Heschs in the big city

This is a page from the St Paul City Directory in 1909--a year before A A Hesch married Elizabeth Sand.

His father Paul had died in 1900, (and Paul's father Johann had died 3 years before that), so Paul's brother Anton was still on the farm west of Pierz, and Mathias was still in Waumandee, Wisconsin.

This page tho, shows Agnes Hesch, Anna Hesch, Anton Hesch and Mary Hesch working in St Paul. It's entirely possible that A A worked away from home for awhile before he married.


Of course, the cities drew farm kids from Wisconsin as well as Minnesota...so Mary, Anna and Agnes were most likely Mathias' daughters. Anna and Mary were operators at the same company (Finch Van), Agnes was a seamstress and all three lived at 131 N Smith Ave.

I wonder if they knew each other? And, was A A any kind of company back then??

(34 days!)