WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?

FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT PART ONE

Crystal Castillo

September 9, 2014

Geography 10

Professor Lisa Schmidt

Immigration

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

INTERNAL MIGRATION

Movements of persons within a nation’s

geographical boundaries, involving a

change in usual place of residence

PUSH FACTORS

-POPULATION PRESSURE

-INADEQUATE JOB OFFER

-BAD EDUCATION

-POOR HEALTHCARE

-NATURAL DISASTER

-ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

PULL FACTORS

-Improvement of standard of living

-Better employment

-Better education

-Better agriculture

-Better health

NORTH AMERICA

North America has many cultures throughout the continent who have

immigrated from other countries.

The two largest groups of immigrants to come to North America are

Germans and Irish.

Estimated 17.1% or 50,764,352 Americans have German ancestry.

Estimated 11.9% or 36,278,332 Americans have Irish ancestry.

MOTHER’S SIDE OF THE FAMILY

German Flag

-My mother’s side of the family came from

Germany.

-My great-great grandparents immigrated from

Germany in early 1800’s, which was the first

wave of immigration.

-The first wave of immigration was between

the years of 1600-1820.

-The wave consisted of North West

Europeans, mostly English, French, Dutch,

Germans and African Americans.

-They came and resided in Herman,

Pennsylvania.

After a couple generations, my

grandmother was born in 1928 in the

same city, Herman, Pennsylvania

My grandfather was born in Butler,

Pennsylvania in 1927.

Butler, Pennsylvania

MY FATHER’S SIDE OF THE FAMILY CAME FROM BOTH,

GERMANY AND IRELAND.

THEY CAME TO THE COUNTRY IN 1870’S.

THEY IMMIGRATED INTO THE COUNTRY IN THE SECOND

WAVE OF IMMIGRATION, WHICH IS BETWEEN 1840’S-

1890’S.

THE SECOND WAVE OF IMMIGRATION CONSISTED OF

MOSTLY WEST AND CENTRAL EUROPEANS, GERMANS,

IRISH AND SCANDINAVIANS.

Father’s side of the family…

MY DADS GREAT GRANDFATHER IN

BOISE, IDAHO.

My grandfathers parents were born in Seattle,

Washington.

My grandfather was born in 1930 in Seattle.

My grandmothers parents were born in Boise, Idaho.

My grandmother was born in 1935 in Boise.

My grandfather moved to Boise, Idaho where he met my

grandmother.

WHEN MY MOTHER’S PARENTS MET IN PENNSYLVANIA, THEY WERE THE ONLY

ONES OF THEIR FAMILIES TO MOVE OUT OF THE STATE.

THEY MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1953 FOR WORK OPPORTUNITIES.

MY GRANDMOTHER STAYED HOME WITH THE CHILDREN AND MY GRANDFATHER

WAS A TRUCK DRIVER.

MY GRANDPARENTS HAD FOUR CHILDREN.

THEY RESIDED IN GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA.

MY MOTHERS PARENTS

-My Grandfather had moved from Seattle, Washington to Boise, Idaho in 1949.

-I do not know the reasoning of his move, but he did meet my grandmother there in 1950.

-They married and moved to California.

-They had a son in 1952 and a second son, my dad in 1954.

-They resided in Glendora, California.

MY FATHERS PARENTS

I think it is exciting to learn about my families history and where

we actually came from. To be honest, I have never asked my family the

story behind where we came from and what the reasoning behind the

immigration. I cannot wait to interview my family to find out our history.