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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Lutz, Brian |
| Title, Monographic | English Translation of Die Altlutherische Auswanderung um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts [by] Wilhelm Iwan, herausgegeben vom Johann Hess-Institut, Breslau, 1943: Old Lutheran Emigration of the Mid-19th Century from Eastern Germany (Mainly Pomerania and Lower Silesia) to Australia, Canada, and the United States |
| Place of Publication | Mequon WI |
| Publisher | Freistadt Historical Society, Trinity Lutheran Church of Freistadt |
| Date of Publication | 2002 |
| Extent of Work | 3 vols. (332, 237, [140] pp.), maps |
| Abstract | Iwan's research, originally published in 1943, documents the emigration of thousands of "Old Lutherans" from Prussia between 1835 and 1854. Examines reasons for emigration, the denial and then permission of emigration requests, the "Great Emigration of 1839," the "record year" of emigration in 1843, the pastors who led emigration, disputes and divisions in America, and families that were divided by emigration. Compelled primarily by religious reasons, these Pomeranians, Silesians, Saxons, Brandenburgers, and others settled in such Wisconsin areas as Freistadt, Cedarburg, Kirchhayn, Lebanon, and Milwaukee. Includes a list of emigrants by surname, showing the year of emigration, the village of origin, the destination, the ages of family members, and the wife's maiden name. |
| Notes | Translated under the direction of Dr. August R. Suelflow; "We thank the Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis for permission to print this book"; MKI owns original German volume, Die Altlutherische Auswanderung um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, MKI BX 8020 .I9 1943 |
| Call Number | MKI BX 8020 .I9 2002 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Genealogy/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Lutherans/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Religion |