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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Bode, Daniel |
| Title, Analytic | A German-Texan Family's Story: The Fred and Marie Blankenstein Family |
| Journal Title | The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society) |
| Date of Publication | Summer 2011 |
| Volume ID | 33 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 97-112, ill. |
| ISSN | 0730-3106 |
| Abstract | Gottfried Friedrich August 'Fred' Blankenstein was born in Barby, Saxony-Anhalt, in 1855. His father was a saddlemaker, and the family lived in rooms above the shop. In 1870 they left for America, arriving first in New York City, and living in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and Defiance, Ohio, before moving to Texas in 1878. Marie Dorothea Elisabeth Friedrichs was born in Ummendorf, Saxony-Anhalt, in 1861. Around 1880, Fred began writing to friends and relatives in Germany, seeking a bride. After more than a year of corresponding with Marie, Fred proposed, and she accepted. She left for America on the Donnau and arrived in New York City in 1882, traveling then by ship to Galveston and by train to Temple, Texas, where she met Fred for the first time. After various attempts to make a living, Marie convinced Fred to try farming, and in 1905 they purchased more than 80 acres of land in the Gerald community, McLennan County. Life continued to be hard, and Marie longed for her home in Germany until the day she died. Other family surnames mentioned in this history: Wustoff, Fink, Ulrich, Lehmann, Hultch, Drews, Leuschner, Krenz, Vahrenkamp, Rodenbeck, Wedeking, Wiese, Damm, Klumm, Kreder, Hessel, Dozier, Forkel, Nietzold, Schlatter, Schmidt, Banik, Haferkamp, and Bode. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Blankenstein/ Saxony-Anhalt/ Friedrichs |