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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]
Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or Portuguese, 6% were Swiss or German, and 5% were French. But it was in the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century that European immigration to the Americas reached its historic peak.
Relatively few place names in the United States have names of German origin, unlike Spanish or French names. 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 ...
Writing about the town of Hustisford, Wisconsin, Jennifer Ludden discusses Mel Grulke, who was born in 1941, with German his first language at home; "Grulke's great-grandparents immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1880s, yet three generations later, his farmer parents still spoke German at home, attended German language church services and ...
A still of Kris Kringle with children from the film 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town', 1970 Credit - ABC Photo Archives. M arching through somber streets, men in uniform confiscate items, entering ...
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 .
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Born in Spain in 1905, Severo Ochoa became a U.S. citizen in 1956 after living and studying in Spain, the U.K., and Germany. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp in his honor, and many ...