Manx Americans
Americanyn Manninagh (Manx) | |
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| Total population | |
| Self-identified as "Manx" 6,955 (2000)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, California and Washington, D.C. Particularly in the cities of Cleveland, Mentor, Painesville, Peoria[citation needed] | |
| Languages | |
| English, Manx | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Breton Americans, Cornish Americans, English Americans, Irish Americans, Scottish Americans, Scotch-Irish Americans, Welsh Americans |
Manx Americans (Manx: Americanyn Manninagh) are Americans of full or partial Manx ancestral origin or Manx people who reside in the United States of America. Areas with significant numbers of people whose ancestry originates from the Isle of Man include Holt County, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Settlement in Missouri
[edit]William Banks was the first Manx settler in Holt County, Missouri, 1841.[2] He was followed by members of the Callow, Cottier, Garrett, Kennish, and Teare families of Maughold.[2] Thomas Cottier arrived in Holt County in 1847, and through his influence approximately 500 Manx people immigrated to the state from the island.[3]
Settlement in Ohio
[edit]The city of Cleveland, Ohio, is said[who?] to have the highest concentration of Americans of Manx descent in the United States. They predominantly descend from the village of Andreas on the northern side of the Isle of Man. From 1822 onwards, many families such as the Corlett family became farmers and leased land from the Connecticut Land Company. In 1826, more families such as the Kelleys, Teares, and Kneens 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 and of Manx descent, bound together by their Manx language and customs. Among 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.[4][5]
Notable people
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References
[edit]- ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Ralph, Lois. "Manx Settlement in Holt County Missouri". isle-of-man.com. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. 1882. p. 314. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ BRITISH IMMIGRATION – Immigrants from England, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Wales
- ^ British Buckeyes: The English, Scots, and Welsh in Ohio, 1700-1900 – By William E. Van Vugt
- ^ MacFarlane, Alistair (2013). "W.V.O. Quine (1908-2000)". Philosophy Now. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
His paternal grandfather, Robert Quine, grew up in a thatched cottage on the Isle of Man, between England and Ireland. Like many Manxmen, he became a merchant seaman. Leaving ship in New York, Robert made his way to Ohio, where there was a large Manx colony in Cleveland, and found work as a machinist in Akron.