This news article was apparently printed in the Giddings Times and News sometime in 1982. Note: Both Proske and his apprentice, Albert Miertschin, were of Wendish descent. -0- The Texas Wendish Heritage Museum has been given the manuscript copy of the book, “Wendish Language Printing in Texas” by the author Jack D. Rittenhouse. Mr. Rittenhouse […]
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This article by Suzie Freeman appeared first in the Lee County Weekly, August 6, 1987. Just about everybody mentioned in the article is Wendish. -0- Every Saturday from early spring through summer, a bunch from over around Warda get together for a meeting of the Friendly Beef Club. They have been gathering back behind B&B
This story by Samuel Hudson first appeared in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Tuesday, May 24, 1983. Note: The Wends did not enter England via London but rather via Hull. Note: The Wends bought their land, called the Delaplain League, for $1/acre, not 50 cents/acre. Note: The Wendish wedding dresses were still black into the
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This article by John Makeig first appeared in the Houston Chronicle. Note: the Wends bought the Delaplane League for $1.00/acre not 50 cents/acre. -0- SERBIN – John J. Socha, director of Giddings Chamber of Commerce, encounters a common reaction from those who spot for the first time, his large, red and white “KISS ME I’M
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This article by David McLemore first appeared in the Dallas Morning News, Sunday, October 16, 1983. Note: A handful (35) of Wends migrated to Texas in 1853. -0- SERBIN. Texas – Laverne Gersch doesn’t have to search for her ancestral roots. They’re all around her. As she drives along dusty Lee County back roads near
This article by Victor Vogel was printed in an unknown newspaper date unknown. The article by Sigman Byrd, Advance Man in Wendenland, for the Houston Chronicle on 9 Sep 1960 is remarkably similar. Vogel’s article states “122 years ago” which would have made the date of publication 1976. -0- Knecht Ruprecht, the anti-Santa Claus, is
This article by L. S. Imm, Ph.D. was written in 1974 for an unkown publication which may have been something similar to The Lutheran Digest. Note: The 35 Prussian Wends of 1853 did not settle in East Texas but in Central Texas in Austin, and Fayette counties. Note: The Wends arrived in Galveston in December 1854, and while they
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As the German communities moved from speaking German to speaking English, short plays were written to inject some humor into the situation. These short plays were acted out in schools, youth groups and churches. A popular play at that time was a dialogue between two farmers, one a German and the other American, about a
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Joseph Wilson’s article from 1977, The German Language in Texas Today from the Rice Institute Pamphlet, can be found on the Rice Fondren Library website at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/63286. ]]>
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Joseph Wilson’s article from 1960, The Texas German of Lee and Fayette Counties, from the Rice Institute Pamphlet, can be found on the Rice Fondren Library website at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/62831 ]]>
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