Immigrants Became Ohioans

According to the 1880 census, of Shelby County’s 24,437 population:

19,988 were born in Ohio (81.7%)
573 " " in Pennsylvania* ( 2.3%)
331 " " in Virginia ( 1.3%)
234 " " in Indiana ( .9%)
134 " " in New York ( .6%)
123 " " in Kentucky ( .5%)
1,272 " " in German Empire ( 5.2%)
353 " " in Ireland ( 1.4%)
262 " " in France ( 1.0%)
53 " " in England/Wales ( .2%)
30 " " in British America ( .1%)
14 " " in Scotland
1,061 " " Unknown ( 4.3%)
*Of those born in other states, their nationalities are not known.

"Remember, remember always, that all of us...are descended from immigrants and revolutionists." Franklin D. Roosevelt

'Immigration' segment written in November, 1997 by David Lodge

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