pidhirne, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, her father, Johann Leischner, was 45 and her mother, Justina Hasz, was 33. She married Johann Daniel Schimke on 7 January 1893, in Parkston, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Hutchinson, Dakota Territory, United States in 1880 and West Odessa Election Precinct, Lincoln, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 23 March 1949, in Odessa, Lincoln, Washington, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Odessa Cemetery, Odessa, Lincoln, Washington, United States.