German Roots

In 1846 Henry Langhenning, my mother’s maternal grandmother’s father, came Galveston on a boat from Germany. He moved to Fredricksburg, Texas. He was a stone mason so he built houses and buildings. Mom’s grandmother spoke German had German bible, but she would not teach her children the German language. She wanted them to assimilate to the American culture. They moved to a non German speaking town. She grew a huge garden with beautiful flowers and had a fruit orchard. Her sons did drink a lot of beer. She was a very good cook, but my mom does not remember any particular German food.

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