12 Facts About Welsh Americans

Welsh Americans are an American ethnic group whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Wales.

Typically names of Welsh Americans origin are concentrated in the mid-Atlantic states, New England, the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama and in Appalachia, West Virginia and Tennessee.

In 1757, Rev Goronwy Owen, an Anglican Vicar born at Y Dafarn Goch, in the parish of Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf in Anglesey and whose contribution to Welsh Americans poetry is most responsible for the subsequent Welsh Americans eighteenth century Renaissance, emigrated to Williamsburg, in the Colony of Virginia.

Welsh Americans language was commonly spoken in the Jackson County area for generations until the 1950s when its use began to subside.

Premier recent scholarly treatment of Welsh Americans settlers in Tennessee is the work of Cardiganshire-born Harvard Professor Eirug Davies.

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The Welsh Americans celebrated their native culture here, holding services in Welsh Americans, hosting choral competitions, and other activities that kept the community connected.

Some 2,000 immigrants from Wales and another nearly 6000 second-generation Welsh Americans became farmers in Kansas, favouring areas close to the towns of Arvonia, Emporia, and Bala.

Strongly Republican, the Welsh Americans gradually assimilated into the larger society without totally abandoning their own ethnic cultural patterns.

One area with a strong Welsh Americans influence is an area in Jackson and Gallia counties, Ohio, often known as "Little Cardiganshire".

The Madog Center for Welsh Americans Studies is located at the University of Rio Grande.

In Portland, the West Coast Eisteddfod is a yearly Welsh Americans event focusing on art competitions and performance in the bardic tradition.

Nevertheless, the Welsh Americans Government has deployed its own envoy to America, primarily to promote Wales-specific business interests.