Helena Margaretha Schlagentweit (1755 - 1775)

Born 2 Jan 1755 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died 22 Nov 1775 at age 20 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

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Migration

Family arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1752 aboard the Ship "Sally", Master John Robinson Father's occupation listed as Farmer.

Nova Scotia was home to Canada's oldest cohesive German settlement, which developed between 1750 and 1753 when 2400 Protestant southwest German farmers and tradesmen landed with their families in Halifax. They were recruited by British agents to strengthen Britain's position in Acadia vis-à-vis the French. Handbill advertisements had been posted throughout central Europe, and 'Foreign Protestants', mainly from agricultural communities along the Rhine River corridor, responded to the offer and emigrated to Nova Scotia. Most came from the Upper Rhine area of present-day Germany, from the French- and German-speaking Swiss cantons, and from the French-speaking principality of Montbéliard (now part of France). In 1753, 1400 of these Germans started the nearby community of Lunenburg. Although arriving with no marine skills, they became expert fishermen, sailors and boatbuilders by the next generation.^[2]

Sources

Ancestry.com.au Schlagentweit Family Trees <andress>

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Jim King.
2. ↑ https://www.germancanadianassociation.ca/german-heritage/

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