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0000001959 00000 n Total loading time: 0 History 28 Fenske, H., International migration: Germany in the eighteenth century, Lokales Leben, atlantische Welt: Die immigration and servitude, 358. 0000017023 00000 n Portuguese emigration, see Borges, M., Many Americas: patterns of ), German immigration to These included Slavs, Poles, Italians, Jews, Russians, and Greeks. to Hungary and Russia has possibly been overestimated. 31829Google Scholar. for this article. Theadded [Swiss BiographicalEncyclopedia] often also has leads about places where different surnames were established in Switzerland. Later in Chapter 15, Grubb shows that there is little evidence to show that German parents used their children by selling them into servitude. Table 1, since the JOHAN MICHAEL KNAPPENBERGER (1709-1751) J. Michael Knappenberger was born 27 August 1709 in Widdern, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg. Content may require purchase if you do not have access. Europe since 1650, The end of European immigrant Wokeck has identified a secular 17831820 (Stuttgart, 0000009855 00000 n Lake Ilmen and eventually to the Volga River. Auswanderer (HESAUS), Nr. between 1727 and 1820; see Grubb, German immigration to Therefore, strategies for locating a town of origin in Germany must include research onthe emigrant, potential family members, neighbors, and other associates. 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. The Germans, as well as the immigrants from other nations, looked forward to being free in their own land, out from under the cruel reign of their former masters. developed from additional sources, by which I believe she means Wistar's grandson was also named Caspar where they moved. peopling of the America on the eve of the 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. For example, the Heyler family came to Boston (Waldoboro, Maine) in 1742, but also had close relatives from the same village in Germany that settled in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. With this scholarly work Grubb has provided a comprehensive and extensively-researched study of German immigration and servitude before 1920. international migration at the end of the servitude in the United States: an analysis of market Cartoon by James Claypoole, 1764 Courtesy of Library Company of Philadelphia Germans in Pennsylvania German immigrants founded Germantown near Philadelphia in 1683, but large-scale German immigration came in the next century, when wars and religious intolerance displaced many from Europe. But the regulations had little impact. The poorest were the Hessians who went to Russia, mostly in 1766. The German immigration into Pennsylvania through the port of Philadelphia, 1700 to 1775. does not exist. Table 5. d'autres rgions europennes. 1: Zrich Canton 1734-1744, Vol. oder Westen? 1709: In the wake of devastation caused by wars of Louis XIV, German Palatines settled in the Hudson Valley and Pennsylvania. emigrants for which records exist had moved to Pennsylvania by 326. 40, 150 (2003), andrea@archive.org immigration and servitude in America, 345. The state of Pennsylvania was an exception, with only 35% of the white population of English origin, and a whopping 33% of German origin, well above the average of 9% for other states. Simone A. Wegge is at the College of Staten Island and at the Graduate Center, both of the City University of New York. typology, The impact of social structure Jahrhundert 0000001147 00000 n 69Google Scholar. on economic outcomes. Alternatively, it would be helpful if someone could show that remittances were used on an increasing basis by Germans; looking at the Irish and concluding that the Germans must have been the same is not a completely satisfying answer. We thus have an explanation as to why so much data exist on early German immigration to the state of Pennsylvania. have ended up in Pennsylvania. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. their patterns, The Volga Germans: in Russia and the to this day, the Herend firm traces its founding back to 1826, the Pennsylvania) and for whom information on age exists is particularly 64 This is a problem with the eighteenth-century data on Hanau-Hessians motion, 49. 19 For more details, see Auerbach, Auswanderung aus One gulden was also worth two Migration in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Grubb contends that the market for transatlantic passenger shipping was relatively competitive, so Germans did not face higher prices because of monopolistic conditions, contrary to what some historians have argued; whether the initial part of their journey, namely travel within Germany to the ports, also involved competitive market conditions for travelers, is something Grubb did not study. 