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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Wolsh, Eddie |
| Title, Analytic | From 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 Title | The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society) |
| Date of Publication | Summer 2009 |
| Volume ID | 31 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 140-148 |
| ISSN | 0730-3106 |
| Abstract | The following is an excerpt of my dad's family's history which includes references to his Plaatdeutsch ancestors of his mother from the Oldenburg area as well as the history of the Texas region and northwest Texas communities which Emil [Wolsch] migrated to. 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. Matthaeus and Anna Kneschk, along with four daughters, a son, and August Wolska, immigrated to Texas in 1877. Explores possible reasons behind the decision to leave and provides what information is known about the trip. "After arriving in Mannheim, Lee County in 1877, August Wolska married Augusta [daughter of Matthaeus] in Williamson County in 1885. . . Once in Texas they followed the pattern of earleir Wendish immigrants, periodically moving in an effort to improve their financial condition. . . . From 1877 to the early 1880s they moved from Mannheim to Paige, Bastrop County, to Dessau, Travis County, to Walburg and Beyersville, Williamson County." Among the children of August and Augusta was Emil Wolsch, the author's grandfather. |
| Notes | To be concluded, next Journal. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Genealogy/ Wolsch/ Kneschk |