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For a long time in the American Union, "Palatine" meant German American. [67] Palatine immigrants came to live in big industrial cities such as Germantown, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Land-searching Palatines moved to the Midwestern States and founded new homes in the fertile regions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. [68]
Among them were German Palatines who had fled the Rhineland-Palatinate region of southwestern Germany due to religious and political persecution during repeated invasions by French troops. From the colonial period to the early 1900s, people of Germanic heritage formed the social and economic backbone of the Shenandoah Valley.
Presidents with maternal German ancestry include Harry Truman, whose maternal grandfather Solomon Young was a descendant of Johann Georg Jung and Hans Michael Gutknecht, who emigrated from Germany together in 1752, [215] Richard Milhous Nixon, whose maternal ancestors were Germans who anglicized Melhausen to Milhous, [216] and Barack Obama ...
Named by German immigrants after Darmstadt, Germany. [37] Darmstadt: Illinois: Named after Darmstadt, Germany. [38] Danube: New York: Named after the Danube River (German: Donau) in the 18th century by German Palatine immigrants. Danzig: North Dakota: Named after Danzig, Prussia. [39] DeKalb County: Alabama
Von Graffenried was freed after six weeks of captivity. When he finally reached New Bern, he found it abandoned and in flames. [11] On September 22, 1711, while Graffenried was held captive, the Tuscarora and their allies had attacked white settlers in the region. The conflict became known as the Tuscarora War. Sixty Swiss and Palatines in New ...
The Pennsylvania Dutch, primarily German-speaking immigrants from Germany (particularly the Palatinate region), Switzerland, and Alsace, moved to the USA seeking better opportunities and a safer, more tolerant environment. Many, including Amish and Mennonites, faced religious persecution in Europe.
A 14-year-old American boy missing for three days after he walked away from a Caribbean Princess cruise ship at a German port was found safe Saturday, police and a family member said.
German Palatine settlement in the United States (6 C, 1 P) Pages in category "German Palatines" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.