Further Insights Into John Fontaine and The First Germanna Colony, Part Iⓒ By Craig M. Kilby May 2009 Part II | Part III In 1853, Miss Ann Maury (1803-1876)1 [2] wrote Memoirs of a Huguenot Family which included a much abridged version of John Fontaine’s journal, which she had transcribed from the original. It was […]
18th Century Germanna Emigration Records Discovered in Germany; Fills Gap in Colonial Virginia History
Germanna Foundation Trustee and Secretary Barbara Gregory Fishback tells how 300-year-old documents important to colonial Virginia researchers were discovered in Germany by Germanna Foundation researchers: “In preparation for the 2011 Germanna Foundation Trip to Germany, [Germanna Foundation First Vice President ] Dr. Katharine Brown and I made plans to conduct research at the Stadtarchiv Siegen, […]
Mother’s Day: A Celebration rooted in a Germanna mother’s life
by Dr. Katharine L. Brown 1st Vice President and Trustee, Germanna Foundation The mother in whose honor Mother’s Day was established was a Germanna descendant born and raised in Culpeper, Virginia. Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day, devoted years to gaining national recognition for a day to honor mothers, as a fulfillment of an […]
Germany comes to the Piedmont…again
Ray Finefrock Culpeper Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 18, 2013 – Front Page It was in April, 299 years ago, that 42 German men, women and children came to Virginia from villages near Siegen in what is today the North Rhine Westphalia region of the country. The settlers were housed by Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood, […]
After 300 Years, Germanna Still Attracts Entrepreneurs to Virginia
By Kerry Sipe, Orange County Review Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Germans came to Virginia centuries ago looking for opportunity, and they’re still coming. Representatives of six German businesses and local and regional economic development officials gathered on the grounds of the historic Germanna Settlement April 15 to learn from each other and to explore development […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 28
- 29
- 30