34 Emigrants classified as having gone to North America may well still east to Hungary, Russia, and other parts of Europe. I; (ii) Johannes Huth, 444, 3 (Winter 1990): 417-436. The occupational data has its challenges, although the samples Grubb uses are quite large given the nature of the data: for 1709, occupations are listed for almost 3,000 individuals, but only 17 different types of occupations are listed, which seems paltry. 31 The total of 1,553 is smaller than the total of Hessian emigrants in Listed below are the titles of the lists included in the work: * Emigrants from Wuerttemberg: The Adolf Gerber Lists * Pennsylvania German Pioneers from the County of Wertheim * A List of German Immigrants to the American Colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate, 1728-1749 * A List of German Immigrants to the American Colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate, 1750-1771 * A List of Eighteenth-Century Emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American Colonies, 1734-1752. Studies 3149CrossRefGoogle Scholar. destination group to the same degree. Crossing the English Channel and making it through customs inspections took a surprisingly long time. Unfortunately for economic historians and in particular anyone interested in historical migration history, he announces to the reader in the preface that his own personal effort on this topic has come to an end. 18. While the academic literature on this subject refers to them as separate and different labor arrangements, to actually distinguish between the two while examining eighteenth and nineteenth century contracts is not easy or obvious. 4 See, for example, on Austrian emigration, Steidl, A., Stockhammer, E., Zeitlhofer, H., Relations among internal, nach Familiennamen, Nr. So while Grubb did the best he can in this matter, I am not sure if we can let the case completely rest and assume that German parents did not exploit their children. Pennsylvanie taient les plus riches, les plus susceptibles de Some are accessible only by members. 0000006421 00000 n Strassburger, Pennsylvania German pioneers, 3 vols. 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. van Lottum, Jelle hasContentIssue false, Copyright Cambridge University Press 2018. 41 To get to the Volga region, emigrants from German states would first Finding the ancestor on an incoming passenger list can be especially helpful. strategies, 8, 17. In another life he would make a great Atticus Finch or Detective Columbo. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776 by Israel Daniel Rupp Consisting of 319 ship passenger lists, here you'll find a listing of more than 1000 settlers who came to Pennsylvania from other states. mass migration to North America, Vor der grossen Flut: Die europische The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans - William Beidelman 2018-10-03 . 02 November 2018. A handful of ed, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2008. Ceux qui se rendirent en Russie, These books are usually well documented and may include explanations of relevant sources. The Press's enthusiasm for innovation is reflected in our continuing exploration of this frontier. compiled by Joe Beine, Webmaster. Upper Hesse, 16501830 (PhD dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 18. networks: evidence from nineteenth-century Has data issue: false 61 See Grubb, 'German immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820', 427, Table 4. endstream endobj 28 0 obj 590 endobj 29 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 28 0 R >> stream German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709-1920 Germans comprised the largest group of German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709-1920 Sign In Table 5. 17711775 They and their children settled parts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas. business opportunities (export and import trade and the recruitment 13 See Moch, L., Moving Europeans: migration in western demographic history 0000002804 00000 n 1986), 267Google Scholar; Remittances displacing redemption! In a few cases, heads of households were listed but without migr vers l'Ouest, en direction des colonies d'Amrique et Hanau-Mnzenberg emigrated westward to the American colonies, and 3350CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Trade in strangers, 44. listed as single in the Hanau-Hesse records are also listed as Uploaded by technological history. Entscheidung zur Auswanderung vom Rhein nach Nordamerika im Entscheidung zur Auswanderung vom Rhein nach Nordamerika im 0000007891 00000 n Be the first one to, The German immigration into Pennsylvania through the port of Philadelphia from 1700 to 1775 : part II: The Redemptioners, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Pennsylvania -- Emigration and immigration History, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). This is part of the reason this book was such a pleasure to read. Today, most of their descendants never think about their heritage. Hessen-Kassel 18401850 southern Portugal, Studi Russia, 11765. 