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Johann Friedrich Ernst – "Father of German Immigration to Texas", arriving in 1831 [463] [464] Bobby Fischer – chess prodigy, grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion [ 465 ] Henry Francis Fisher – German Texan in Houston, Texas, where he was consul for the Hanseatic League , became acting treasurer of the San Saba Company [ 466 ]
Texans of German birth or descent have, since the mid-19th century, made up one of the largest ethnic groups in the state. By 1850, they numbered 5% of the total population—a conservative count. The 1990 census listed more than 17% of the population, nearly three million individuals, claiming German heritage.
Texas Germans (German: Texas-Deutsche) are descendants of Germans who settled in Texas since the 1830s. The arriving Germans tended to cluster in ethnic enclaves ; the majority settled in a broad, fragmented belt across the south-central part of the state, where many became farmers. [ 1 ]
A group of 104 rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas. Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959.
Afro-German immigrants were also listed on the census living in Memphis, New York City, Charleston, and Cleveland. [127] In Texas, many Tejanos have German ancestry. [128] Tejano culture, particularly Tejano music, has been deeply influenced by German immigrants to Texas and Mexico. [129]
The Duke was born in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. Fischer: Texas: A German Texan community named after its founders, German immigrants Hermann and Otto Fischer. Flagler: Colorado: Named after Henry Flagler, whose family originated in the Palatinate region of Germany. Flensburg: Minnesota: Likely named after Flensburg, Germany. [51] Frankenmuth: Michigan
I write as the daughter of German immigrants who survived Nazi Germany and came to America in the early 1950s. My father was conscripted in Germany, at 17 years of age, and fought in the German ...
Johann Friedrich Ernst (born Friedrich Diercks) (1796–1848), first German to bring family to Texas, benefactor to German immigrants; Warren Angus Ferris (1810–1873), early surveyor of Dallas; Henry Francis Fisher (1805–1867), German settler, explored and colonized San Saba area