This work describes the Verein colonzation in Texas, a movement that brought thousands of German immigrants into Texas from 1844 to 1847. The goal of the Verein movement was to create a settlement of German immigrants on the 3,800,000-acre Fisher-Miller grant and in a number of other places in Texas. Of special interest to the descendants of these early Texas settlers is a list of over 4,000 immigrants compiled from German and Texas ship passenger lists, which provides such information as age, names of accompanying family members, place of residence in Europe, name of ship, and dates of departure and arrival.
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This work is the answer to an increased interest in the Verein colonization in Texas, a movement that brought thousands of German immigrants into Texas from 1844 to 1847. A short history describes the beginnings of the Verein movement in Germany, its development into the largest colonization project in Texas history, and the fulfillment of its goal to create a settlement of German immigrants on the 3,800,000-acre Fisher-Miller grant and in a number of other places in Texas. Published in English for the first time are the twelve reports made by Prince Karl Solms of Braunfels, who was the leader of the expedition in Texas. These reports describe the activities of the Verein and the first phase of German colonization in Texas.
Of special interest to the descendants of these early Texas settlers is a list of over 4,000 immigrants compiled from German and Texas ship passenger lists, which provides such information as age, names of accompanying family members, place of residence in Europe, name of ship, and dates of departure and arrival. Research on the origins of Germans in Texas begins here!
See also the sequel to this book, New Homes in a New Land
Of special interest to the descendants of these early Texas settlers is a list of over 4,000 immigrants compiled from German and Texas ship passenger lists, which provides such information as age, names of accompanying family members, place of residence in Europe, name of ship, and dates of departure and arrival. Research on the origins of Germans in Texas begins here!
See also the sequel to this book, New Homes in a New Land
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By B. C. Webb
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This book gave me information I have not found in other books of the Germans coming to Texas. The ship lists are not completely accurate, but then none of the others are either. Only a few of the ship lists are included, maybe this is a history of one family and most pertinent to them. The book included lots of good information however, and absent of minutia.
By R. Grasshoff
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This book is one of several primary sources that are a foundation to studies of German immigration to Texas in the 19th century. It focuses on what many consider to be the first wave of German immigration to the state, and is a key, welcome addition to anyone with an interst in that or related topics. Certainly, decisions about traveling across the ocean to a strange, undeveloped land were not easy for the immigrants who made the trip or for their friends and family members who were left behind in German lands. Additional insights into that seldom-explored issue -- the effect of 19th century German emigration on the folks who stayed behind -- is explored in the book Man of Two Worlds.
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