Americanyn Manninagh (Manx) | |
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| Total population | |
| Self-identified as "Manx" 6,955 (2000)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ohio,Illinois,Indiana,California,Virginia andWashington, D.C.,particularly the cities ofCleveland,Mentor, andPainesville, Ohio andPeoria, Illinois.[2] | |
| Languages | |
| English,Manx | |
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| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Breton Americans,Cornish Americans,English Americans,Irish Americans,Scottish Americans,Scotch-Irish Americans,Welsh Americans |
Manx Americans (Manx:Americanyn Manninagh) areAmericans of full or partialManxancestral origin or Manx people who reside in theUnited States of America. Areas with significant numbers of people whose ancestry originates from theIsle of Man include Holt County, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio.
William Banks was the first Manx settler inHolt County, Missouri, 1841.[3] He was followed by members of theCallow,Cottier,Garrett, Kennish, andTeare families ofMaughold.[3] Thomas Cottier arrived in Holt County in 1847, and through his influence approximately 500 Manx people immigrated to the state from the island.[4]
The city ofCleveland, Ohio, is said[who?] to have the highest concentration of Americans of Manx descent in the United States. They predominantly descend from the village ofAndreas on the northern side of the Isle of Man. From 1822 onwards, many families such as theCorlett family became farmers and leased land from theConnecticut Land Company. In 1826, more families such as theKelleys, Teares, andKneens established themselves inNewburgh, 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 theirManx 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.[5][6]
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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.
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