The helpful info on "Ethnic churches in Old Milwaukee," as kindly posted on 10/2/01 by Mary Popovich, reminded me of some data that I had copied several years ago from volume one of the "Statistics of the Population of the United States (1872), " which provides summaries of 1870 US Census data. (See pages 336-342 and 386-391 especially.) Below are those foreign lands that are each listed as the birthplaces of at least 100 City of Milwaukee residents in 1870. The numbers refer to the total Milwaukee population that was reported as native to each foreign area. This is followed by a percentage figure (in parentheses) that compares each of these totals to the total 1870 US population reported as native to each foreign area. _________________________________________________________ Austrian Empire: Austria- 574 (1.9%); Bohemia- 1435 (3.6%) German Confederation: total (in Milwaukee City)--> 22599 (1.3%), including: Baden- 620 (0.4%); Bavaria- 1786 (0.9%); Hanover- 579 (0.6%); Hessen- 1127 (0.9%); Mecklenburg- 2286 (5.8%); Nassau- 247 (0.1%); Prussia- 13155 (2.2%); Saxony- 1090 (2.4%); Wurtemberg- 680 (0.5%); German unclassified- 1029. British Isles: total (in Milwaukee City)--> 5844 (0.2%): England- 1395 (0.3%); Wales- 242 (0.3%); Scotland- 423 (0.3%); Ireland- 3784 (0.2%). Other: Canada- 774 (0.2%); France- 189 (0.2%); Norway- 523 (0.5%); Denmark- 116 (0.4%); Holland- 693 (1.5%); Switzerland- 346 (0.5%); Poland-325 (2.3%). 1870 Milwaukee City totals: total foreign born population- 33773 total native US population- 37667 grand total- 71440 _________________________________________________________ Because the 1870 US census preceded the unification of Germany in 1871, it happily provides more detail on the origins of Milwaukee's large 1870 German population than would have been likely if that unification had occurred prior to 1870. I suspect that many ethnic Poles (also maybe some Lithuanians) may be included above in the large Prussian category. Also, it's interesting to me that as much as 5.8% of all US residents that are reported in 1870 as native of Mecklenburg (absorbed by Prussia in 1865) may have been located in the City of Milwaukee. The 3.6% figure for Bohemia is also interesting. But several of the statistics above may also just reflect differing census procedures throughout the USA. .........John (in Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ added religious info--> 1870 US Census estimates (page 560): Milwaukee County-- total religious organizations- 85 (79 edifices), 30800 "sittings." Below are Milwaukee County estimates for what appears to be Wisconsin's eight largest religious denominations in 1870. The first number indicates the reported number of "sittings" (seating capacity or memberships??), while the second figure (in parentheses) states how many Milwaukee County organizations are reported for each denomination: Baptist- 1050 (5); Congregational- 2800 (5); Episcopal- 3675 (8); Evangelical- 1000 (3); Lutheran- 4600 (16); Methodist- 3835 (14); Presbyterian- 1500 (5); Roman Catholic- 10075 (19). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~