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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Saturday, September 19, 2009

An "Update" from 1947


My other grandpa (Anton Janson) wrote and self-published a book he called "Pioneer Life as I Saw It". He included short biographies of a few friends and neighbors in Buckman, including Math Hesch, and J. H. Docken. If you've followed Hesch History so far, you'll recognize a number of 'characters' here:
We wondered about the sheriff, John P Sand, and whether he was one of "ours". Evidently, he was...lol
And John Docken lived west of town, was NOT Catholic, but participated in governing anyway. That surprises me.
Posted by Marlys Hesch Sebasky at 8:48 AM
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