Manx Americans are

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of full or partial

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ancestral origin or Manx people who reside in the

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Settlement in Ohio

The city of

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is said to have the highest concentration of Americans of Manx descent in the United States. They predominantly descend from the village of

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on the northern side in the Isle of Man. From 1822 onwards, many families such as the Corlett family, becoming farmers and easing land by the

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. In 1826 more families such as the Kelley’s, Teare’s, and Kneen’s established themselves in Newburgh which would encourage more Manx settlement into the area. Cleveland was a town of only six hundred people. A population grew to around 3000 of both Manx-born or of Manx descent bound together by their

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and customs. Amongst the immigrants was William Corlett who donated land for the community's log schoolhouse so Manx children would be educated in their native Manx and English languages.British Buckeyes: The English, Scots, and Welsh in Ohio, 1700-1900
- By William E. Van Vugt

Notable people

* Dan Auerbach (born 1979), singer and guitarist of the Black Keys * John Thomas Caine (1829-1911), politician in the

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* Cannon family, prominent political family in Utah (see page for individual members) * William Christian (1743-1786), Virginia soldier and frontiersman * Leslie Cockburn (born 1952), writer and filmmaker * John Cubbins (1827-1894), businessman and politician in

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* William Garrett (1842-1916), fought in the

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* William Kennish (1799-1862), scientist and explorer * Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893-1993), psychologist *

Jeremiah McGuire Jeremiah McGuire (1823 in Isle of Man – October 25, 1889 in Elmira, Chemung County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. He came to the United States in 1830. He worked for some time on a farm in Hector, Schuyler County, New Y ...

(1823-1889), politician and lawyer in

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* Ben Quayle (born 1976), former U.S. Congressman and son of Dan Quayle *

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(born 1947),

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from 1989 until 1993 *

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(1921-2000), businessman and father of Dan Quayle *

William Edward Quine William Edward Quine (February 9, 1847 – December 7, 1922) was a Manx American physician, academic, and philanthropist. Immigrating to Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1853, Quine attended the Northwestern University College of Medicine an ...

(1847-1922) * Christopher Stott (born 1969), space entrepreneur * Kevin Teare (born 1951), artist *

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(1844-1899), Catholic bishop

References

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