Bill Biar, who grew up in Thorndale, Texas and lived in Carrollton, Texas until he passed away on 30 Oct 2012 was a dedicated researcher and prolific writer of things Wendish. He was a dedicated Christian who wrote 40 hymns set to to traditional Lutheran music and often, along with his wife, Steffi, assisted the Concordia Historical Institute in St Louis, Missouri by transliterating and translating German documents and letters. He had made significant contributions of books, papers, and electronic media files to the Texas Wendish Heritage Society, in Serbin, Texas. This blog is an attempt to take his electronic media files and make them available to everyone.
We decided to use the term “Stockwendish” to identify this blog. If you do not know what “stockwendish” means, you will need to read on. Clicking on a title below will take you directly to the subject you click on.
Some Observations about Researching the Wends
My Foreign-born Ancestors Who Came to Texas
Emancipation of the Peasants in Silesia and Saxony
Provinces (Länder) of Modern Germany after Unification
Preface Some Background Bähr (Baehr) – Biar Our Bähr to Biar Lineage Notes Hans Bähr and Urthe Kayser George Bähr (Juri Biar) and Wurta Paulik Johann (Jan) Biar and Hanna Hennersdorf Johann (Jan) Biar and Anna Maucke (Małke) Michael Biar and Anna Schneider Johann Biar and Magdalene Möhle (Mehle) Andreas Biar and Maria Therese Hattas […]
Index Spelling of Personal and Place Names From Kristian to Zieschang Our Zieschang Lineage Notes Johann Zieschang and Hanscha Hommel Magdalene Zieschang and Carl Michalk Johann Zieschang (1810) Peter Zieschang Ernstine Zieschang and Ernst Michalk Therese Zieschang Too Many Johann Zieschangs SPELLING OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES The German language employs modified vowels
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Index Spelling of Personal and Place NamesFrom Mjela to Möhle (Moehle)Our Mjela to Moehle Lineage NotesJohann Möhle and His Wife, DorotheaAndreas Möhle and Anna WuchatschMagdalene Möhle and Johann BiarObituary of Magdalene Biar, nee Moehle SPELLING OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES The German language employs modified vowels (Umlaut – Umlaute) ä, ö and ü. As a
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Index Spelling of Personal and Place NamesFrom Dub to DubeOur Dube Lineage NotesChristoph Dube and His WifeMichael Dube and Johanna Rosina TannigerJohanne Rachel Dube and Ferdinand Jacob MoerbeOther Dubes SPELLING OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES The German language employs modified vowels (Umlaut – Umlaute) ä, ö and ü. As a rule, all German names of
Index Preface Some Background Our Dzick to Mitschke to Moerbe Lineage Notes Merten Dzick and His Wife, Urta Jury Dzick and Hanna Brauzke, nee Donke Jakob Dzick-Mitschke-Mörbe and Maria Lück Jakob Mörbe and Anna Nurčan Testament of Judge and Armorer Jakob Mörbe Retirement Mertin Nurčan’s Day in Court The Thaler (Taler) Jakob Mörbe and Maria
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Index Spelling of Personal and Place NamesFrom Chěžnik to KieschnickOur Kieschnick Lineage NotesJohann Kieschnick and Maria WutscherJohann Kieschnick and Agnes Kalich or KohliObituary of Johann (Jan) Kieschnick (1795)Magdalene Kieschnick and Johann Hottas (Hattas)Other Kieschnicks SPELLING OF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES The German language employs modified vowels (Umlaut – Umlaute) ä, ö and ü. As a
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Index Spelling of Personal and Place NamesFrom Sterp to HottasOur Sterp to Hottas Lineage NotesPetri Sterp and his wife, MarieJano Sterp and his wife, MarieJohann Sterp and his wife, MarieGeorg Sterp and his wife, MarieJohann Sterp, aka Hottass, and Marie Prelop, aka HottassGeorg Hottass, aka Herz, and Johanna Hodźik, aka HerzAndreas Hottas (Hattas) and Maria SchulzeJohann Hottas
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Index Spelling of Personal and Place NamesFrom Michał to Michałk NotesGeorge Michalk and His Wife, AgnesGeorge Michalk and Magdalene EyenCarl Michalk and Magdalene ZieschangOther MichalksAndreas Michalk and Caroline KrakovskyMaria and Hanna Michalk SPELLINGOF PERSONAL AND PLACE NAMES The German language employs modified vowels (Umlaut – Umlaute) ä, ö and ü. As a rule, all German
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Bill Edwin Biar died on 30 Oct 2012, in Carrollton, Texas having reached the age of 93 years, three months and 23 days. The following words were written on his 90th birthday. My place of birth was on a farm just north of the city limits of Thorndale, Milam County, Texas. My date of birth
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Most of the descendants of the Wends in the United States do not know the impact that Old Lutheranism had on their Wendish forefathers who came to Texas in the middle of the 19th century. What is Old Lutheranism? Who were the Old Lutherans? Actually the Old Lutherans were just plain confessional Lutherans, but because
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