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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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

More historic family photos!

Ahh, surprise, surprise: we cousins are getting older. We're  looking back and really appreciating our parents, grandparents, in-laws...and even our sibs, by going thru photo albums and memorabilia and trying to decide what to DO with it all.

(Dramatic pause)

Who else would appreciate this wealth of family lore?

How can it all be shared with family and friends who knew them?

And won't I feel better if the pics are stored in someone else's closet?

Well, it looks like "sending em to Marlys" is one solution 😊 This mostly tickles me.  I just got my scanner working again, so it's kind of a sign, and the packs of photos (mainly from Judy, Shirley and now Sue R) are waiting to be shared here.  I suppose, when I'm REALLY old, the actual pictures can be donated to the Weyerhaeuser Museum in LF, but in the meantime, I can publish em here, and you can copy em to your computer to show your kids to settle disputes about when Tony and Lizzie Hesch lived by the green schoolhouse.

Let's face it--this is way better than a dusty box in the attic.

Grandpa's sister Mary Hesch and her husband Joe Peterson.
Thanks, Sue!










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