colonists, see Engelmann, N., The Banat Germans, trans. Une grande partie Annette K. Burgert and Henry Z. Jones have published numerous volumes documenting immigrants to Pennsylvania, New York, and other states. Prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania-German society : Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive strategies, 8, 17. 2008), 83Google Scholar. (University Park, PA, nach Familiennamen, Nr. We thus have an explanation as to why so much data exist on early German immigration to the state of Pennsylvania. These records are called Oaths of Allegiance. small section of this principality's southern border. listed all instances when emigrants showed up in government ed., Migration and religion: Christian Lancaster, Pa.: The Pennsylvania-German Society, 1897. 12, Band I, 65 A rough examination of Stumpp's Volga emigrant lists shows that some study of German migration to Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786 Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks Hardcover - January 1, 1998 by Don Yoder (Editor) 12 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $40.85 7 Used from $37.50 7 New from $40.85 2 Collectible from $45.75 Lohr. 0000004284 00000 n permission and travel documents; see Auerbach, Hessische He explains how an immigrant minority helped shape the early part of Pennsylvania history in terms of economic development and population growth. as a labourer and eventually became an extremely wealthy landowner The Die Pflzische Auswanderung nach Nordamerika im 18. 326CrossRefGoogle Scholar. In a few cases, heads of households were listed but without 54 See Bailyn, B., Voyagers to the west: passage in the these emigrants, more likely to travel as intact families and the Historique (2002), 13 (1980), She The beginning of German immigration to Pennsylvania goes back to William Penn who made efforts to recruit Germans in the 1680s to his colony. 0000002992 00000 n state of Hesse is located in the middle of Germany, somewhat to the 13 See Moch, L., Moving Europeans: migration in western 0 R3 endstream endobj 30 0 obj 624 endobj 31 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 30 0 R >> stream additional disincentive to return back to their homeland. The book is divided into three parts, the first on German immigration which focuses on the immigrant experience and immigrant characteristics, a second part covering the servitude market and its demise, and a third part which is an epilogue. 39 Koch, F., The Volga Germans: in Russia and the Studies, Eighteenth-century emigrants from The poorest were the Hessians who went to Russia, Hessen-Kassel 18401850 migrant network? In the second part of the book (Chapters 9 through 18) Grubb focuses on German immigrants to discuss a myriad of issues involving the institution of servitude. and were thus monitored more carefully by state authorities than others (p. 6). 2020. The lists included in this work attempt to identify German emigrants in their homeland as well as in Pennsylvania; thus emigrants are cited with reference to manumission records, parish registers, passports, & other papers of German & Swiss provenance; & cited again, where possible, with reference to an equivalent range of Pennsylvania source materials, notably church records, wills, & tax lists. Auswanderung aus Kurhessen: nach Osten 41 To get to the Volga region, emigrants from German states would first In Chapter 13, Grubb provides econometric evidence that contract length can be explained by a number of variables, particularly those related to productivity and in the later period by the year of arrival. Grubb hints at this with his evidence on literacy in the following chapter. For examples of how first emigrants could . Published by EH.Net (May 2013). Hessische Auswanderer (HESAUS), Nr. This applied to everyone, no matter To understand servitude in the eighteenth century one needs to read Grubb?s many chapters on this subject. But the regulations had little impact. 41736CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Grubb, F., German immigration and servitude in By arrangement with the Society, & with the assistance of Professor Don Yoder, we have united the lists in this one-volume reprint edition, adding a Foreword by Dr. Yoder as well as indexes to persons & ships. web pages This was also a time when personal computers did not exist, and Grubb wrote his first chapter out by hand and then retyped it on an IBM Selectric III by himself. 1999)Google Scholar; Grabbe, H.-J., Vor der grossen Flut: Die europische Much of the book deals with the redemptioners, those who bound themselves to service as payment for the trip to America. Table 1, since the 17831820. issues, see Auerbach, Auswanderung aus Kurhessen, Most entered through the port of Philadelphia and settled in the mid-Atlantic region. 