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Sebastian Beierle was one of the early German settlers of Spring Branch, Comal County and of Texas. Sebastian Beierle (1827-1908) was born on the 20 Jan 1827 and had come to Texas in 1854, accompanied with his girlfriend, Christine Gantner, both from the area of Baden-Baden, Germany, as a young man after his sister Catherine (geb Beierle)Fuhrmann, whom also settled in this settlement, sent word and money for him to come to join her in America. Catherine Beierle (1828-1893), the slightly younger sister, was born on the 14 Oct 1828, also in Baden, left Germany to try her luck in America.

As the story goes, Sebastian and Catherine's mother died at the age of 28, leaving these two very young children to be raised by a widowed father. The Beierle father, name unknown, shortly thereafter, remarried and also raised a second large family with his new wife.

Sebastian and his sister, Catherine, had therefore become very close. While very young, the stepmother and the Beierle father had arranged for Catherine to be married to a much older man. Catherine, feeling that she could not go through with this arrangement, left home and went to work as a house servant and saved enough money to accompany two of her friends to America in the early 1850's. After arriving in Texas, Catherine found work as a housemaid in Marion, Texas. At the same time keeping in touch with her older brother, in hopes for him to join her in America, whom was still in Germany. She saved money and sent it to Sebastian enough for his passage to Texas, just as she had done.

Glad to share any info I may have.

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