This branch of the Austrian Hesch family is descended from Johann Hesch and his wife Marya (Schlinz) Hesch, who came to America from Oberschlagles, Bohemia with three sons: Paul, Mathias, and Anton. +++Johann & Marya settled in Buffalo County, Wisconsin but moved to Pierz, Mn in about 1885. .+++Mathias settled in Waumandee, Wisconsin and moved to Pierz in 1911. +++Anton never married but farmed with his dad in Agram Township, where he died in 1911.+++And Paul, my great grandfather, settled five miles away, in Buckman, Minnesota. He died there in 1900.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

LINCOLN the buffalo

So, where did 'Buffalo Frank' Otremba get the idea for his Buffalo/cattle cross-breeding venture? We don't know for sure, but here's where he got at least one pair of them: A man from the Waumandee area of Wisconsin...read on:
From a book called Buffalo County: A Native Son Speaks; Historical Writings Of And About E. F. Ganz (Compiled by The Buffalo County Historical Society)







Thanks go to LARRY and Google books search...both are invaluable!
Posted by Marlys Hesch Sebasky at 9:08 PM
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