OESCH LONG SHOT
I hope that someone on this list will be able to help me.My brickwall is Johann Valentine Esch who was born Nov. 13, 1730 in what is now the village of Croettwiller, Alsace.I know nothing about his parents or where they came from.Some people on the Esch board beleve that the name origanaly was Oesch.Parts of two messages posted on the Esch board are;
"The Mennonite history of our family says that when the Mennonites were kicked out of Switzerland, they settled in what is now western Germany and the Alsace region.Those in the Alsace region dropped the "O" in the name because it was easier to pronouce."
"They changed their name to how the french spelled names -- as Esch with the dropped "O".
I am hoping that someone who monitors this board may have a Oesch with a son by the name of Johann Valentine.