Ludmilla — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:08:40 +0400

Hi:

I am doing some research into my family and came upon some interesting facts, and I hope you can help me get more information.

I am especially interested in information about the HOERSCH family. My info saws that the family originated in Germany, but moved to Russia and then to the US. The date that I have managed to trace back to is sometime around 1876. Gottlieb Hoersch, born around 1876 and died in 1905 in Hebron, ND. He had 2
younger brothers, John and Henry, who also lived in Hebron, ND. Gottlieb apparently married a Christina Schempp sometime around 1900, and they had 4
children: Lydia born 11/05/1905, Emanuel born about 1906, Bertha born about 1908 and Clara born 5/11/1909.

Gottlieb Hoersch was apparently a very industrious, successful man. He was a farmer, but not sure what he farmed. He had the first automobile in the area, as
well as modern farm equipment. His brothers, or at least 2 of them were Ministers. He died of some kind of stomach ailment. He left his wife and four children
devastated by financially secure. He even left a substantial inheritance to his wife to raise the children and provide for their education as well, fairly unheard of at that time. Unfortunately, Christina also died of a blood clot following gallbladder surgery in 1912, and the four children were sent to live with relatives.

Please let me know if you need anything more from me, but I would certainly be interested in any history of this family name in Russia.

Thanks in advance,
Ingrid Kirschbaum
1430 Brett Place, #13
San Pedro, CA 90732

ingrid.kirschbaum@ngc.com or
ingridkirschbaum@aol.com