Ermest and Wilhelmina's birthplace. At that time, it was in silesia, prussia. Now it's in present-day poland, just south of jelenia-gora (hirschberg), in the far southwest corner of the country, near the border. The town itself is now called cieplice slaskie zdroj. per [email protected] There is a Gottesberg in silesia about 25 miles from Warmbrun.
They sailed on the Ship Oceanus, departing Bremen 08/22/1852 and arriving Galveston, TX 10/24/1852.
Ernst had 8 children and had workers that lived on the property---they have quite a history in the Greenvine area----he hit gas while drilling for water and was the first to have gas lights in the area-there is a marker telling the story in Greenvine---
Ermest and Wilhelmina's birthplace. At that time, it was in silesia, prussia. Now it's in present-day poland, just south of jelenia-gora (hirschberg), in the far southwest corner of the country, near the border. The town itself is now called cieplice slaskie zdroj. per [email protected] There is a Gottesberg in silesia about 25 miles from Warmbrun.
They sailed on the Ship Oceanus, departing Bremen 08/22/1852 and arriving Galveston, TX 10/24/1852.
Ernst had 8 children and had workers that lived on the property---they have quite a history in the Greenvine area----he hit gas while drilling for water and was the first to have gas lights in the area-there is a marker telling the story in Greenvine---
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