Matthias Portschy was a 2nd great grandson to Johann (Hans) Portschy, father to Georg Portschy & my own 3rd great maternal grandfather. He was eldest of seven children born to Paul Portschy u his frau, Anna Herzog. On 19 November 1849 in Gols Hungaria, he married Elisabeta Fischgradl. Together this couple would have eight children. He & his family migrated to Lancaster County Nebraska in May of 1875, settling in Kramer. Matthias Portschy died in Kramer, 22 March 1880 & is buried in the German Lutheran Evangelical Cemetery, beside the old Kirche in Kramer.