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Luxembourgish Americans are Americans of Luxembourgers, Luxembourgish ancestry. According to the United States' United States Census, 2000, 2000 Census, there were 45,139 Americans of full or partial Luxembourgish descent. In 1940 the number of Americans with Luxembourger ancestry was around 100,000.
The first families from Luxembourg arrived in the United States, around 1842, fleeing of the overpopulation and economic change in the newly independent country. They worked in the field, as was traditional in their country.Encyclopedia of Chicago: Luxembourgers
Posted by Kathleen Neils Conzen. Luxembourgish Americans are overwhelmingly concentrated in the Midwestern United States, Midwest, where most originally settled in the nineteenth century. At the 2000 Census, the U.S. state, states with the largest self-reported Luxembourgian American populations were Illinois (6,963), Wisconsin (6,580), Minnesota (5,867), Iowa (5,624), and California (2,824).
Substantial Luxembourger emigration to America took off from about 1845, for several reasons. Advances in medicine caused the rate of infant mortality to decline. This resulted in overpopulation. The lack of work in industry led many to despair. The country could no longer feed its population. In the large families of the time, the dividing up of inheritances led to fragmentation of land ownership. The portion of each child was reduced to a few hectares, which was barely enough to feed a family. Selling one's portion to the elder brother, however, provided enough money for the other siblings to pay for the voyage to America and to start a new life there.
Travelling was becoming easier in this period as well. Previously, it had taken as long to go from Luxembourg to Paris as from there to America. After a while, the news came to Europe that there was much unused land available in America. The Homestead Act offered fertile land for low prices. Many therefore took the step of attempting a new start, since staying in one's home country would mean death by starvation.
Luxembourgers arriving in the United States would not necessarily be registered as such by the authorities, but instead as Belgians or Germans. After arriving in New York, Luxembourgers tended to move on to Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, as well as Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. A small number stayed in New York (state), New York.
* John W. Beschter (1763–1842), Jesuit missionary and briefly president of Georgetown University, Georgetown College
* Chris Evert (born 1954), tennis player and winner of 21 Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles
* Red Faber (1888–1976), baseball player and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
* Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), inventor and science fiction writer
* Dennis Hastert (born 1942), Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* Theodore Hesburgh (1917–2015), priest and academic leader
* Paul O. Husting (1866–1917), Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and former United States Senate, United States Senator for Wisconsin
* Vincent Kartheiser (born 1979), actor known for playing Connor in ''Angel'' and Pete Campbell in ''Mad Men''
* Richard F. Kneip (1933–1987), Democratic politician and former Governor of South Dakota
* Paul Lauterbur (1929–2007), chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* John L. May (1922–1994), clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church; served as Bishop of Mobile and Archbishop of St. Louis
* Arno J. Mayer, Arno Mayer (born 1926), historian and professor at Princeton University
* Nicholas Muller (1836–1917), Democratic politician and former United States Representative from New York (state), New York
* Gene Scholz (1917–2005), professional basketball player
* Edward Steichen (1879–1973), photographer, painter, art gallery and museum curator
* Matthew Woll (1880–1956), trade unionist and former Vice President of the AFL-CIO
* Loretta Young (1913–2000), actress and Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress Academy Award winner
* Alex Wagner (born 1977), journalist and author
Luxembourgish in the United States
English Language contact in the Luxembourgish linguistic enclaves in the Midwest of the USA
Amira Ouardalitou researches the Luxembourgish language in the New World
* [https://onsstad.vdl.lu/fileadmin/uploads/media/ons_stad_105-2014_41.pdf/ Lëtzebuergesch an Amerika - Amira-Louise Ouardalitou]
Englischer Sprachkontakt in den luxemburgischen Sprachinseln im Mittleren Westen der USA - Master thesis Amira Ouardalitou
{{Luxembourgish diaspora American people of Luxembourgian descent, European-American society Luxembourgian American, Luxembourgian diaspora, United States
Posted by Kathleen Neils Conzen. Luxembourgish Americans are overwhelmingly concentrated in the Midwestern United States, Midwest, where most originally settled in the nineteenth century. At the 2000 Census, the U.S. state, states with the largest self-reported Luxembourgian American populations were Illinois (6,963), Wisconsin (6,580), Minnesota (5,867), Iowa (5,624), and California (2,824).
History
Between the mid-19th century and the early 20th century, approximately one-third of the Luxembourgish population emigrated. Luxembourg was, at the time, a poor country with an economy dominated by agriculture. The United States was a History of immigration to the United States, popular destination for Luxembourgers, as it was for many other European emigrants of the period. The number of Luxembourgers who emigrated to the US in the 19th century is thought to be around 60,000–70,000.
Substantial Luxembourger emigration to America took off from about 1845, for several reasons. Advances in medicine caused the rate of infant mortality to decline. This resulted in overpopulation. The lack of work in industry led many to despair. The country could no longer feed its population. In the large families of the time, the dividing up of inheritances led to fragmentation of land ownership. The portion of each child was reduced to a few hectares, which was barely enough to feed a family. Selling one's portion to the elder brother, however, provided enough money for the other siblings to pay for the voyage to America and to start a new life there.
Travelling was becoming easier in this period as well. Previously, it had taken as long to go from Luxembourg to Paris as from there to America. After a while, the news came to Europe that there was much unused land available in America. The Homestead Act offered fertile land for low prices. Many therefore took the step of attempting a new start, since staying in one's home country would mean death by starvation.
Luxembourgers arriving in the United States would not necessarily be registered as such by the authorities, but instead as Belgians or Germans. After arriving in New York, Luxembourgers tended to move on to Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, as well as Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. A small number stayed in New York (state), New York.
Notable people
* John W. Beschter (1763–1842), Jesuit missionary and briefly president of Georgetown University, Georgetown College
* Chris Evert (born 1954), tennis player and winner of 21 Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles
* Red Faber (1888–1976), baseball player and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
* Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), inventor and science fiction writer
* Dennis Hastert (born 1942), Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* Theodore Hesburgh (1917–2015), priest and academic leader
* Paul O. Husting (1866–1917), Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and former United States Senate, United States Senator for Wisconsin
* Vincent Kartheiser (born 1979), actor known for playing Connor in ''Angel'' and Pete Campbell in ''Mad Men''
* Richard F. Kneip (1933–1987), Democratic politician and former Governor of South Dakota
* Paul Lauterbur (1929–2007), chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* John L. May (1922–1994), clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church; served as Bishop of Mobile and Archbishop of St. Louis
* Arno J. Mayer, Arno Mayer (born 1926), historian and professor at Princeton University
* Nicholas Muller (1836–1917), Democratic politician and former United States Representative from New York (state), New York
* Gene Scholz (1917–2005), professional basketball player
* Edward Steichen (1879–1973), photographer, painter, art gallery and museum curator
* Matthew Woll (1880–1956), trade unionist and former Vice President of the AFL-CIO
* Loretta Young (1913–2000), actress and Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress Academy Award winner
* Alex Wagner (born 1977), journalist and author
See also
*Luxembourgers *Luxembourgian Brazilians *Luxembourg–United States relationsReferences
External links
Luxembourgish in the United States
English Language contact in the Luxembourgish linguistic enclaves in the Midwest of the USA
Amira Ouardalitou researches the Luxembourgish language in the New World
* [https://onsstad.vdl.lu/fileadmin/uploads/media/ons_stad_105-2014_41.pdf/ Lëtzebuergesch an Amerika - Amira-Louise Ouardalitou]
Englischer Sprachkontakt in den luxemburgischen Sprachinseln im Mittleren Westen der USA - Master thesis Amira Ouardalitou
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