Connecticut Emigration and Immigration

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Background

  • Colonial settlers of Connecticut generally came from Great Britain and neighboring New England states.
  • Many Irish and German immigrants began coming in the late 1840s.
  • French-Canadian immigration began after the Civil War and continued through the rest of the nineteenth century.
  • Late in the century most immigrants came from the southern and eastern countries of Europe, including Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Russia.