When I was growing up, my grandparents lived in New Braunfels, having moved there from the tiny burg of Maxwell in Caldwell County. They spoke German in their home; I remember spending time with them and my grandmother getting phone calls in which only German was spoken. Teasingly, my grandfather called the grandkids "hundt-wurst" and would take us to the donut shop for "schwartzen" donuts (chocolate covered).
My great-great and great-grandfathers came over, landing in Indianola and working their way up to Caldwell County. Today, my great-great, my great, and my grandfather are all buried in the Maxwell church cemetery. It is where my mother plans to rest, as well. She has done a lot of genealogy work, going to Germany several times to find records in the old churches there.