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, October 17, 2015

Ellis Island Virtual Tour

Both sides of our family arrived in America well before Ellis Island opened for business, but it's still an amazing and historic place to visit for any American.  Here's a panoramic website tour from the National Park Service to give you a feel for the 12 million immigrants who arrived in NYC between 1892 and 1954.
(Also, dad's uncles Math and Ted left New York and arrived back home here in 1914).
CLICK HERE to begin the tour.


Posted by Marlys Hesch Sebasky at 1:59 PM
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  1. Emmet FisherOctober 30, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    Almost makes a feller want to visit Ellis Island, huh? Particularly if that feller had a niece in New York or something. Just say when...

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  2. Marlys Hesch SebaskyOctober 30, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    Almost. After our experience with that garish chapel at the Vatican, I figger virtual tours are much better--less crowded and WAY less hassle. ☺

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  3. Emmet FisherOctober 31, 2015 at 12:47 PM

    Do you mean the Sistine Chapel?

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  4. Marlys Hesch SebaskyOctober 31, 2015 at 5:59 PM

    Yupperini ☺ That chapel is way overdone, too.

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  5. Emmet FisherOctober 31, 2015 at 10:34 PM

    O. M. G.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2016 at 11:58 AM

    If memory serves...and, admittedly this is assuming quite a bit... when Math and Theo were returning from their European adventure... wasn't there a snag at Ellis Island that led to them being detained for a bit? It must not have been much of a prob as Math sort of mentions it in passing... but there might be record of it at Ellis dot dot dot
    Larry

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  7. Marlys Hesch SebaskyJanuary 18, 2016 at 1:11 PM

    Oooooo! Didn't he try to bluff the officials? "Had some fun there"....oh, oh....something about chewing snuff... http://heschistory.blogspot.com/2009/04/maths-diary-part-ten.html I bet they claimed immigrant status but sounded like Minnesota farm boys! lol

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