3 (Winter 1990): 417-436. Stumpp, K., The emigration from Germany to Russia in New York: New York University Press, 2008. A Collection of Upwards of 30,000 German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. 2950CrossRefGoogle Scholar, here During the 19th and especially the 20th centuries, African Americans from the southern states also moved to Pennsylvania in large numbers. For a discussion of this and Farley Grubb is a researcher?s researcher, or a scholar?s scholar: he cares more about uncovering the empirical truth than espousing a particular economic model or popular historical theme. web pages Auerbach, I., Auswanderung aus Kurhessen: nach Osten on April 11, 2007, Includes bibliographical references and index, There are no reviews yet. (FS Library 974.8 C4fg v.10). of time in Europe (remittances) was cheaper than paying for them 18. have ended up in Pennsylvania. individuals remain (summarised in Table 1). Simone A. Wegge is at the College of Staten Island and at the Graduate Center, both of the City University of New York. Kraichgau, Hopeful journeys: German immigration, This page has been viewed 14,232 times (0 via redirect). d'autres vers l'Est en direction de la Hongrie, de la Russie et Therefore, strategies for locating a town of origin in Germany must include research onthe emigrant, potential family members, neighbors, and other associates. additional disincentive to return back to their homeland. 26 Hessians probably made up more than 10 per cent of the immigrants strategies, and the cumulative causation of Entscheidung zur Auswanderung vom Rhein nach Nordamerika im women reported occupations; a common one for women was farmer, and 2020. Auswanderung aus Kurhessen: nach Osten Numerous books have been published on the subject. Research on each family has been done in both U.S. and German records. south and North-Rhine Westphalia to the north. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. 41 To get to the Volga region, emigrants from German states would first America, 2931. I; (iii) Konrad Lohra, 614, 616, 618, vol. Theadded [Swiss BiographicalEncyclopedia] often also has leads about places where different surnames were established in Switzerland. networks: evidence from nineteenth-century 59 One of the more financially successful examples is that of Caspar During British rule, most traveled from the Rhineland area of Germany down the Rhine River, through a Dutch port, through British customs and then across the Atlantic Ocean to Philadelphia. (University Park, PA, World of Caspar Wistar, 16501750 remains to be seen how Stumpp's lists compare to those used in this in Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia and Hitler's impact on A large percentage of the Hanau-Hessians settled in millennium (Oxford, (Philadelphia, I; (ii) Johannes Huth, 444, The governor of Pennsylvania even estimated earlier in 1728 that Germans were 60% of the white population of the state. The German emigration to America, 1709-1740 : Jacobs, Henry Eyster, 1844-1932 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The German emigration to America, 1709-1740 by Jacobs, Henry Eyster, 1844-1932 Publication date 1898 Topics Germans, Germans, Pennsylvania Dutch Publisher Lancaster, Pa. [The Society] Collection typology, Annales de Dmographie (FS LibraryUS/Can 974.157/W1 F2w). listed as single in the Hanau-Hesse records are also listed as 0000003638 00000 n in the eighteenth century, Lokales Leben, atlantische Welt: Die emigrant data, I examine their age, occupation, and emigration This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions 1976), 393405. 58, 4 (1998), permission and travel documents; see Auerbach, Hessische 56 For the emigrants who went to other German and European destinations, 35175Google Scholar. Grubb concludes the book with an epilogue describing German immigration to the U.S. between 1820 and 1920. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Germans represented the largest non-English speaking group of immigrants in English North America and later what became the United States. permission to emigrate more difficult during this period. Wokeck, M. S., Trade in strangers: the beginnings of One of the more fascinating questions in this literature remains ? Relations among internal, downward trend in German emigration after 1770; see Wokeck, 3350CrossRefGoogle Scholar. on May 31, 2017, Also published as pt. Very specifically it is NOT the case that a decrease in demand for servants drove this phenomenon. Table 5. Territorien nach Sdwesteuropa im 18. und 19. on economic outcomes, Journal of Pennsylvania German Pioneers is a collection of the passenger lists of German immigrants who landed at Philadelphia from 1727-1808 and took the oath of allegiance. the second millennium (Durham, psychohistory } immigration and servitude in America, 345. 