My name is Dan Haglund, from Moorhead, Minnesota, and I'm looking for information about my
great-great-great grandparents, Joannes Heindrich (also Jois Henricus, John Henry) Hesse and Anna Elizabeth
Fonkel.
Joannes was born June 3, 1797, in Welschennest, Olpe, Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany. His first wife, Maria
Catherine Storch, bore him three children before dying on September 20, 1831.
The children were: Nicholas Hesse, born October 14, 1825, in Welschennest; Heindrich Hesse, born February
8, 1827, in Welschennest; and Jois Peter Hesse, born May 5, 1829, in Welschennest.
Joannes then married Anna in 1832. Anna was born August 23, 1803, in Welschennest, and died January
20, 1884, in Carver County, Minnesota. She bore him six children, including my great-great grandfather John E.
Hesse, born November 19, 1847, near Spring Prairie, Wisconsin. John E. died June 9, 1914, in Watkins,
Meeker County, Minnesota.
The other five children were:
1. Joannes Anton Hesse, born February 8, 1833, in Welschennest; died June 4, 1892, Carver County,
Minnesota.
2. Joseph Hesse, born 1834 and died 1837 in Welschennest.
3. Michael Hesse, born May 14, 1837, in Welschennest -- death date unknown.
4. Adolph Hesse, born April 29, 1840, in Welschennest; died January 2, 1925, Chaska, Carver County,
Minnesota.
5. Maria Catherine Hesse (Mrs. Bernard Kaufhold), born August 19, 1844, in Welschennest; died May 22,
1929, United States.
Any ancestry or descendancy information would be wonderful. Any relatives out there? Any leads on how to
further track this branch of my ancestry would also be helpful.
Best regards,
Dan Haglund
dhag...@corpcomm.net