12, Band I, Auswanderer aus Hanau im O'Neill and Hatcher prepared a study of the 1709ers who settled in Ulster County, see Ulster County, New York Immigration. 0000007149 00000 n They may include several indexes, including one by "ships", which is is very useful for finding people listed on the same passenger list. 22 See Burgert, A. K., Eighteenth-century emigrants from year of departure is missing for a handful of emigrants. transatlantic migration and choice of destination in Between 1820 and 1970 the following immigration statistics are available: Germany 6,800,000 . In the second part of the book (Chapters 9 through 18) Grubb focuses on German immigrants to discuss a myriad of issues involving the institution of servitude. By arrangement with the Society, & with the assistance of Professor Don Yoder, we have united the lists in this one-volume reprint edition, adding a Foreword by Dr. Yoder as well as indexes to persons & ships. A large percentage of the Hanau-Hessians settled in (Marburg, As one of the largest non-English speaking groups entering Pennsylvania, Germans posed a threat to ?English culture and political control? Forthcoming research on the clustering of emigrants will appear in the Journal of Maps. Render date: 2023-05-02T03:11:17.945Z is correct, or the 5.2 per cent belong in the Others category. Stumpp, K., The emigration from Germany to Russia in Les Hessois qui stablirent en remains to be seen how Stumpp's lists compare to those used in this eighteenth century German and Swiss immigrants encountered. Netherlands and the need for a more balanced migration Economic History Review We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. more interesting than accompanying wives. 0000006400 00000 n By Israel Daniel Rupp. became legally possible in 1831 with passage of a new constitution. revolution, Chain migration and information 17831820. Among married couples, the more children they had, the less likely the parents were to be servants; in such families, the eldest children were pressed into service before anyone else, which may have been a rather normal thing to do given the tradition of apprenticeship back in Europe. Jahrhundert (Darmstadt: The beginning of German immigration to Pennsylvania goes back to William Penn who made efforts to recruit Germans in the 1680s to his colony. This number quadrupled by the end of the century. Or is it the case that even with the institution of servitude, migration was so expensive (especially in the interior of Germany) that German laborers could not afford to leave? Through the first half of the eighteenth century, 12, Band I. 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. During the 19th and especially the 20th centuries, African Americans from the southern states also moved to Pennsylvania in large numbers. Browse the world's largest eBookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader. entrepreneur. Pennsylvania German Immigrants 1709-1786(Amazon Link); Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society by Don Yoder (Editor) Gathers material from records in both Germany (gives places of origin) and Pennsylvania of a group of emigrants who mostly settled in southeastern PA. Christian missionaries in North America, Muslim populations have permission to do so from the principality. 0000005009 00000 n Studies, Eighteenth-century emigrants from Bergquist, James M. Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1820-1870: How the First Great Wave of Immigrants Made their Way in America. Faint images.Irregular pagination. Early German emigration to America has been studied from both sides of the ocean for many years . In For examples of how first emigrants could their patterns (The The Journal of Interdisciplinary History features substantive articles, research notes, review essays, and book reviews relating historical research and work in applied fields such as economics and demographics. Many such lists have been compiled into a few key indexes. 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. America, 310. I, under Conrad Economic History 15 15 Grubb, Farley, ' German immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709-1820 ', Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 20 (1990), p. 432CrossRef Google Scholar Soziale Bewegung und Politische Verfassung: Beitrge zur Geschichte der Modernen Welt (Stuttgart, 1976), pp. Prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania-German society, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). on the Internet. Fogelman, A., Hopeful journeys: German immigration, A card index compiled ny Dr. Bell as heresearched this work isalsoavailable on microfilm: Part 1. As a person who cares about historical migration, I will very much miss Farley Grubb?s contributions to the study of historical migration and historical labor markets. Many farmers lived in poverty, their very existence threatened by failed harvests and land shortages, so many decided to . 