Louis Gustave Dreyling

From Houston Time Portal.net:

Gustave was most likely primarily German-speaking, but no doubt was learning English fast with the help of his customers in the barber’s chair. He moved to Galveston before 1870, and he and Annie had children: Louis G. (1868), Susie (1870), Max Strauss (1871), Gus, Jr. (1875), and Leo (1878). By 1880 the family was in Houston where the children grew up. Emma Theresa married Theodore Dreyling, himself also from Germany, but from a different area and family than Gustave. The Dreyling, Settegast, and Binz families were Catholic, most of them attending Annunciation Catholic Church on Texas Avenue.

The Dreyling family members followed diverse career paths. Gustave Dreyling, Jr. owned Model Laundry, while his brother Louis followed his father’s occupation as barber. Max operated a billiard parlor at 1711 Caroline until he took a job for the railroad. Theodore and Emma ran a grocery store on Pease Street. Glenwood Cemetery is the final resting place for Gustave’s descendants, except for Theodore’s family which is in the adjacent German Cemetery (now Washington Cemetery): Emma (1861-1943), Theodore (1856-1940). The Dreyling family plot in Glenwood holds Gustave, Sr. (1834-1902), Annie (1849-1885) and their children: Louis (1868-1921), Max (1871-1935); Gus, Jr. (1875-1925) and Blanche (1878-1957) are in the Binz-Settegast family plot. ​