Tesch and Pruisner families
Henrietta (Pruisner) Tesch
Henrietta Pruisner was born 24 May 1873 in Germany, married John Nicholas Tesch on 25 Jul 1890 in Pontiac, Illinois, and died 19 March 1962 in Homer, MI.
She had 15 children including Katherine Magaline (Tesch) Rugg. Katherine was born 4 March 1902, married Ora Rugg, and died 9 Aug 1975 in Battle Creek, MI. She had 18 children including David Henry Rugg.
David Rugg was born 10 Dec 1926 in Battle Creek, MI married Elizabeth Maryella Crago 4 Nov 1948, and died 28 July 2008. David and Mary had 10 children.
Large Family!
When Henrietta Tesch was 88 years old she had 228 direct descendants.
Tesch family pictures etc.
I only have about 29 items scanned into the computer for the Tesch family. I will add more as I get them. I have a few in paper that just need to be scanned.
I have 6 newspaper articles, 10 cemetery pictures and several obituaries.
Below is one page of Henrietta and Nick's marriage license.
Looking for information on the Pruisner family...
I have a few articles about Henrietta (Pruisner) Tesch's life. I would love to know more about her parents and siblings. If anyone has any information please let me know.
Henrietta's parents were Antone and Hinerika (Alberts) Pruisner. The only information I can find for them is the passenger list that shows when they came to the USA from Germany. After that, they disappear. I have also had trouble tracking down Henrietta's siblings. As always, if you have information that you think might help I would love to know about it!

