Origins & Destinations

German State German District Destination in U.S. Date

Pfalz1 Kr. Kusel Maryland 1769

Kr. Kusel Pennsylvania 1769

Kr. Ludwigshafen Berks Cty, Penn. 1754

Kr. Bergzabern Maryland 1752

Kr. Bergzabern Maryland 1764

Kr. Bergzabern Maryland 1749

Kr Neustadt a.d.H. Philadelphia, Penn 1763

Pennsylvania 1741

Pennsylvania 1756

Kr. Germersheim Pennsylvania 1751

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1756

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1754

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Montreal, Canada 1753

Kr. Zweibrücken Philadelphia, Penn 1749

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1772

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1764

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1732

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1765

Kr. Frankenthal Pennsylvania 1764

Kr. Homburg Pennsylvania 1751

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1743

Kr. Neustadt a.d.H. Pennsylvania 1772

Kr. St. Ingbert, Saar Maryland 1754

Kr. Kusel Berks Cty, Penn. 1744

Kr. Kusel Philadelphia, Penn 1754

Hessen Rheinhessen2 Rheinhessen Philadelphia, Penn. 1763

Rheinhessen Philadelphia, Penn. 1748

Rheinhessen Pennsylvania 1758

Rheinhessen Pennsylvania 1773

Rheinhessen Pennsylvania 1762

1Krebs, Friedrich. "Pfälzer Amerika-Auswanderer des 18. Jahrhunderts", Familie und Volk, 1956 pp. 60, 156,179.

2Krebs, Friedrich. "Einige Amerika-Auswanderer des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Rheinhessen", Genealogie, 1970, pp. 337-38.

Hessen Odenwald3 Odenwald Baltimore Maryland 1830-40

Hessen Odenwald4 Odenwald

Niedersachsen5 Norddeutschen Brooklyn, N.Y. 1800's

Hannover Brooklyn, N.Y. 1800's

Oldenburg Long Island, N.Y. 1800's

Hannover Jersey City, N.J. 1800's

Pommern Brooklyn, N.Y. 1800's

Hannover New York, N.Y. 1800's

Pommern New York 1800's

Mainzer6 Hessen Texas 1844

Hannover Texas 1844

Thüringen Texas 1844

Rheinland Texas 1844

Sachsen-Gotha Texas 1844

Hamburg (Indirect)7 Thüringen New York 1860

Posen New York 1860

Sachsen New York 1860

Schleswig-Holstein New York 1860

Elsass-Lothringen New York 1860

Brandenburg New York 1860

Hannover New York 1860

Oldenburg New York 1860

Bayern New York 1860

Hessen New York 1860

Mecklenburg New York 1860

Baden New York 1860

Württemberg New York 1860

Hessen8 Odenwald North America 1830-40

3Huschke, Wolfgang. "Amerika-Auswanderer aus dem hessischen Odenwald von 1830 bis 1840", Genealogie, 1973 pp. 510.

4Huschke, Wolfgang. "Amerika-Auswanderer aus dem Odenwald 1853-1855", Genealogie, 1969 pp. 639, 751.

5Klüber, Karl Werner. "Plattdeutsche Einwanderer in Amerika", Genealogie, 1973 pp. 567-71.

6 Schwedler, Ferdinana A. "Deutsche Einwanderer in Texas (USA) 1844", Genealogie, 1968 p. 154-.

7 Klüber, Karl Werner "Indirekte Auswanderung", Genealogie, 1965 pp. 774-79.

Westpreussen9(Mennonite) Russia Elbing, Kansas 1868

Russia Whitewater, Kansas 1868

Russia Newton, Kansas 1868

Russia Bruderthal, Kansas 1868

Russia Beatrice, Nebraska 1868

Russia Paso Robles, California 1868

Russia Rosenort, Saskatchewan 1868

Elsass-Lothringen10 Elsass-Lothringen Texas 1843

Baden Texas 1843

Württenberg Texas 1843

Hessen Texas 1843

Rheinland Texas 1843

Switzerland Texas 1843

Recklinghausen11 Recklinghausen North America 1842-50

South West Germany12 Bayern/Pfalz Pennsylvania 1743-54

Bayern/Pfalz New York 1740

Baden Pennsylvania 1752

Pfalz13 Bayern/Pfalz Pennsylvania 1727-68

South West Germany14 Pfalz Pennsylvania 1720's

Pfalz New York (Tulpehocken) 1720's

Hessen Pennsylvania 1720's

Hessen New York (Tulpehocken) 1720's

Rheinland Pennsylvania 1720's

8Huschke, Wolfgang. "Amerika-Auswanderer aus dem hessischen Odenwald von 1830 bis 1840", Genealogie, 1973 p. 489.

