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German families aboard the ship "Gessner" This information was shared by Gregory Beckman who had two ancestors in Company F of the 2nd Texas Infantry (Moore's)

Many Germans arrived in Galveston, Texas from the turbulent conditions in the German States prior to the WBTS. This particular ship the "Gessner" arrived in what appears to be September of 1860. The "Gessner" left from Bremen.

From prior research the majority of the residents of Galveston, Texas in 1850 and 1860 were German.

Needless to say many of the Germans also migrated to the San Antonio, Texas area as well.

The correlation of some of the names on the "Gessner" seem to have a close relationship to a few of the members of Company F of the 2nd Texas ie William and Augustus Beckmann; William and Caspar Alterbrun; and even Captain Mueller of Company F. Other names on the "Gessner" seem to reflect other names of Texas Confederates like William Appmann of the 36th Texas Cavalry.

Like any other list the names should not be a final measure of their true surnames. Again special thanks to Gregory Beckman for supplying the list of names that could help others in finding their ancestors.

Altenbrunn.......from Weimar
Amsler
Appman
Ahrenbeck
Bauchenstein
Bauer
Beckmann.......from Weimar
Bendt
Berner
Bertram
Conrad
Constant
Eberhardt
Ecke
Fenstedt
Goebel
Hermann
Hellman
Hensel
Hess
Hill.....................from Weimar
Jangsen
Klostermann
Luhm
Mennik
Mueller..............from Weimar
Mueller..............from Eisenach
Muri
Tot
Pichard, Olympia
Reichel
Sattler
Schaffner
Schreen.............from Weimar
Schroeder
Send/Seuf
Spillman
Starts
Steinhauser......from Weimar
Telge
Urbantke
Wellmann
Westerwald
Wolff
Zauder/Zander
Zulaus

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