Liechtensteiner Americans

Liechtensteiner Americans
Total population
(2000^[1] – 1,244 0.0004% of the U.S. population)
Languages
English · Alemannic German
Religion
Roman Catholicism

Liechtensteiner Americans are Americans of Liechtensteiner descent.

History

The first Liechtensteiner emigrants of which we have record emigrated in United States in the early 30s of the 19th century. However, first great wave of Liechtensteiner emigrants arrived to the United States on April 7, 1851, settling in New Orleans; and in 1852 other group emigrated to Dubuque, Iowa (including stonemasons, bricklayers and carpenters). Eventually, many of the Liechtensteiner emigrants of Dubuque left the city and got farms nearby. However, the Liechtensteiner emigration was markedly reduced during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Later, when began the construction of railroads "to lying the country together and opening up the West", others Liechtensteiners emigrated to United States to work in the construction of railroads.

During the following decades, other many Liechtensteiners emigrated to places such as Guttenberg, Iowa and Wabash, Indiana. However, between 1885 and 1907, Liechtensteiner emigration was markedly reduced, limited to a few individuals and families. Less than 30 Liechtensteiners emigrated during that period to United States. Reducing migration was due to the significant increase in economic activity derived from the establishment of first textile factories in the 1880s.

The First World War caused an economic crisis in Liechtenstein (which was originated, among other things, because the Entente allies stopped the "import of raw materials" into the country and the "massive speculation by the national bank"), so the Liechtenstein emigration to United States was retaken. Most of new Liechtensteiner emigrants settled in urban areas, especially in Chicago and Hammond, Indiana, but had Liechtensteiners in the whole country.

After the Second World War, a few more Liechtensteiners emigrated to United States, arriving the largest number in 1948, when entered fifteen individuals or families to this country. The reduction of the Liechtenstein emigration was due to improvements in economic conditions of Liechtenstein.^[2]

Notable Liechtensteiner-Americans

John Latenser, Sr.

References

↑ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
↑ Norbert Jansen (16 June 2002). Principality of Liechtenstein (FL): Emigration to America (volume 1). Consulted on 17 May 2017.

European Americans

Central Europe	Austrian^1, Czech Frisian German^1, Amish German Texan Pennsylvania Dutch German Mennonites from Russia Hungarian Hungarian Ohioans Kashubian Liechtensteiner Luxembourgian Polish^1, Silesian Slovak Slovene Sorbian Swiss

Eastern Europe	Azerbaijani⁵ Belarusian Chechen Georgian⁵ Kalmyk Kazakh⁶ Russian^1, ² Cossack Rusyn Ukrainian Cossack

Northern Europe	Danish Estonian Faroese Finnish Icelandic Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Norwegian Dakotan Norwegian Minnesotan Sami Swedish

Southeast Europe³	Albanian Bosnian Bulgarian Cypriot Croatian Greek Macedonian Moldovan Montenegrin Romanian Serbian Turkish⁴

Southern Europe	Asturian Basque Catalan Galician Italian Sicilian Maltese Monacan Portuguese Sanmarinese Spanish Canarian Hispano

Western Europe	Basque Belgian Flemish Breton Corsican British Cornish English Manx Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots Scottish Welsh Dutch French Cajun Irish

Other Europeans	Non-Hispanic whites Métis Roma Hungarian Slovak Romanies⁷ Louisiana Creole Cajun Isleños

¹ Poles came to the United States legally as Austrians, Germans, Prussians or Russians throughout the 19th century, because from 1772-1795 till 1918, all Polish lands had been partitioned between imperial Austria, Prussia (a protoplast of Germany) and Russia until Poland regained its sovereignty in the wake of World War I. ² Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ³ Yugoslav Americans are the American people from the former Yugoslavia. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia are transcontinental countries. They have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is technically a bicontinental country, having a small portion in European hands. ⁷ Disputed; Roma have recognized origins and historic ties to Asia (specifically to Northern India), but they experienced at least some distinctive identity development while in diaspora among Europeans.

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