My father's side came from Italy Ellis Island and I have the ship names they travelled on 1903. My lady friend that passed age 92 in 2013 her family came from Germany via Galveston . Her ancestors had 700 acres around Austin & Buda ,Tx. So many stories.

The old quarantine station was really beautiful in a tropical island way and in good condition in the 1960s-70s. I took photos of our senior class officers there in 1971. It was a great backdrop. There were still some remains visible from the road a few years ago but the area has reverted to jungle.

Cypress and Tomball, Texas, had a huge number of german settlers. There are many street names in Cypress that are german after the farmers that settled the area.

@galvestonunscripted

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I appreciate the comment! Yes, a few friends of mine live there and told me the same thing!

Very interesting story. Especially for our family that immigrated to Galveston from Italy in the early 1900s

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

Yes! Italian immigrants were a huge part of the community and economy here! Thanks for watching! I’ll cover Italians one day!!

Love the video! Im a huge Germanophile!🇩🇪

@galvestonunscripted

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching!

@rockyracoon3233

4 ай бұрын

@@galvestonunscripted . You're most welcome!

My Great Grandfather immigrated from Germany and landed in Galveston in 1909.

Galveston was a very common destination for a lot of peoples like poles who would settle in the San Antonio area or the Czechs who settled in the hill country or even the Sicilians/Italians who settled in the Galveston Bay Area and countless others so thanks for shedding a light on something that I think is sadly not more known about

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

Yes! For this video, I had to pick an Avenue! I hope to cover all other groups who made Texas, Texas!

@jacobayers2391

7 ай бұрын

@@galvestonunscripted well if you do cover the polish Texan story I d recommend panna maria since there is a great museum on the history of the oldest polish American settlement in America there .also keep up the great work exploring the history of our great city and county

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

@@jacobayers2391Thank you for the info! I will definitely look into this!

I remember seeing the quarantine station every time I rode the ferry back in the 50s and 60s.

@galvestonunscripted

26 күн бұрын

Absolutely!

i got but a glimpse of my German heritage when I was little boy. My great grandfather was a Schultz. That being my dad’s mom’s maiden name. So when I was a boy in thw 1990s, my great uncle was still alive. And, as a curious and easily impressed little boy, he spoke German to me. And it bewildered and elated me!😅 haha but I don’t even think he was fluent, it was just some phrases that he still remembered from his upbringing. They were from Seguin, which is pretty close to New Braunfels and so really in the “heart” as it were, of that area that many of the Germans went to when they came. And I have always wanted to like, do an in depth study of them to see how much I could find like if they came in at Indianola. Well, you just learned me a new thing I had no idea about with that Galveston Immigration Database sooooo ima be looking at that!

@adrianflores-wf1vg

12 күн бұрын

OMG! Another migrant 🥸

Great video, J.R.! Just to note, the first permanent German settled community in Texas was Industry (1831) in Austin County, and in addition to the Hill Country, Germans settled in a large area stretching from Houston to Austin, San Antonio and Victoria. Also, an interesting note is that a large part of the German immigrant community was pro-Union and anti-slavery during the Civil War. They came to Texas to be in the United States and live a peaceful existence, not have to go to war right away.

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Aaron!!

Great video! I have done a lot of reading on Indianola, and I'm sure you could do an excellent video on it. It's amazing how many houses were disassembled and moved to other towns (Victoria, Cuero, etc.). There is no telling what might have happened had Indianola not been sacked by two hurricanes. Thank you so much for your information in these videos! I am really enjoying them!

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

Right!? Indianola would be such an interesting video on its own!! Thanks for watching!!

Thank you for this. My grandfather and his daughter entered the US here in 1901

@galvestonunscripted

10 күн бұрын

Amazing!!

i also got to go to the Nimitz museum in Fredericksburg when I was a kid and it was fantastic also. Again easily impressed kid that I was so I needa go back as an adult and have “adult’s understanding” experience.

