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Since the 1980s, passenger lists are recorded electronically in the United States. One leader in data digitization was the "Center for Immigration Research" [6] at the University of Philadelphia/ Pennsylvania. The German Emigrants Database has received its extensive overall data for the years 1850-1891 from the Center for Immigration Research.
Some eight million German immigrants have entered the United States since that point. Immigration continued in substantial numbers during the 19th century; the largest number of arrivals moved 1840–1900, when Germans formed the largest group of immigrants coming to the U.S., outnumbering the Irish and English. [2]
Germany: Tin Pan Alley lyricist [16] 1913: Elia Kazan Turkey: Director, writer, actor [2] 1912: Ruby Keeler Canada: Actor, dancer, singer [2] 1922: John Kluge Germany: Entrepreneur, one-time richest person in the U.S. [7] 1909: Dan Kolov Bulgaria: Wrestler 1912: Eva Kotchever Poland: Writer, founder of the Eve's Hangout in New York 1941: Wanda ...
The Saxon Lutheran immigration of 1838–39 was a migration of Confessional German Lutherans seeking religious freedom in the United States in the early 19th century. The immigrants were among the original founders of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod .
Many of the German town names are in the Midwest, due to high German settlement in the 1800s. Many of the names in New York and Pennsylvania originated with the German Palatines (called Pennsylvania Dutch), who immigrated in the 18th century. The entry of the United States into World War I was followed by anti-German sentiment, and local names ...
The face of immigration in the early 1900s His photos of child workers helped expose the hazardous conditions and abuse children were facing all over America that lead to new regulations on child ...
The formerly good relations between Germany and Russia worsened in the 1880s due to growing nationalist trends in Russian politics. German minorities in the Russian Empire, including Baltic and Russian-born Germans as well as recent German immigrants, faced negative sentiments among both the government and the public supporting the ideas of Pan ...
Pages in category "German emigrants to the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 959 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .