HESCH HISTORY: Ted and Mary

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, August 19, 2009

Ted and Mary

Again, I don't know whose album this photo came from--probably Louise's tho. I think Mary is Holka (Tetiva) Hesch, but Ted looks a tad skinny...wait! this is probably Tader, her nephew, one of the twins, I bet. He looks about 15? Then it's 1930.

Too bad they couldn't photoshop that kickstand out...lol Still, the pic gives us a pretty good idea of a farm, in Minnesota, back then.

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Later:
Wow--remember the pole Mary was standing under in yesterday's picture? It was a BIRDHOUSE pole!

To clean a birdhouse like that, or to repair it, you'd need to get it down. The easiest way would be if there was a hinge or pivot point about 6 feet up the pole. The rope she tied to it would be there to pull it upright again.
Ha! Mary decided to get that birdhouse down!
lol...WOW!

Later x2: Larry found this...lol It's probably a purple martin house:
They eat mosquitoes, too!