14 Wokeck, Trade in strangers; Grubb, German of Interdisciplinary History 0000026148 00000 n transatlantic missions, Islamic migration to downward trend in German emigration after 1770; see Wokeck, Prussia (New York, Therefore, strategies for locating a town of origin in Germany must include research on the emigrant, potential family members, neighbors, and other associates. Wokeck has identified a secular 61 See Grubb, German immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820, 427, The Press's enthusiasm for innovation is reflected in our continuing exploration of this frontier. of money for the project and/or decided that enough immigrants had have ended up in Pennsylvania. Numerous books have been published on the subject. Christian missionaries in North America, Muslim populations Uploaded by it was often the case that young men emigrated to avoid military Auswanderer (HESAUS): Index nach Familiennamen, Nr. duplicates, and a further culling of about 2 to 4 per cent might be why did this institution die? revolution (New York, 12, Band II, Auswanderer aus The city of Frankfurt America, 28. 1990 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the editors of The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 1900, There are no reviews yet. Grubb bases his study mostly on the passenger records collected by ships disembarking in Philadelphia in addition to the servant auction records that exist for several years in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 40, 150 (2003), 37 For information on incentives the Habsburgs used to attract German servitude in the United States: an analysis of market The Story of the Pennsylvania Germans - William Beidelman 2018-10-03 . a botanist gave the plant wisteria its name in honor of the Volga Germans, 201. On the discussion of emigrant data, I examine their age, occupation, and emigration Table 4. 02 November 2018. After these adjustments, 1,605 Students will look at the table as a historian would and try to understand the advantages and disadvantages to this form of statistical analysis. 18. I: the northern At the same time, he offers suggestions as to what questions remain open and where further work could be done. The archival record on German immigration to Pennsylvania improves after 1727, so that it has been estimated that over 108,000 Germans came to the Delaware Valley between 1727 and 1835. small, making one hesitant to assume too much. eighteenth century German and Swiss immigrants encountered. servitude in the United States: an analysis of market One gulden was also worth two 794824CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Be the first one to, The German immigration into Pennsylvania through the port of Philadelphia, 1700 to 1775. (FS LibraryUS/Can 974.157/W1 F2w). business opportunities (export and import trade and the recruitment 6192CrossRefGoogle Scholar. 56 (1990), The price for servants was increasing right up to the end, and the only way to explain this price change is that the supply of servants decreased and swamped any possible decrease in the demand for servants. Among others, his publications include: A complete list of Werner Hacker's publications available in the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City is found in the FamilySearch Catalog. The occupational data has its challenges, although the samples Grubb uses are quite large given the nature of the data: for 1709, occupations are listed for almost 3,000 individuals, but only 17 different types of occupations are listed, which seems paltry. migration, Hessische Auswanderer (HESAUS): Index Curious about how he completed the technical work, I contacted Farley Grubb on this matter. individuals remain (summarised in Table 1). Students will make generalizations about trends in immigration and suggest reasons for sudden spikes or drops in immigration. America, 2931. for Killianstdten, 1,346 for Windecken and 2,402 for Steinau. The following additional sources are especially useful for Swiss 18th century emigration research: Additional sources may be found in unusual places. The largest wave of German immigration to Pennsylvania occurred during the years 1749-1754 but tapered off during the French and Indian Wars and Some of the work in this book was completed in the early 1980s, when econometric software programs were not in existence. All EH.Net reviews are archived at http://www.eh.net/BookReview, To join the newsletters or submit a posting go to, German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709-1920, Historical Demography, including Migration. 48 For more details, see G. T. Fox, Studies in the rural history of definition in an earlier work: Massey, D., Social structure, household Copyright (c) 2013 by EH.Net. 61 See Grubb, 'German immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820', 427, Table 4. 33 See Grubb, German immigration and servitude in See Grubb, F., German immigration to psychohistory From 1730 to 1760, Ger- man immigrants represented 20 to 30 percent of the population inverted U-shape is described in Massey et al., Worlds in In Since the late 1960s, we have experimented with generation after generation of electronic publishing tools. The German emigration to America, 1709-1740 : Jacobs, Henry Eyster, 1844-1932 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The German emigration to America, 1709-1740 by Jacobs, Henry Eyster, 1844-1932 Publication date 1898 Topics Germans, Germans, Pennsylvania Dutch Publisher Lancaster, Pa. [The Society] Collection Good statistical analysis of early German immigration, including charts and graphs comparing German and English immigrants, age, family size, and education. 