Mary Muggli was born 11 January1828 in Tujetsch, Canton Graubünden/Grisons, Switzerland, daughter of Lucius Antoni (Lezi) Muggli and Margaret Rosa (Rosa) (nee Monn) Muggli.  The name was variously spelled Muggli, Muckli or Muckley.  The St. Henry Churchrecords refer to her as Anna Mary Muckley.

Regarding Anna Mary's ancestry,reference is made to a William Muggli as a representative of the League of Gotteshausbund, (an alliance of various factions in Grisons), literally“ League of the House of God."  He is known to have placed his seal on the first Peace of Kappelinin June l529.  Stephen of Ems was achief magistrate at Tirano in 1607, and another Stephen was the judge orappellate of Court of Graubunden in 1665.  In 1665 Stephen Muckli was elected to the presidency of Graubunden and knighted, with his coat of arms painted on the walls of the village of Truns.

 An early ancestor of the St. Henry Muggli family was John Fedal Muggli, born 16 January 1839 in Switzeriand.  He married Mary Ann Muggli on 10 April1866 and came to America in 1872. They first lived in Stillwater and moved in 1881 to St. Henry, Le SueurCounty, Minnesota.  John died of dropsy in his home 29 December 1916.  Mary Ann's sister, Mary Ursula Muggli (1841-1913), came withthem, as her parents had died when she was small.  These probably were cousins to “our” Mary Muggli.  In any case, they were ancestors of the Alphonse Muggli who married into the Germscheid family.

 Mandy Freiberg notes that the progenitor of the Muggli family was a feudal lord in northern Italy who crossed the Alps into Switzerland in the 17^th century.  TheMuggli Family History by Fr. Benjamin Stein mentions Stephan Muckli's election to the presidency of Grisons. He was knighted and his arms are frescoed onto the wall of the Benedictine Abbey.  Stephan was born near Ems, near the city of Chur; his family moved to Truns.  His branch of the family was the only one to remain Catholic.

 Author Edgar Hitz notes that 19^th century Swiss communities formed immigrant boards, which assisted families to emigrate.  They frequently paid for poorer families to move, as their share of the communal meadow and forest, to avoid their maintenance.  During 1850-1910,240 persons emigrated from the community of Tujetsch to America.

 We note the arrivals of Caspar Muggli,a farmer in Switzerland, age 25, on the Atalantavia Havre and London at New York on 1 December 1865.  Also found was the arrival of Eduord Muggli, of Switzerland, age 25, on the Atalanta on 2 April 1866.

 The Stillwater census of 1857(taken 24 September) lists numerous Muckley families:  

·         •     Antoine Muckley, age 34, a mill worker from Switzerland, wife Mary, age 33, and children Joseph 8, Antoine 5, Julia 4,Edward 2, and Mary 3 months (the last two born in Minnesota)

·         •    Jacob Deragish, age 74, Mary Deragish, age 72,and Joseph Mon, age 29, all of Switzerland

·         •    Jacob Muggli, age 38, of Germany, wife Christiana, age 27, children Jacob 7, Julius 3 months (born in Minnesota)

·         •     Antoine Muckley, age 38, of Germany, wife Christiana,age 40, Joseph 8, Rosa 9, Mary 9, and Joseph 5 (Antoine and Joseph were born inGermany, the rest in Switzerland)

·         •    Mary Lutz 13, and Joseph Wolf 23, a bartender

 ln preparation for emigration, GionDegonda moved his family to Surrheim.  However, Gion died at Tujetsch on 3 April 1866, age 37.  Mary's brother, Lucius Muggli, had already emigrated to Stillwater and encouraged her to come.  That summer the widow and her seven children sailed for America, leaving Sedrun on 14 August 1866 and listing the Minnesota city of Stillwater (spelled "steelwater" in the Swiss records) as their goal.  Two children apparently died during the crossing, as only five children arrived in Stillwater (Caspar, Rosa, Mary, Louise and John are listed in Gresham's country history, with Jacob Anthony).

 Mary met Giuseppi (Joe) Trussonni (spelled Trisonie in Gresham and spelled Tressone in the 1870 census of Sharon Township). In St. Paul soon after arrival, and they were married.  Joe was born 1822 in Chiavenna, Italy.  In the fall of 1868, Joe and Mary moved to St. Henry where Joe farmed.  They had no children.  

 Joseph Tressonni filed the original entry on the west half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 26, Sharon Township (26-111-25) on 2 February 1868, receiving the patent 13 March 1879 (listed as Giuseppe Trissoni on the patent).  

 Mary died 2 August 1890 and isburied at St. Henry (recorded in St. Henry records as Anna M. Trissoni).  The LeSueur Sentinel of 25 June 1891 notes that Joe Trissoni (sic) of St. Henry sold 80 acres to Bernard Hoey for $3,000.  In May 1893, the Le SueurNews-Herald reported:

 The strange disappearance of Giuseppi Tressoni, the old gentleman who recently sold his farm near St. Henry and started for ltaly is a mystery.   After spending 35 years in this country, the old gentleman concluded to return to his native land.  He had sent the proceeds of the sale of his farm which was over $3,000 in a draft to his relatives in Italy and left here with $125 in his pocket for St. Paul on May 3.  Upon inquiry, it was found he never bought a ticket.

 It was later learned that Joe had returned to his native Italy and died there on 5 March 1895 in Chivenna.

 The family name was spelled “Degonda”until 1915-16, when it became “DeGonda” in most records.  Jacob Anthony maintained the original spelling until he died in 1927.