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# | ''[[United States|United States]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Iowa|Iowa]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]Iowa Ethnic Groups'' | ||
Many tribes and bands of [[Indians of Iowa|Indians]] lived or traveled through "the beautiful land" of Iowa. <ref>'Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> A timeline is available at [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] detailing the eventual turn over of land from the Indians to settlers. Between 1833 and 1851 after a series of treaties extinguished Indian claims to the land, the first permanent white settlements were made in eastern Iowa. <ref> [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] </ref> Reservations, agencies and the half breed contract <ref> [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hannahslife/history_of_the_half_breed_tract.htm The Half Breed Tract] </ref> are all discussed in the [[Indians of Iowa|Iowa Indians]] page. | |||
==African American== | |||
==French== | |||
French explorers were the first white men to settle in Iowa. They were there when France ceded the land to Spain. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/soi/soic4.htm Mines of Spain] </ref> Once they settled on mining more French Canadians immigrated to the area. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/moi/moi12.htm Early Iowa Settlers] </ref> | |||
==German== | |||
Keokuk, Burlington, Muscatine, Davenport, Lyons, and Dubuque were destination settlements for Germans. | |||
====Pennsylvania Dutch==== | |||
====Amish==== | |||
====Mennonites==== | |||
==Jewish== | |||
Between 1848 and 1878 nearly 1000 Jewish settlers immigrated to communities along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Their talents as cobblers, milliners, grocers, tailors, teachers, doctors and lawyers were welcomed to this new frontier. This Jewish population were mostly from Germany, immigrating to escape anti-Semitism from their native land. After 1900 the Jewish grew in population due to the influx from Eastern Europe, mainly Russia and the America's East Coast.<ref> [http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000156 Jewish Settlers] </ref> | |||
==Irish== | |||
==Welsh== | |||
===Websites=== | |||
*[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3433 German Immigrants in Western Iowa Protestant Church Records] | |||
*[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3436 German Immigrants in NE Iowa Protestant Church Records] | |||
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html Germans of Iowa] FHL Microfilm number for this book is #1036447 | |||
*[http://www.city-data.com/states/Iowa-Ethnic-groups.html Iowa Ethnic Groups] | |||
*[http://names.mongabay.com/ancestry/Iowa.html Largest ethnic groups in Iowa] | |||
===Sources and Footnotes=== | |||
<references/> | |||
[[Category:Germany]] | |||
Revision as of 22:37, 28 May 2011
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Many tribes and bands of Indians lived or traveled through "the beautiful land" of Iowa. [1] A timeline is available at Iowa History detailing the eventual turn over of land from the Indians to settlers. Between 1833 and 1851 after a series of treaties extinguished Indian claims to the land, the first permanent white settlements were made in eastern Iowa. [2] Reservations, agencies and the half breed contract [3] are all discussed in the Iowa Indians page.
African American[edit | edit source]
French[edit | edit source]
French explorers were the first white men to settle in Iowa. They were there when France ceded the land to Spain. [4] Once they settled on mining more French Canadians immigrated to the area. [5]
German[edit | edit source]
Keokuk, Burlington, Muscatine, Davenport, Lyons, and Dubuque were destination settlements for Germans.
Pennsylvania Dutch[edit | edit source]
Amish[edit | edit source]
Mennonites[edit | edit source]
Jewish[edit | edit source]
Between 1848 and 1878 nearly 1000 Jewish settlers immigrated to communities along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Their talents as cobblers, milliners, grocers, tailors, teachers, doctors and lawyers were welcomed to this new frontier. This Jewish population were mostly from Germany, immigrating to escape anti-Semitism from their native land. After 1900 the Jewish grew in population due to the influx from Eastern Europe, mainly Russia and the America's East Coast.[6]
Irish[edit | edit source]
Welsh[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
- German Immigrants in Western Iowa Protestant Church Records
- German Immigrants in NE Iowa Protestant Church Records
- Germans of Iowa FHL Microfilm number for this book is #1036447
- Iowa Ethnic Groups
- Largest ethnic groups in Iowa
Sources and Footnotes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 'Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
- ↑ Iowa History
- ↑ The Half Breed Tract
- ↑ Mines of Spain
- ↑ Early Iowa Settlers
- ↑ Jewish Settlers