Esther - could the Herman Yeske you are looking fo be related to my g-grandfather, Herman Jeske, b.1862, in Prussia? His father was Frederic Jeske b.1828, mother Wilhelmina b.1832, also in Prussia. I found on the 1880 census Frederic, wife Wilhelmina, children Bertha b.1859, Herman b.1862, Frederic b.1866, Ida b.1868, William b.1871, Robert b.1873, Henry b. 1877. Living next door (next farm) in Cicero, Outagamie Co. Wi., was August b.1837 (brother?), wife, Louisa and children Wilhelmina, William, Mary, Frederic, Anna and Bertha. Also, in the 1880 census, (brother??) Albert Jeske b. 1846 and wife Augusta, with children Eda, Henry and Albert lived another 5 doors (again, Farms?) down.
My ggrandfather, Herman Frederich Jeske b.1862, married Bertha Hagen from Wisconsin (although I can find no evidence of her) before 1892, when Reno Jeske was born. My grandmother, Helen Amelia Marie Jeske, b.1896 - they then moved sometime between 1896 and 1902 when the youngest child was born, in California in 1902, this being Walter. I would love to find more on Bertha Hagen as well as Herman Jeske lineage. Feel free to email if you have info, or if I can help you. Thanks.
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