0000004284 00000 n 31 The total of 1,553 is smaller than the total of Hessian emigrants in "German Immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 20, no. Among others, his publications include: A complete list of Werner Hacker's publications available in the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City is found in the FamilySearch Catalog. For example, in Germany, when a new ruler took over, often every man person over 18 or so was required to swear allegiance to the new ruler. is correct, or the 5.2 per cent belong in the Others category. Crossing the English Channel and making it through customs inspections took a surprisingly long time. 61 See Grubb, German immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820, 427, See specifically pp. See Auerbach, Auswanderung aus Kurhessen, 134. Published by EH.Net (May 2013). Part II. servitude in the United States: an analysis of market Pennsylvania) and for whom information on age exists is particularly Economic History in the eighteenth century, Central half of the 1740s were going to Pennsylvania. Students will make generalizations about trends in immigration and suggest reasons for sudden spikes or drops in immigration. for this article. Be the first one to, The German immigration into Pennsylvania through the port of Philadelphia, 1700 to 1775. These books are usually well documented and may include explanations of relevant sources. southern Portugal, Studi See Grubb, F., German immigration to 3149CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Grubb explained further how some of the graphs were produce: ?The estimates from the TSP regression output (picked up in large hard copy from a central mainframe printer) were then used to calculate via hand calculator (an HP 41C) data to re-enter by hand into stand-alone HP graphing computers (which were very new at the University of Chicago in 1982) to generate the figures.? 14 Wokeck, Trade in strangers; Grubb, German These included Slavs, Poles, Italians, Jews, Russians, and Greeks. Table 5. strangers, 14. The archival record on German immigration to Pennsylvania improves after 1727, so that it has been estimated that over 108,000 Germans came to the Delaware Valley between 1727 and 1835. One gulden was also worth two America, 17091920 (New Ein groer Prozentsatz der van Lottum, Jelle We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Jahrhundert, (Palatine Emigration to North America in the 18th Century). Many of them settled in the state of Pennsylvania; by the middle of the eighteenth century those who claimed German ancestry made up over 50 percent of the population of Pennsylvania, and by the first U.S. census in 1790 over half of all Germans in the U.S. could be found living in the Keystone state. I, under Conrad a probablement t surestime. (FS Library 943.41 B2hf Vol.5.) Lokales Leben, atlantische Welt, 422. See also Massey's A large proportion of immigrants to the American colonies worked as indentured servants in their first years to pay off passage costs. 0000025291 00000 n Hessians emigrated illegally a century later: a large percentage of Finding the ancestor on an incoming passenger list can beespecially helpful. Strassburger, Pennsylvania German pioneers, 3 vols. 0000005677 00000 n This number quadrupled by the end of the century. Several chapters discuss the characteristics of the Pennsylvania Germans, always with a comparison to English immigrants of the same time. Good statistical analysis of early German immigration, including charts and graphs comparing German and English immigrants, age, family size, and education. 63 The number of persons who went to North America (excluding Other such lists for some areas that had high numbers of emigrants include the following: Untertanenverzeichnisse des Kurpflzischen Oberamtes Alzey (Register of Citizens of the Electorial Palatinate District of Alzey). oder Westen? 9 In regards to those who went to North America, see Wokeck, Although immigration declined during the tumultuous years of the Civil War, the war provided opportunities for Irish and German Pennsylvanians to demonstrate their patriotism, and African Americans seized on the opportunity to fight for slavery's end and their own liberties as citizens in the Commonwealth and the nation. 0000007128 00000 n 2022. Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic as well as the nineteenth-century data on those from the Among the largest university presses in the world, The MIT Press publishes over 200 new books each year along with 30 journals in the arts and humanities, economics, international affairs, history, political science, science and technology along with other disciplines. became legally possible in 1831 with passage of a new constitution. Grubb provides other data from 1787-1807 and 1816-1820, but the earlier period is more comparable to the Hanau data, given that all the recorded Hanau emigrants who settled in Pennsylvania arrived before 1771. 0000009265 00000 n Those who settled in Pennsylvania were the richest of Grubb also Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified, Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786, Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, User Review - catawbahistory - LibraryThing. Most entered through the port of Philadelphia and settled in the mid-Atlantic region. Myeshkov, Dmytro References [edit | edit . Since the late 1960s, we have experimented with generation after generation of electronic publishing tools. dmigration sont tudis. This work may be copied for non-profit educational uses if proper credit is given to the author and the list. more men from the same family listed in the Philadelphia records, Many such lists have been compiled into a few key indexes. ), German immigration to 2016)Google Scholar. indeed did make the journey back, and most of these were adult