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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticWolsh, Eddie
Title, AnalyticFrom the River Spree and the North Sea to the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River: The History of the Wolsch and Kneschk Families and Their Immigration to Texas
Journal TitleThe Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society)
Date of PublicationFall 2009
Volume ID31
Issue ID3
Location in Work230-235, ill.
ISSN0730-3106
AbstractPart two of an article describing the author's genealogic research. The Wolsch and Kneschk families came from the villages of Braunsdorf, Weisswasser, and Gablenz in Prussia, and were Wendish, a Slavic people with a culture and language akin to Polish and Czech. Describes the reasons for Wendish emigration from Prussian and Saxon states, how the use of Hochdeutsch as a lingua franca among immigrants who spoke various dialects contributed to the loss of Wendish language and culture, and anti-German sentiment during World Wars I and II in Haskell County, Texas.
NotesContinued from Spring Journal.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Texas/ Genealogy/ Wolsch/ Kneschk/ Anti-German sentiment