TY - THES
KW - Irish
KW - Palatinate
KW - Ethnic identity
KW - Protestants
KW - Settlers
KW - 19th century
AU - Carolyn Heald
AB - The Irish Palatines are one of Ontario's forgotten ethnic groups. Forced to flee the German Palatinate in 1709, many settled in England first with the expectation of being sent to America. A small band of about 200 families ended up in Ireland, brought there by the English government with the intention of strengthening the tiny Protestant presence there. Early in the nineteenth century, the Palatines began emigrating to Ontario, but not en masse as with their eighteenth-century movement. Rather they emigrated in smaller groups based on community and kin relationships, following location patterns set by earlier Palatine emigrants. However, while chain migration initially made for several choice locales for the Palatines in Ontario (such as Brock, Ramsay, Pakenham, Emily and Blanshard Townships, the foci of this study), other forces were rapidly working to assimilate these communities within a general North American identity: time of arrival in Ontario and the land granting process meant that it was difficult for people to settle together; land pressure and the abundant supply of land elsewhere alleviated the necessity of subdivision and encouraged dispersal; and perhaps most importantly was that in Ontario, the Palatines for once formed part of the anglo-Protestant majority, a factor which significantly expanded their pool of eligible associates and marriage partners. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
C7 - Unknown(0)
CY - Canada
DP - ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
ET - M.A.
ID - 422
LA - English
M1 - Dissertation/Thesis
M3 - Print(0)
PB - Queen's University
PP - Canada
PY - 1990
SP - 1
EP - 273
EP - 
T1 - Irish Palatine communities in nineteenth-century Ontario
ER -