9Goertz, Adalbert. "Die Gründer der Mennonitengemeinde Elbeing in Kansas",Ostdeutsche Familienkunde, 1967 p. 310.

10Klüber, Karl Werner. "Westeuropäsche Castro=Kolonisten für Texas 1843-1947", Genealogie, 1974 p369.

11Gerlinger, H. "Amerika-Auswanderer aus dem Vest Recklinghausen 1842-50", Roland zu Dortmund, 1975 p. 111.

12Krebs, Friedrich. "Amerikaauswanderer des 18. Jahrhunderts aus verschiedenen Kirchenbüchern und anderen Quellen", Pfälzische Familien und Wappenkunde, 1968 p. 225.

13Krebs, Friedrich. "Amerikaauswanderer des 18. Jahrhunderts Ausden Aktyen des Staatsarchivs Speyer", Pfälzische Familien- und Wappenkunde, 1964 p. 125.

14Braun, Fritz. "Tulpehocken in Pennsylvanien vor 250 Jahren von Deutschen besiedelt", Pfälzische Familien- und Wappenkunde, 1973 p. 357.

Baden Pennsylvania 1720's

Baden New York (Tulpehocken) 1720's

Oldenburg (Rheinland) Pennsylvania 1720's

Oldenburg (Rheinland) New York (Tulpehocken) 1720's

Württemberg Pennsylvania 1720's

Württemberg New York (Tulpehocken) 1720's

Bayern/Pfalz15 Pfalz USA 1800's

Pfalz Illinois 1800's

Ostertal16 Pfalz New York 1710

Pfalz Georgia 1710

Pfalz Pennsylvania 1730's

Pfalz Indiana 1770's

Pfalz Ohio 1830-1900

Pfalz Missouri 1880's

Pfalz17 St. Julian Am Glan Pennsylvania 1738-64

Hessen18 Pfeddersheim Hellertown, Pennsylvania 1738

Pfalz19 Rathskirchen, Pfalz 19 Century

Thüringen20 Lauscha, Thüringen New York, Maryland 1700-1800

Pfalz21 Pfalz Pennsylvania 1709-1850

Braunschweig22 Braunschweig, Hessen, New York, Pennsylvanis, Maryland, 1776-1783 Anhalt, Bayern, Massechusetts, Virginia, North Carolina,

15Nickchen, Jürgen. "Auswanderer aus dem Kirchspiel Spesbach im 19. Jahrhundert", PfälzischRheinische Familienkunde, p. 439.

16Zimmer, Klaus. "Interessantes Über Ostertaler Amerikaauswanderer", Pfälzisch=Rheinische Familienkunde, 1980, p. 498.

17Kuby, Alfred H. "Pennsylvanien-Auswanderer aus dem Kirchspiel St. Julian am Glan 1738-1764", Pfälzisch-Rheinische Familienkunde, 1981 p. 617.

18Jung, Hans. "Hellentown in Pennsllvania", Pfälzisch-Rheinische Familienkunde, 1974 p. 113.

19Nickchen, Jürgen. "Auswanderungen aus dem Kirchspiel Rathskirchen im 19. Jahrhundert", Pfälzisch=Rheinische Familienkunde, 1977 p. 509.

20Greiner, W. "Auswanderer aus Lauscha (Thüringen)", Archiv für Sippenforschung, 1966 p. 527.

21H. F. F. "Pfälzer-Palatines - 200 Jahre USA--300 Jahre pfälzische Auswanderung nach Nordamerika", Genealogie, 1976 p. 29.

22Rimpau, Hans Helmuth. "The Brunswickers in North America 1776-1783", Archiv für Sippenforschung, 1971 p. 205.

