Luxembourgers in the New World: Eastern Luxembourg ...
Luxembourgers in the New World: Eastern Luxembourg Settlement at Mt. Pleasant/St. Patrick Communities in Atchison County, Kansas (1859-1935)
Gary P. Burkart, Ph.D.
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I. From the Old World to the New- Eastern Luxembourg to Mt. Pleasant, Kansas
a. Emigration from Biwer, Luxembourg-( The Beien, Kieffer, Penning, Haag, Hesse, Lucius, Neu Families
b. Other eastern Luxembourg villages and their emigrants
c. Sending Luxemburg colonies in the Midwest of the United States-( Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.
d. Push Factors in Luxembourg and the Motivation to move
e. Pull Factors in the United States and the Motivation to move
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II. Putting Down Roots in Atchison County, Kansas
a. Sumner- The Boom Town in Kansas Territory
i. John Weber and Mary Penning from Biwer
ii. Peter Penning and Agnes New from Biwer
iii. Nick Greiner and Annie Weins from Ferschweiler
iv. Elizabeth Weins and Leonardi from Ferschweiler
b. The Early Years of the St. Patrick’s Catholic community-The oldest Catholic community in the State of Kansas
i. The Irish and the “Germans”
ii. The Luxembourgers in early St. Pat’s Life
iii. A Chronology of Founding Families
iv. Extended Kinship: Relationships between these early settlers
c. Seeking Citizenship
i. Citizen Intent Papers
ii. Citizenship Certificates
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III. Luxembourg Families and Households in the Emerging Mt. Pleasant/St. Pat’s Community (A Portrait from Censuses, Land Records, and Parish Vital Statistics)
a. The Individual Luxembourgers
b. Family and Household Units and Their Descendants
c. The First Three Generations
d. Timelines of the Founding Families
e. Family Land Holdings by Generations
f. The Mapping out Households and Farms of the Founders
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IV. The Settler’s and Descendants- A Demographic Analysis
a. Age and Sex Structure
i. Sex Ratio
ii. Age-Sex Pyramids over time
b. # of Individuals and Households over Time
i. Surnames by Arrival Dates
ii. % Foreign-born Luxembourgers
iii. % Born in USA
c. Births and Baptisms
i. Composite Births (1860-1901)
ii. # of Baptisms (1860-1891)
iii. Godparents
1. Naming Practices
2. Ethnicity
d. Marriages
i. Composite Marriages (1859-1915)
ii. Ethnicity of Marriage Witnesses
iii. Degree of Luxembourg Ethnic Intermarriage with Germans and other nationalities
e. Deaths and Burials
i. Composite Death Charts (1883-1936)
ii. Names and Ages of the Dead (1884-1936)
iii. Categories of Causes of Death (Communicable vs. Degenerative)
iv. Age at Death (0 through 80 yrs)
v. Infant Mortality (0-1 year)
vi. Child Mortality (1-5 years)
vii. Probate Court and Wills
viii. St. Patrick’s Cemetery
1. Plot Map
2. Sections, Lots, 3 of Graves
3. Plot Owners
4. Demographics of the Buried Individuals
vii. Newspaper Obituaries
f. A Demographic Composite of the Luxembourg Community by Decades
i. Births
ii. Marriages
iii. Deaths
iv. Natural Increase
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V. The Geography/Ecology of the Mt. Pleasant Luxembourg Community
a. Mapping the Boundaries of the Community
i. Mt. Pleasant Town
ii. St. Patrick;s Church
iii. Bennett Springs (Potter)
iv. The Stranger Creek Valley
v. Climate, Soils, Vegetation, Fauna, Geology
b. Luxembourger Land Use Plotted on Section Maps
c. Location of Luxer houses around and in Mt. Pleasant and Along the Old Ft. Leavenworth Military Road
d. Cultural History of the Region
i. Penseneau’s Indian Trading Post
ii. Great Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth
iii. Trails West
e. Aerial Maps of Community and GPS Coordinates
f. Photographs of All Community Sites
g. Luxer Involvement in Mt. Pleasant Township Government
h. The Mt. Pleasant High School and Grade School
i. Photo of Grade School Children (1892)
i. Communal Forest and Wood Lots
j. The Mt. Pleasant Hotel
i. Photo
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