HESCH HISTORY: Vítejte na internetových stránkách obce Dolní Žďár!

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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Monday, January 25, 2010

Vítejte na internetových stránkách obce Dolní Žďár!

...or "Welcome to the website of Municipality Dolni Zdar!"

Larry found the this great plat map today, on that website. This is Neidermuhl, the village our great grand uncle Anton Hesch said he was from.

Something to realize here is that SOUTH

is actually that way, <----

and the river runs----> that way, ok?

(Larry just pointed out that the little pointer ON the map has to be wrong...lol)

We think the map was probably drawn in about the same time period as the other plat maps we've seen--maybe 1840 to 1900. We couldn't find any dates here tho...
I think this is SO EXCITING...Thanks Larry!