Posted on: Austin County, Tx Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Austin/445 Surname: Gebert ------------------------- My mother is Hilda Gebert Wilson, daughter of Emil and Marie Schaub Gebert of Irving, TX. My grandfather Emil and your grandmother Emma Kieke were brother-sister. Emil was born 11 May 1880 in Austin County near New Ulm.The other brothers and sisters were: Mathilda m. Otto Wilke and lived at Pflugerville; Rudolph m. Alma Andress and lived at Bartlet; Louise m. John Frels and lived at Bishop; Adolf m. Emma Schaub(my grandmother's sister) and lived at Gatesville. John was born 18 Sept in the 1840's(Discrepancy about year) in Gross Linde, Prussia. The family story I heard from my Uncle Johnny who frequently worked with his Gebert relatives during harvest season was that John Gebert was a stowaway on a ship to Galveston about 1870. He left Prussia to avoid the compulsory military service.He had at least 2 brothers and 1 sister:Christof was a tailor who moved to Austin COunty in the 1870's or 1880's; a second brother remained in Germany but 2 of his sons immigrated to Texas-William settled in Coupland in 1885 and August settled later in Richland. They both had large families and were John's nephews; a sister came to New York and married but the families didn't stay in contact.John's first wife was named Maertens and he had 1 son William. Franziska Hatlichka(?) was his second wife.She was born in Bohemia 12 Sep 1850 and immigrated at about 2 with parents to south Texas. Her father died soon after arrival and her mother(also Franziska) married a man named Haase, who soon died. She then married his brother Emil Haase. They had 3 children: Mathilda b. 1862 m. __ Meissner and lived in Bartlet; Emil b. 1863 and Emma was his wife-lived in Bartlet; and an older sister who lived in Smithville and m. a Miller. Franziska Gebert is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Bartlet. Hope this helps with your research.