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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Friday, May 7, 2010

WAS there another baby?

There's been much discussion in my family over the years about whether Grandma & Grandpa Hesch (AA and Lizzy) had a child named Louise who died as an infant.  One story goes that there was a baby before Mike, my dad.  Another says that the child was born later...but that yes, there was a lost baby in the AA Hesch family.

Today, Larry was trying the newest version of FamilySearch  and found birth/death records for TWO babies, one who wasn't even named (altho one story mentioned a baby named Stephen):

Name: Mary Louise Hesch
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 08 Jan 1912
Burial Place:
Death Date: 04 Jan 1912
Death Place: Buckman, Morrison, Minnesota
Age: 0
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1911
Birthplace: Minnesota
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Tony Hesch
Father's Birthplace: Minn
Mother's Name: Elisabeth Sand
Mother's Birthplace: Minn
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02098-4
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 2138520
Reference Number: 7094
Collection: Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990

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Name: Hesch
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 16 Jun 1917
Death Place: Buckman, Morrison, Minnesota
Age: 0
Birth Date: 1917
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Anton A. Hesch
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Sand
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02114-9
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 2138947
Reference Number: 7726
Collection: Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990
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The kids in that family were born consistently 2 years apart,except for a gap between the twins (1915) and Fronie (1919)....well, and Tony at the end--he must have been a bit of a surprise ☺.  These dates fit the family, so I think the mystery is SOLVED, thanks to Larry, and the state of Minnesota!

3 comments:

  1. Congrats on the find. Minnesota records are very good, aren't they?

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  2. Hi, Amy--
    Oh yes, we're pretty proud of Minnesota and the records kept and published by the state. The Minnesota History Center in St Paul is a gold mine of info, with staff/volunteers who know what they're doing!
    Did any of your ancestors wander thru here?

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  3. Marlys, well my Lenertz were in Blue Earth and Waseca. I have a Mary Ann Smith who was married in Le Sueur, but haven't done too much there yet. Mostly because I'm not too thrilled to sort out all those Smiths.

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