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2. Germantown, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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   Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, highlighting Germantown Borough prior to the Act of Consolidation (1854) Germantown (German: Deutschstadt) is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854. The area, which ...

3. Shenandoah Germans - Wikipedia

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   The Pennsylvania German settlers of Shenandoah brought with them many staples of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, such as sauerkraut, apple butter, cabbage served with hot sauce, souse, ponhoss (scrapple), buckwheat pancakes, knödel, rivvels and ham bone pot pie. The staple grains were wheat, spelt, and barley.

4. Colonial Germantown Historic District - Wikipedia

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   1743, first Bible printed in America in any European language (in this case German), printed by Christoph Sauer; 1760, Germantown Academy founded; February 1764, the Paxton Boys enter Germantown but disperse after meeting with a delegation headed by Benjamin Franklin

5. Old Stock Americans - Wikipedia

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   The tide of German immigration to Pennsylvania swelled between 1725 and 1775, with immigrants arriving as redemptioners or indentured servants. By 1775, Germans constituted about one-third of the population of the state. German farmers were renowned for their highly productive animal husbandry and agricultural practices.

6. List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic ...

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   The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) Historic Landmark plaque program was begun in 1968 in order to identify architecturally significant structures and significant pieces of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States's local heritage throughout Allegheny County. Nominations are reviewed by the private non-profit foundation's ...

7. The Hess Homestead - Wikipedia

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   Prototypes for Pennsylvania's durchgaengiges floorplans are illustrated in German books as early as the 17th century. The Stube (stove room) was heated by a five-plate stove fed from a small fireplace in the central hallway. Beneath the stove room is a vaulted root cellar for food storage. This stove room also served as the Kammer (parents ...

8. Adam Miller (pioneer) - Wikipedia

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   Bakewell, Lois Andis (1992). Andis-Moe Ancestors in America 1741–1990.Laurens, IA: The Compiler. Best, Jane Evans (October 1998). "Bear Saga Update:Part Two".

9. Abraham op den Graeff - Wikipedia

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   Signature of Abraham op den Graeff (at the 1688 Germantown Quaker petition against slavery) Abraham Isaacs op den Graeff, also Op den Graff, Opdengraef as well as Op den Gräff [1] (c. 1649 – c. 1731) was one of the so-called Original 13, the first closed group of German emigrants to North America, and an original founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, as well as a civic leader, member of the ...