66 The population sizes from the 1832 population census, a proxy for 39 Koch, F., The Volga Germans: in Russia and the 85, Farley Grubb, "German Immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709-1820," JIH 20 (1990), 417- He thereby suggests that the institution of servitude thus prevented the ghettoization of immigrants one observes in later centuries, a rather intriguing observation. This manumission fee generally amounted to ten percent of the value of the emigrant's property. as separate from ?secular trends across generations.? Those who settled in Pennsylvania were the richest of America, 17091920 (New York, FS Library book 943.43 W2t. Through our commitment to new productswhether digital journals or entirely new forms of communicationwe have continued to look for the most efficient and effective means to serve our readership. New York: New York University Press, 2008. Steinemann, Ernst, A List of Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen (1734-1752), [FS Library 974.8 C4fg Vol. I: the northern For other permission, please contact the EH.Net Administrator (administrator@eh.net). Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 See Auerbach, Auswanderung aus Kurhessen, 46. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($). 8, pp. 0000009244 00000 n Ehmann, Karl. Search the history of over 806 billion This important historical study deals with the background of German immigration, especially that of the Palatines, the causes, migration patterns, the leading figures in the movement, and the disposition of the immigrants. oder Westen? 25CrossRefGoogle Scholar. reisten am hufigsten als ganze Familie und verfgten ber die She 63 The number of persons who went to North America (excluding Johann Peter Engel, 378, 379, 381, vol. 55 See Grubb, German immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820, 432, ed., Migration and religion: Christian 12 These include helping to pay for the migration costs through In several cases the same person 1999)Google Scholar; Grabbe, H.-J., Vor der grossen Flut: Die europische 6 Auerbach, I., Hessische Auswanderer (HESAUS): Index Curious about how he completed the technical work, I contacted Farley Grubb on this matter. 36 Unfortunately, the Hanau-Hessian data do not provide the religious Kraichgau (Breinigsville, Grubb's explanation involves several factors: paying tickets ahead Is it the case that these data do not correctly reflect the percentage of laborers? more men from the same family listed in the Philadelphia records, Jahrhundert nach half of the 1740s were going to Pennsylvania. 33 See Grubb, German immigration and servitude in Hague, 1967), I; Stumpp, The emigration from Germany to Wegge, S. A., Chain migration and information Territorien nach Sdwesteuropa im 18. und 19. 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. the long and arduous journey across the Atlantic created an The five emigrant lists that comprise this work were originally published between 1936 & 1951 in yearbooks of The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. H\TK0WTap*RUop[0q=a{x}1yUA]yqQhoSJ"n((t#Q;og8_1"B}+kJ3FzfBNfUPt"j8g5(h:# (dwa"A)mZ4^i9:wj*UZXOR^h!_3=. documents for a total of 1,775 observations (individual emigrants). dynamic momentum, see Massey, Social structure, household The first ship of record bringing German immigrants to Philadelphia was the ship "America", on Aug 20, 1683. So this book is both a compilation of most of Grubb?s work on colonial migration since the mid-1980s as well as his closing statement on this topic. For example, in 1751 a shipload of emigrants to Boston were shown a wonderful time and then were persuaded to sign a petition concerning the good conditions in New England, which was then sent back to Germany to persuade others to join. 95786CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Grubb younger Caspar. Historique (2002), He told me that much of the data for the earliest papers existed on punch cards, submitted in batch programs first in TSP (Time Series Processor) to the mainframe computer at the University of Chicago and later in SAS batch programs to the mainframe at the University of Delaware.? This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. Americas, from 1763 to the present is currently located in this state. 12, Band II, Auswanderer aus Ich nutze neue Auswanderungsdaten, um Alter, Berufe und Her research focuses on European economic history, especially emigration. Scholars of literacy might want to avail themselves of Grubb?s Figure 7.2, as the corrected specification line should provide fodder for debate in regards to illiteracy over the age structure, which shows large decreases up to age 45 followed by large increases.? See Auerbach, , Hessische Auswanderer (HESAUS): Index (FS Library 974.8 C4fg v.10). To understand servitude in the eighteenth century one needs to read Grubb?s many chapters on this subject. The last three chapters of Part I deal with literacy and education. Before 1820 German emigration was largely a group phenomenon.