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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Balthaus, Anni |
| Title, Monographic | Rockne Region Germans: Immigrants from Wuerges, 1846-1883 & [and] Their Destiny in Texas |
| Translation/Title | Auswanderung nach Texas 1846-1883: Wuergeser Auswanderer und ihre Schicksale in Texas |
| Author/Subsidiary, or Performer | Goertz, Donald C. |
| Place of Publication | Austin, TX |
| Publisher | Metekesis Books |
| Date of Publication | 2004 |
| Date of Copyright | 1998 |
| Extent of Work | 166 pp., ill. (facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits) |
| Abstract | Contents: Würges: A Village and Its Emigrants -- Background of German Emigration in the Middle of the 19th Century -- Village Life in Würges around 1850 -- Emigration from Würges and Nassau -- Advisers, Agents, and Immigration Societies -- New Homeland in Texas -- First Departures, 1846. The Hubertus (Hubert Meurer Damily: A Tragic Fate; The Peter Pauly Family: Five Set Out, Two Arrived; The Johann Georg Walschmidt Family: An Unfulfilled Dream of "Texas in Mexico"; The Siblings Andreas and Johann Franz Meuth The Ones Who Followed, 1849-1854. Johannes Meuth: The Youngest; Andreas Hess; Johann Georg Eichhorn; The Family of Johann Peter Meuth; Johann, Carl Josef and Elisabeth Meuth (Johann Peter Meuth Family, Johann Meuth, Carl Josef Meuth, Elisabeth Meuth); Johann Meurer; Andreas Meuth, II; Friedrich Möhler -- The Great Trek, 1855. The Philipp Görz Family; Johann Hartmann; The Johannes Wolf Family; The George Meuth Family; Maria Anna Eichhorn; Maria Anna Kowald, Born Eichhorn; Adam or Gerlach Hess; Peter Bermbach; Margarethe Hartmann -- Flight from Military Service, 1856-1883. Johann Peter Eichhorn; Johann Moritz Görz; Peter Rauch -- Relatives and Relationships Among the Emigrants: A Good Foundation for the New Community -- Epilogue to German Original by Fr. Bernard Goertz -- End Notes -- Graph of Departure Dates, Length of Sea Voyages and Arrival in Texas -- Appendixes. |
| Notes | On title page: Translated from the German by Donald C. Goertz, Ph.D. --- Würges; Würgeser; donated by Dr. Donald C. Goertz. |
| Call Number | MKI F 395.G3 B35 2004 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas -- Bastrop County -- History/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Wuerges, Germany / Immigrants, German |