Thank you so much for making this video!

Another very informative presentation! I learned about Indianola from a Louis L'Amour novel called Matagorda. Also, I saw your ad in the Daily News! Great job all the way around!

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Thanks! I am glad you saw me in the paper!!!

I remember my parents taking us through those old, abandoned quarantine station buildings on Pelican Island when we were kids.

@galvestonunscripted

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome. I would have loved to have seen them!!

I’m from south Texas, a very neat melting pot with all kinds of people and cultures. Religiously and ethnically. You got your Germans, Czechs, Irish, Italians, Mexicans/Spanish/Native Americans, Indians, Vietnamese and more. People will talk about how people from Texas are intolerant and unwanting of learning different ways of living. And while there are definitely people here like that… I think Texas is one of the most beautiful, diverse, and welcoming places in the world. Except for maybe north east Texas 💀

This is cool as hell I had no idea!

Immigration sure has changed😒 My own Alsatian and German ancestors came through Indianola and some through Galveston, as well. My Alsatian grandfather fought in WWII and forbid the teaching of German to his children out of fear, which is why I cannot speak my grandmother's language since my mother never learned it. We didn't go far - my mother grew up in Castroville, and I still live in Seguin.

Just found your channel and subscribed. I’m. Really enjoying your content.

Surprised you did not mention the disastrous Hurricane of 1900. The city never again was what it had become before, which was the greatest city in Texas. After 1920, and only partly because of Spindletop, Houston begin to be what it is today.

@galvestonunscripted

Ай бұрын

Check out the entire KZread Channel lol

I live in a town that was founded by German and dutch Mormons

Informative. What to see in those cities will also help.

@nozrep

Ай бұрын

yes, and he was literally at some of the places that you should go see, doing a video about them, right there on site, the Garten Verein, the Quarantine Station, Fredericksburg place. So he did do that actually.

It would be cool if Texas was still German

I'm a little disappointed that a topic like immigration in Galveston didn't recognize the contributions of the thriving community of Jews. They built synagogues, the library, and the Shriners fund the world renowned burn hospital.

@galvestonunscripted

Ай бұрын

You should definitely check out the podcasts I’ve done on that. I mentioned in the video that I was only covering 1 particular group for the scope of that video as people came from everywhere.

@FreedomJane-bx4um

Ай бұрын

@@galvestonunscripted A lot of ethnic Jews were also German nationals. Most German immigrants were Protestant, but the Port of Galveston also brought German Catholics and German Jews. Sometimes the minorities are the ones who impact the community in the most surprising ways. Galveston today would be a very different experience if only Anglo-Saxon Protestants would have been the influence. As one of the multi cultural cities in the 19th century it seems like the topic of German immigration was very homogenized. I would love to see a video about all sides of the history of Galveston from all of the people from the world who stayed and contributed to the island we love. In such a small space we have communities of Sikhs, Muslims, Romani, Baptist, Jews, Catholics, and gun toting Texans, yet they live peacefully on a sand bar. The best times I've ever had was in Galveston, where the tropical breezes and relaxed environment was conducive to meet new people and make new friends. Galveston is something special and it takes an international population to realize that it is a microcosm that needs to protected.

@galvestonunscripted

Ай бұрын

@@FreedomJane-bx4um you’re welcome to join the media world and chime in. I can’t do cover everything myself lol

Why don't you make a video about the Native Americans that lived on Galveston Island before the Europeans showed up, especially Jean Lafitte and his men's not so cordial relations with the Natives?

@jamaicanjuice8684

12 күн бұрын

He has a whole video showcasing the Shell Moderna created by the Native Americans that lived there. You should check it out!

@jamaicanjuice8684

4 күн бұрын

Middens *

OMG! Another migrant 🥸

The background music is awful, make it go away!

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

Lol too late

@galvestonunscripted

7 ай бұрын

If your biggest gripe is the music in the video, I’m pleased. 😂