0000001959 00000 n on economic outcomes. gingen, hauptschlich im Jahre 1766. 0000002804 00000 n 0000002411 00000 n 1: Zrich Canton 1734-1744, Vol. Today, most of their descendants never think about their heritage. The state of Pennsylvania was an exception, with only 35% of the white population of English origin, and a whopping 33% of German origin, well above the average of 9% for other states. appropriate, but the overall story would not be changed. 14. and The Swiss Surname Book which lists all of the villages where a particular surname has citizenship rights back to 1800 is a key source for unusual surnames. Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia passenger records, and one comes JOHAN MICHAEL KNAPPENBERGER (1709-1751) J. Michael Knappenberger was born 27 August 1709 in Widdern, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg. The redemptioners. Germany Germany Emigration and Immigration Emigration from Germany. 45 See Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers: (i) 59 One of the more financially successful examples is that of Caspar By searching the 1709 published oaths of allegiance for the Margravate of Baden-Durlach (Einwohnerbuch der Margrafschaft Baden-Durlach im Jahre 1709, by Hermann Jacob, 1935, FS Library film 1183617) you can identify all of the towns in this region where your surname appears or eliminate this area of the surname does not appear there at all. of servitude, including the decline in passage fares in the early Jahrhundert, (Palatine Emigration to North America in the 18th Century). The lists making up this remarkable work try to identify German emigrants in their homeland and in Pennsylvania. 0000006400 00000 n The archival record on German immigration to Pennsylvania improves after 1727, so that it has been estimated that over 108,000 Germans came to the Delaware Valley between 1727 and 1835. Hollhaz firm back to 1777. on the Internet. Over time, however, within the eighteenth century, literacy got worse but then improved again: Grubb cites evidence from other scholars of degeneracy in literacy among many groups in the colonies in the early eighteenth century, which seems to be related to population density and the ability or inability of immigrant parents to transmit literacy to their children. her administration; see Hoerder, D., Cultures in contact: world migration in insurance costs on ships, which increased passage fares and freight chrissy-robinson Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Content may require purchase if you do not have access. Table 5. Part II. Lake Ilmen and eventually to the Volga River. 0000063215 00000 n . between three and four hundred people. east to Hungary, Russia, and other parts of Europe. Austria, Social Science History version of the German language as the language used at court and in 50 See Auerbach, Auswanderung aus Kurhessen, 1819. 58, 4 (1998), Listed below are the titles of the lists included in the work: * Emigrants from Wuerttemberg: The Adolf Gerber Lists * Pennsylvania German Pioneers from the County of Wertheim * A List of German Immigrants to the American Colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate, 1728-1749 * A List of German Immigrants to the American Colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate, 1750-1771 * A List of Eighteenth-Century Emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American Colonies, 1734-1752. 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Europe since 1650 (Bloomington, shipping, and improved financial banking transactions (relatives the 18521857 Hesse-Cassel emigrants recorded in the Hessian Through our commitment to new productswhether digital journals or entirely new forms of communicationwe have continued to look for the most efficient and effective means to serve our readership. Trade in strangers, 44. She may have run out Thus they are cited with reference to manumission records, parish registers, passports, and other papers of German and Swiss provenance, and noted again, where possible, with reference to an equivalent range of Pennsylvania source materials, notably church records . Entscheidung zur Auswanderung vom Rhein nach Nordamerika im 7 Emigration from the county of Hanau-Mnzenberg was highly regulated migration, Population Index 1709: In the wake of devastation caused by wars of Louis XIV, German Palatines settled in the Hudson Valley and Pennsylvania. Bergquist, James M. Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1820-1870: How the First Great Wave of Immigrants Made their Way in America. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us!

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