I moved to Houston TX in 1997. My family is the NYC/NJ branch (Andy Wubbenhorst is my uncle). After I live here for a year, I got a call from an Ivan Wubbenhorst of Houston, TX. He asked 'who I was'? Apparently, there was a group of Wubbenhorsts who emigrated straight from Germany in the mid-1800s to Fredericksburg, TX. There is a large German settlement there even today.
Some of the TX Wubbenhorsts moved East to Houston in the 1950s and have several generations. They saw me appear in the phone book and gave me a call. Very nice people with the same name, totally different branch from mine.
If you pass through Texas, stop on by.
Regards, Rob Wubbenhorst