The Wends were from Germany and Prussia. They never had their own country. They were being forced to give up their language and religion in Germany so they chose to come to Texas, Nebraska, Australia and Canada. My husbands GG Grandfather was Peter Fritsche. He came over on the Ben Nevis. I have a book on the Wends called "In Search of a Home" by George R. Nielsen. Also my husbands other GGG Grandfather is Andreas Symmank and Maria Ritter. They came over on the Ben Nevis and were from Groditz. Peter Fritsche was from Dubrauke. Andreas and Maria had a son Samuel who married Maria Zwahr. Their daughter was Emma Clemantine Symmank and she married Carl August Hohle. They had Alma Selma Wilhelmine Hohle who married the grandson of Peter Fritsche, Walter E. Fritsche (my husbands grandparents. I live near Serbin. They have a Museum there of all the Wendish history. I have found a Charles Simank that was given a lot of land in Serbin in the 1850's. Let me know if I can help you in any way. My email is
fruitloopsmom@yahoo.comLaura Teer Fritsche