1. My Language Heritage Project
Koryn Wade
ENGL 4391
9/23/15

2. Theresa Treybig Wade Born: Houston
Went to Texas State & University of Houston
Raised myself and my brother

3. Treybig

4. Harry Lee Treybig Born: Wharton
Lived: Bay City, Imperial, Houston & Needville
Masters from TCU in Biology
Spoke: English
Parents refused to teach him German due to World War II backlash
Football coach, teacher, and principal

5. Treybig Side

6. Gammie & Gampie Gampie’s Mother Born and Lived: El Campo
Spoke: English & German
Graduate High School
Rice Farmers
Gampie’s Mother
From Germany

7. Gloria Cherny Treybig Born: Blessing
Lived: Bay City, Imperial, Houston, & Needvile
Spoke Czech and English
Learned English in the 1st grade
Lost Czech when she had children because they refused to learn
Graduated High School

8. Cherny Side Mr. and Mrs. Cherny Mr. Cherny’s parents
Spoke Czech & English
Cotton farmers
Dropped out after middle school
Mr. Cherny’s parents
Moved from Czech Republic to El Campo
Mrs. Cherny’s parents
Spoke: Czech & English
Moved from Prague to Fredericksburg

9. Ernest Trent Wade Born: Houston Graduated University of Houston BBA
Project Manager for Computer Programming Company

10. Wade

11. Guy Wade II Born: Houston Spoke: English Went to University of Texas
Graduated University of Houston with degree in Architecture

12. Wade Side Guy Wade I Born in Black Jack, Texas Married his second wife
Moved to Houston
Owned dry cleaning chain
Spoke only English

13. Wade Side William W. Wade Edward Wade
Born 1546 in Chalais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Died October 1623 in England
Edward Wade
Born 1611 in London, England
1638 moved to United States
Died November 1675

14. Sue Chambers Married My Grandfather before I was born
Currently has ALS and can no longer speak
Had a word draw but not Southern

15. Mary Heinze Speaks: English Born: Houston Lived: Austin & Mississippi
Went to University of Texas
Stenographer and Accountant

16. White Side Mrs. White Mr. White (Step Dad) Spoke: English
Born: Marshall
Lived: Beaumont & Houston
Went to University of Houston
Accountant
Mr. White (Step Dad)
Spoke: German & English
Born: Boerne
Lived: Houston
Hormel Manger
FUN FACT: Room mate of Clark Gable

17. White Side
Unknown Dad
Spoke: English
Born: Beaumont
Went to University of Houston
World Traveler
Step father’s parents came from Germany during World War II

18. White Side Mrs. White’s Mom Mrs. White’s Dad Born: Marshall
Lived: Beaumont & Houston
Her mother was from Louisiana
Mrs. White’s Dad
Born: Kansas
Graduated: Kansas University
His Father was from Kansas
His Father’s Father came from Strafford, England to Baltimore and married an Indian woman

19. Lon Heinze Married my Grandmother when I was six years old
Born: Houston
Lived: San Antonio
Non-High School graduated
Lance Corporal of the Marines in the Korean War
Born of a single mom
Low-income family
¼ Native American

20. France

21. Angers, France

24. Paris