All rights reserved by Larry O. Jensen, P. O. Box 441, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 Brandenburg, Pr. Sachsen, Rhode Island, Canada Thüringen, Pfalz, Württemberg, Sachsen, Elsass-Lothringen, Schlesien, Westpreussen, Oldenburg

Nassau23 Nassau Siegen Virginia 1714-50

Hessen24 Hessen, Nassau, Hannover Texas 1830's-40's

Sachsen (Kgr.)25 Sachsen Louisiana, New York, Indiana, New 1878-1905 Jersey, California, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Mississippi

Thüringen26 Sachsen-Weimar North America 1854

Preussen27 Hannover Texas 1845-48

Preussen28 Hannover America 1830-48

Thüringen/Sachsen29 Thüringen & Sachsen Illinois & Conneticut 1850

Preussen30 Hannover Maryland 1825-40

Waldeck31 Waldeck Iowa 1850's

Germany32 Germany Virginia 1717

Hessen33 Nassau Texas 1800-50

23H. F. F. review of "Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-50", by B. C. Holtzclaw, Genealogie, 1965 p. 842.

24Struck, Wolf Heino. "Zur Geschichte der Auswanderung nach Texas unter dem `Mainzer Adelsverein", Genealogisches Jahrbuch, 1971 p. 99.

25Ulbrich, Harald. "Auswanderer aus Sachsen nach U.S.A.", Archiv für Sippenforschung, 1962 p. 394.

26Koch, Herbert. "Achthundert Auswanderer aus Sachsen-Weimar (1854)", Archiv für Sippenforschung, 1961 p. 131.

27Dingedahl, Carl Heinz. "Einbecker Auswanderer nach Texas 1845-1848", Norddeutsche Familienkunde, 1980, p. 19.

28Mahrenholtz, Hans. "Norddeutsche in aller Welt - Nachweise über 1830 bis 1848 nach Amerika auswandernde Niedersachsen", Norddeutsche Familienkunde, 1956, p. 144.

29Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Roland. "Auswanderer aus Thüringen und Sachsen nach Übersee", Mitteldeutsche Familienkunde, 1971, p. 219.

30Mahrenholtz, Hans. "Norddeutsche in aller Welt - Auswanderungen aus dem Amte Lemförde 1825-1840 mit Auszug aus der Broschüre: Wohlgemeinter Rath der Deutschen Gesellschaft von Maryland and Deutsche", Norddeutsche Familienkunde, 1960 p. 118.

31Dieterichs, Heinz. "Zu Gast bei den Nachfahren waldeckischer Auswanderer in Iowa", Hessische Familienkunde, 1959, p. 643.

32"Auswanderer nach Virginia 1717", Hessische Familienkunde, 1965 p. 277.

33Bonnet, Rudolf. "Nassauische Auswanderer nach Texas vor rund 120 Jahren", Hessische Familienkunde, 1968, p.

Southwest Germany34 Hessen, Bayern, Massachusetts 1751 Württemberg, Pfalz

Hessen35 Hessen Maryland, New York 1846-49

Pfalz36 Pfalz, Elsass-Lothringen & Pennsylvania 1750-71 Rheinland

Germany37 Germany Nebraska 1880-1900

Zweibücken38 Pfalz Bavaria Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1728-1750

Günther, Kurt. "Randbemerkungen zur Inderekten Auswanderung", Genealogie, 1966 pp. 40-41. (concerning emigrants from Hessen-Nassau). The German Society of Maryland: Strongly support the immigration of students, people with trades, farmers and laborers but not political dissidents. They recommended the Bremen port because it required passenger ships to have provisions for 90 days even though the travel time was about 50. The German Society of New York: In regards to travel costs, it recommended that emigrants should leave from the port of Le Havre because it was less expensive and took less travel time. The Staatsarchiv Marburg a.d. Lahn: Recommended that each emigrant have 200 - 300 Talers. Reported that from Hessen there were more emigrants from the serf class than any other. Those who left to avoid military conscription usually left through a foreign port like Antwerp, went to England and then left for America from there.

