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, October 4, 2013

Comes the dawn, again

Finding newspaper articles about the Hesch clan in the last couple of years, we sometimes would find a name that didn't "fit" as far as I knew.  We'd just make a mental note of it and go on, confident that the the connection would be made eventually.  This time took longer than usual....
The Q:  Who was Mary Conley?
(There'll be a quiz, so pay attention)...

I know we found the name Conley or Connley in a Buckman obit ot two, and in a mention of Grandpa's brother Frank visiting them in the cities.

Ahh, thanks to clever sleuthing and Anna's obit on Find a Grave.
Cecilia Dehler and Mary Connelly were sisters, 
daughters of Billy Meyer and Anna Otremba, 
so they were first cousins of the other four, above.
All their mothers were Otremba sisters--
Mary(Hesch), Martha (Hortsch) and Anna (Meyer).
TaaDaa!

1 comment:

  1. that is so very clever, but hey, they look totally alike! Once a feller knows the truth, it is obvious! Love, Pfoofer

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