Download or read book Virginia s First German Colony written by Elizabeth Chapman Denny Vann and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book gives a brief history of Germanna and Germantown. Germanna was established in Orange County in 1714 by colonists from the Nassau-Siegen, Germany. It ceased to exist by the late 1730's. Many of the colonists left Germanna and started Germantown by 1719 in Fauquier County. Germantown ceased to exist by the late 1700's.
Download or read book History of the German Element in Virginia written by Herrmann Schuricht and published by Baltimore, T. Kroh & sons, printers. This book was released on 1898 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Virginia Germans written by Klaus Wust and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Klaus Wust's comprehensive study of German settlement and integration in Virginia from 1608 until World War I proves to be a significant and colorful chapter in the state's history.
Download or read book History of the German Element in Virginia written by Herrmann Schuricht and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... PERIOD I. The Colonial Time to the End of the 18th Century. CHAPTER I. The Settlement Of Tidewater Virginia. 'N the history of German immigration to the English colonies of North America during the last century Virginia takes a prominent share," says the late Vice-Governor of Illinois, Gustav Koerner,1) and he might have dated this statement hack to the earliest time of colonization. The early immigration of Germans to Virginia differs essentially, it must be admitted, from that under the leadership of Win. Perin and Franz Pastorius to Pennsylvania, for unlike these it was not organized or compact. With the forenamed there came at once a large number of Germans to the New World, numerous additions followed and they kept together and founded German settlements which have preserved their national character to this day. But into Virginia the Germans immigrated singly, without a leader of their own nationality and without connection among themselves. Not until the beginning of the eighteenth century a German mass-immigration commenced from North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Fatherland. The first comers scattered during the first decades of the colony over all its various sections, and yet the influence of this immigration proved of the greatest value to the development of Virginia or "Attanough Komouch," the Indian name of the country. 1.) Das deutsche Element in den Ver. Staaten von Xord-Amerika," von G. Koerner Selte 403. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1880. The civilization of all countries began with the tilling of the soil or agriculture, and this was the case too in the old mother colony. It is generally admitted, that no part of the United States possesses greater natural advantages for the production of cereals, vegetables...
Download or read book History of the German Element in Virginia written by Herrmann Schuricht and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book History of the German Element in Virginia written by Herrmann Schuricht and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1898, this is the history of Germans in Virgina, from colonial times to the American Revolution. Volume 1
Download or read book The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia written by John Walter Wayland and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book German Colonial Wars and the Context of Military Violence written by Susanne Kuss and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some historians have traced a line from Germany’s atrocities in its colonial wars to those committed by the Nazis during WWII. Susanne Kuss dismantles these claims, rejecting the notion that a distinctive military ethos or policy of genocide guided Germany’s conduct of operations in Africa and China, despite acts of unquestionable brutality.
Download or read book Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714 1750 written by Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and published by Germanna Record. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gold standard for Germanna First Colony research and genealogy, this 1964 book covers the early German ancestry of 12 families from Nassau-Siegen represented at Fort Germanna in Virginia in 1714. With index. This special edition update has additional information, photos, articles and corrections.
Download or read book History of the German Element in Virginia by Herrmann Schuricht written by Herrmann Schuricht and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planters and Pioneers Life in Colonial Virginia written by Parke Rouse and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Germans in Colonial Times written by Lucy Forney Bittinger and published by Philadelphia, Lippincott. This book was released on 1900 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the early German-American experience for those who emigrated, including settlement patterns and the diffusion of German culture into American society. The author culminates this cultural exchange with the German importance in the formation of the American Republic, and as a critical part of national memory.
Download or read book The Second Germanna Colony and Other Pioneers written by John Blankenbaker and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb study is the culmination of decades of research by John Blankenbaker, the foremost authority on the families that came to Germanna in 1717 and others that joined them later. Every descendant of these families needs this book. It includes background on Governor Spotswood, the Germans' sojourn in England, Hebron Church, land grants in Madison County, and much more. Every family surname has a section devoted to its background in Germany and early years in Virginia. Descriptive photographs from the Blankenbakers' travels to the villages from which these families emigrated are a bonus.
Download or read book German New River Settlement Virginia written by U. S. A. Heavener and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1976 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work surveys the history of the German New River Settlement and succeeds in identifying all, or nearly all, German New River settlers in chapters devoted to pioneer families, baptisms, marriage records, and court records.
Download or read book Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714 1750 written by Benjamin Clark Holtzclaw and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Memorial volume in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the coming of the first colony to Germanna, Va. in 1714, and in honor of other emigrants from Nassau-Siegen who came over later and settled near Germantown and Jeffersonton, Virginia."--T.p.