Early Immigration:  1685 - Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.  1705 - Reformed Lutheran finaly gained religious liberty in the Rhenish Palatinate.  1688-97 - War of Palatine Succession: Palatine reduced to ashes by French.  1706 - Hochteutsche Compagnie von Langensalza (High German Society of Langensalza) planned a settlement of Thüringen emigrants on the "Island of Carolina".  1707 - War of Spanish Succession: Palatine was battleground.  1720 - There was a planned settlement of the "Island of Mississippi".  1732 - Salzburg, Austria Protestants settled in Georgia.  1732 - The Moravians, from the kingdom of Sachsen, accompanied the Salzburgers but settled in Pennsylvania.  1734 - The Schwenkfelders, from Schlesien, settle in America.  1750 - The Waldo's, from Württemberg and Hessen-Nassau, settled in Massachusetts and Maine.  1776-83 - German troops contracted from the following areas to fight for England:  Langrave of Hessen  Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg  Duke of Hessen-Hanau  Duke of Anhalt-Zerbst  Margrave of Anspach-Bayreuth  1815 - Vienna Congress restored rights of princes which caused ppolitical unrest and led to renewed emigration.  1819 - Turner Halls closed and German university students, who actively promoted independence, were surpressed.

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34Krebs, Friedrich. "Ein Aufruf zur Auswanderung nach dem amerikanischen Staat Massachusetts aus dem Jahr 1751", Hessische Familienkunde, 1961, p. 435.

35Heilingbrunner, Elisabeth. "Hessische Auswanderer nach Amerika 1846-49", Hessische Familienkunde, 1963, p. 319.

36Krebs, Friedrich. "Eine Liste deutscher Auswanderer nach den amerikanischen Kolonien aus Zweibrücken in der Pfalz 1750-1771", Familie und Volk, 1952, p. 29.

37Luebke, Frederick C. "Immigrants and politics: the Germans of Nebraska, 1880-1900", Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1969.

38Hinke, William John and John Baer Stoudt. AList of German Immigrants to the American Colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1728-1749" The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1936. (974.8 - B5f,vol. 1, pp. 101-124, fiche 6088522).

All rights reserved by Larry O. Jensen, P. O. Box 441, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062  1823 - Early immigration began to Colorado and Texas.  1824 - Emigrants from Austria and south Germany began going to Brazil instead of America.  1824 - The lands in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois opened to immigrants  1828 - A commerce and Navigatin Treaty was signed by Prussia and North America.  1820-30's - The beginning of Melderegisters, to track movement of people, began in Germany.  1832 - The Thüringen Emigration Society was organized.  1834 - The colonization of Texas began more systematically.  1840's - Cooperation began between German Socieities in America and new societies in Germany such as the Verein zur Centralisation deutscher Auswanderung und Colonisation.

INTERESTING FACTS & STATISTICS Larry O. Jensen P. O. Box 441, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062  1840's, Mexico offered to sell, first Texas and secondly California, to Prussia.  In Mid 1800's an attempt was made to establish a German state in either Missouri, Texas or Wisconsin.  Viewed by the English in Pennsylvania - Very Surly People  Viewed by the English and Irish in Maryland and Virginia - Skilled Craftsmen, A People that made the economy flourish wherever they settled. (1709 = 57 bakers, 124 carpenters, 69 shoemakers, 99 tailors, 29 butchers, 45 millers, 14 tanners, barbers, weavers, locksmiths, glassblowers, wool/linen weavers, blacksmiths etc.)  Viewed along the Great Wagon Road (Pennsylvania south to Carolinas) - There were no better innkeepers.  Hessen soldiers (29,867 - 4,626 killed = 25,241, 12,554 remained)  Civil War = 1/10 of the soldiers were German. 500 officers born in Germany.  The Germania Orchestra became the New York Philharmonic Orchestra..  Between 1820 and 1970 the following immigration statistics are available: Germany 6,800,000 Italy 5,100,000 Gr. Britain 4,760,000 Ireland 4,700,000 Austro-Hun. 4,200,000 Soviet 3,300,000 Switzerland 340,000 One third of those from Austro-Hungary were Germanic, 74% of the Swiss were Germanic, and according to the 1920 census 116,000 of the Russians were Germanic which brings the total to 8,540,000.