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  2. Belgian Americans - Wikipedia

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    Between 1847 and 1849 when Belgium was plagued with disease and economic hardship, 6,000–7,000 Belgians a year arrived in the United States. Antwerp, Belgium also one of the largest ports for immigration to America, and regular Red Star Line ships connected the port with the United States and Canada. [citation needed]

  3. Annie Moore (immigrant) - Wikipedia

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    Anna "Annie" Moore (April 24, 1874 – December 6, 1924) was an Irish émigré who was the first immigrant to the United States to pass through federal immigrant inspection at the Ellis Island station in New York Harbor.

  4. European emigration - Wikipedia

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    European emigration is the successive emigration waves from the European continent to other continents. The origins of the various European diasporas [45] can be traced to the people who left the European nation states or stateless ethnic communities on the European continent.

  5. Belgian immigrants in Wisconsin during the Civil War

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    Northeast Wisconsin saw a huge influx of immigrants from Belgium in the mid-1800s. It began in 1852 when two Belgian families decided to make the move to America. They were unhappy with the Belgian monarchy, and sought what is now known as the "American dream." [1] Belgians then flooded Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties.

  6. Irish diaspora - Wikipedia

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    One, preferred by the government of Ireland, is defined in legal terms: the Irish diaspora are those of Irish nationality, mostly but not exclusively Roman Catholic, residing outside the island of Ireland. This includes Irish citizens who have emigrated abroad and their children, who were Irish citizens by descent under Irish law.

  7. Ireland–Latin America relations - Wikipedia

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    Fewer migrants came to Latin America from Ireland than from other English-speaking countries, and they were also relatively less stably established in the region; even in Argentina, the main destination they went to, half went on to re-emigrate. [1]

  8. File:Thomas Hovenden, American (born Ireland) - Breaking Home ...

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    The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1895, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .

  9. Irish Americans - Wikipedia

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    In the same year, an organization formed in Brooklyn called "The Irish Jews of America" and planned to establish an Irish-American synagogue. [223] In 1969, an organization of Irish American Jews in New York City called the "Loyal Yiddish Sons of Erin" celebrated when Purim and St. Patrick's Day fell on the same date. [224]