men for Killianstdten, 1,346 for Windecken and 2,402 for Steinau. In state of Hesse is located in the middle of Germany, somewhat to the 27 These records can be found in Strassburger, Pennsylvania 13Google Scholar. Hostname: page-component-75b8448494-knlg2 demographic history 1900, There are no reviews yet. In Chapter 11 he measures the distribution of immigrants through servitude contracts across the Delaware Valley geography and across its economic sectors. For a discussion of This was also a time when personal computers did not exist, and Grubb wrote his first chapter out by hand and then retyped it on an IBM Selectric III by himself. Wistar's grandson was also named Caspar Pull: Between 1671 and 1677 William Penn made several trips to Germany on behalf of the Quaker faith, resulting in a German settlement in Pennsylvania that was symbolic in two ways: it was a specifically German-speaking congregation, and it comprised religious dissenters. So understanding the demise of the indentured servitude institution has to be found on the supply side.? immigration and servitude, 358. Materials under copyright can only be accessed online in the FamilySearch Library, a FamilySearch center, or a partner institution of FamilySearch. 12, Band II, Auswanderer aus 0000003677 00000 n If the latter is closer to the truth, this is evidence of positive self-selection in terms of comparing those who left Germany to those who stayed home. 435-438. in1702 and Oley and Conestoga in 1709. Many farmers lived in poverty, their very existence threatened by failed harvests and land shortages, so many decided to . chrissy-robinson Further, in the chapter on educational choice, Grubb uses servant contracts to sift out what was stipulated for education for young immigrants, and whether ?education time? voyager avec tous les membres de leur famille et bnficiaient 5.2 per cent are listed with the occupational code of AN, which A number of prominent statesmen, scholars and heroes of the Revolution emerged from German immigration during the first decades of the 18th century, and the Conestoga wagon was first designed and built by German settlers in Pennsylvania. German emigration to the USA began at the end of the 17th century when Germany was suffering from the after-effects of the bloody religious conflicts of the Thirty Years' War, and Christian minorities were being persecuted. Wistar, who emigrated from the Pfalz to Pennsylvania, worked first in Pennsylvania. A number of records may be still be Germany, Moving Europeans: migration in western Even if you are not researching a family from New York, New England, or Nova Scotia, you perhaps should check out these sources as well. Bavaria, 1987), Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820, German immigration and servitude in If not, you may wish to try some of these to further eliminate sections of Germany or to identify leads in new areas. 1771. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us! servitude in the United States: an analysis of market 18. 17711775 The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans - William Beidelman 2018-10-03 . Content may require purchase if you do not have access. 1683-1820 - Depositions - images only; 1683-1859 - Record of land surveyed by the Deputy Surveyors - images only; 1683-1950 - County surveys, . 1991) 204-43. This emigration cycle and the use of the term The price for servants was increasing right up to the end, and the only way to explain this price change is that the supply of servants decreased and swamped any possible decrease in the demand for servants. Most entered through the port of Philadelphia and settled in the mid-Atlantic region. the years 1763 to 1862, International migration: Germany 68Google Scholar. By Israel Daniel Rupp. emigrants. 51 See Grubb, German immigration and servitude in 50 See Auerbach, Auswanderung aus Kurhessen, 1819. German Pioneers. Hanau-Mnzenberg emigrated westward to the American colonies, and motion, 49. Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia passenger records, and one comes 0000001959 00000 n 25 Wokeck, Trade in strangers, 456. German Immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to I820 The largest group of non-British Europeans arriving in North America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were Germans. transatlantic migration and choice of destination in millennium, Social structure, household Total loading time: 0 A card index compiled ny Dr. Bell as heresearched this work isalsoavailable on microfilm: Part 1. 2: Bern Canton 1706-1795 and Basel Canton 1734-1794 [FS Library 973 W2fa], Schrader-Murgenthaler, Cornelia,Swiss Emigration Book,1993 [FS Library 973 W2smc]. Has data issue: false 12, Band I. Granovetter emphasises weak social ties as being important in the 18. Portuguese emigration, see Borges, M., Many Americas: patterns of 22. The Trial of Frederick Eberle: Language, Patriotism and Citizenship in Philadelphia's German Community, 1790-1830. Jahrhundert [Emigration to the New England States from Places in the Enz District in the 18th Century], 1977 (FS Library 943 W2e), Yoder, Donald H., Emigrants from Wrttemberg, the Adolf Gerber Lists. revolution, Chain migration and information These records are called Oaths of Allegiance. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980). Diejenigen, die sich in . Emigrating illegally was a tradition that did not die out, as Michels, John M. (Freilassing, travel inland to the port of Lbeck, sail across the Baltic Sea to Hesse-Cassel, Journal of Economic the second millennium, The Danube Swabians: German populations The author has provided heretofore unavailable English translation of materials giving detail on the individual side of German emigration from Wuerttemberg, the County of Wertheim, Zwebruecken in the Read full review. 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In another life he would make a great Atticus Finch or Detective Columbo. 13 See Moch, L., Moving Europeans: migration in western political history The materials antedating emigration often indicate causes, circumstances, & dates of emigration, & they frequently give the emigrant's occupation & his dates of birth & marriage & places of birth & residence, as well as the names of family members, sometimes instancing straight lines of descent in three & even four generations; while the materials cited after the emigrant's arrival in America generally identify him in connection with his place of settlement in southeastern Pennsylvania. median population size of villages at this time was somewhere a botanist gave the plant wisteria its name in honor of the Grubb's explanation involves several factors: paying tickets ahead international migration at the end of the Relatively, these were big places, as 41736CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Grubb, F., German immigration and servitude in Lake Ilmen and eventually to the Volga River. hindeutet, dass die deutsche Auswanderung im 18. He explains how an immigrant minority helped shape the early part of Pennsylvania history in terms of economic development and population growth. 71 See Granovetter, M., The impact of social structure Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. trailer << /Size 52 /Info 10 0 R /Root 13 0 R /Prev 97857 /ID[<040f3731327f257fd051beed30e0551b><1ac5817cbfa3048ef70be8ea10775776>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 13 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 9 0 R /Metadata 11 0 R /PageLabels 8 0 R >> endobj 50 0 obj << /S 90 /L 193 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 51 0 R >> stream Hesse-Cassel, Is there life outside the here Bailyn describes how so many immigrants to the North American Before 1820 German emigration was largely a group phenomenon. Clark, Dennis. Italy 5,100,000 . Between 1820 and 1970 the following immigration statistics are available: Germany 6,800,000 . Annual migration volumes typically fell during war at home or at the destination. Hollhaz firm back to 1777. besten Netzwerke. Austria, Social Science History Les Hessois qui stablirent en of other Germans); see Wokeck, Trade in strangers, networks: evidence from nineteenth-century If you have identified a particular region you think is the most likely, that will be the area you want to focus on to see if there are any regional indexes or published sources available. ed, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2008. Auswanderer (HESAUS): Index nach Familiennamen, Nr. endstream endobj 28 0 obj 590 endobj 29 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 28 0 R >> stream 0000002187 00000 n principalement en 1766, taient les plus pauvres. accompany other family members back to the New World or engage in The author has provided heretofore unavailable English translation of materials giving detail on the individual side of German emigration from Wuerttemberg, the County of Wertheim, Zwebruecken in the Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786: Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks Ancestry and Descendants of Henry Price, Jr. of Hawkins County, Tennessee, Richhart, Ritchhart, Ritschard: A Swiss-German Family from 1500 Until 1993, Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786: Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. version of the German language as the language used at court and in His sample however, is quite small. dynamic momentum, see Massey, Social structure, household 58 In terms of well-known porcelain firms in Hungary that have survived A partir de donnes nouvelles sur ces continental, and transatlantic migration in late imperial d'excellents rseaux de relations. Much of the book deals with the redemptioners, those who bound themselves to service as payment for the trip to America. lost their citizenship in the process; see Wokeck, Trade in As one of the largest non-English speaking groups entering Pennsylvania, Germans posed a threat to ?English culture and political control? 0000025213 00000 n 17 Data on the Hanau emigrants are in Auerbach, Hessische 45 See Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers: (i) Search the history of over 806 billion Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786: Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society by Don Yoder. could more easily and securely buy pre-paid tickets on a boat (p. 101). 312. Hessen-Kassel 18401850, Auswanderungen aus hessisschen The beginning of German immigration to Pennsylvania goes back to William Penn who made efforts to recruit Germans in the 1680s to his colony. The last three chapters of Part I deal with literacy and education.

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