Sammarinese Americans

Sammarinese Americans
Total population
	538 (ancestry and ethnic origin; 2000 Census)[1]; 2,910 (Sammarinese-born, 2014)[2]
Regions with significant populations
	New York City and Michigan (Detroit and Troy)
Languages
	English, Italian, Romagnol
Religion
	Christianity

Sammarinese Americans are Americans of Sammarinese descent.

The largest Sammarinese-American communities are in Michigan, mostly in the cities of Troy and Detroit.[3] Sammarinese immigrants in Troy established institutions such as the San Marino Club and Re Monti Stentorian.[4][5]

History

Until the early twentieth century, few people from San Marino emigrated in the United States. However, the number of Sammarinese immigrants in the US increased significantly, with most emigrating to the United States to escape poverty, carrying with them expectations of social and economic improvement.

Most of the immigrants who arrived after the First World War emigrated because they had relatives there, and acquired jobs through them. Between those years, the United States imposed several restrictive laws against immigration, such as the Quota Act (promulgated in 1921), which regulated the entry of immigrants by limiting their numbers by quota (the number of allowed immigrants from San Marino to US was at maximum 100). In the first Quota Act, Sammarinese migrants were counted in the Italian quota, however after 1924 San Marino was recognized as an independent European state.

The immigrants had to undergo medical examinations to verify physical and mental fitness. This set of obligations and limits together with the effects of the 1929 crash, reduced the number of Sammarinese emigrants. During these years, most Sammarinese emigrated to New York City and Detroit, as well as Sandusky, Ohio. Most Sammarinese then worked as dishwashers and tilers. In addition, Sammarinese women began to work out of their homes from the 50s and 60s as textile workers, working in both the factory and home.[6]

Press and associations

On September 3, 1929 the newspaper San Marino in New York, bringing news of that country, was first published. Several migrant associations of San Marino in the United States that aimed to help their compatriots in various aspects of their lives: the mortgage, illness, care among members and families, and maintaining traditions. Sammarinese associations include Club San Marino Social, founded in 1938 in Troy, and the San Marino Community of New York.[6]

Notable people

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References

"Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry" (XLS). U.S. Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
Museum of the Emigrant
Eccardt, Thomas M. (2005). Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City. Hippocrene Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-7818-1032-6. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
Delicato, Armando (2005). Italians in Detroit. Arcadia Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7385-3985-0. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
Small, Mel (April 30, 2008). "Tiny, tasty". Metro Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
"Sammarinese negli stati Uniti D'America" [Sammarinese in the United States Of America] (PDF). Museum of Emigration, Republic of San Marino (in Italian). Retrieved 28 April 2016.

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[ancestry2000-1] "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry" (XLS). U.S. Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

[2] Museum of the Emigrant

[3] Eccardt, Thomas M. (2005). Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City. Hippocrene Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-7818-1032-6. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

[4] Delicato, Armando (2005). Italians in Detroit. Arcadia Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7385-3985-0. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

[5] Small, Mel (April 30, 2008). "Tiny, tasty". Metro Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2013.

[museoemigrante-6] "Sammarinese negli stati Uniti D'America" [Sammarinese in the United States Of America] (PDF). Museum of Emigration, Republic of San Marino (in Italian). Retrieved 28 April 2016.

European Americans
Central Europe	Austrian¹ Czech German¹ Amish German Texan Pennsylvania Dutch German Mennonites from Russia Hungarian Hungarian Ohioans Kashubian Liechtensteiner Polish¹ Slovak Slovene Sorbian Swiss
Eastern Europe	Armenian⁶ Azerbaijani⁴ Belarusian Chechen Georgian⁴ Kazakh⁴ Russian^1, ² Cossack Kalmyk Ukrainian Cossack Rusyn
Northern Europe	Danish Greenlandic Estonian Faroese Finnish Icelandic Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Norwegian Dakotan Norwegian Minnesotan Sami Swedish
Southeast Europe³	Albanian Bosnian Bulgarian Cypriot Croatian Greek Macedonian Moldovan Montenegrin Romanian Serbian Alaskan Serbs Turkish⁴
Southern Europe	Italian Sicilian Maltese Monacan Portuguese Sammarinese Spanish Asturian Basque Canarian Catalan Galician Hispano
Western Europe	Belgian British Cornish English Manx Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots Scottish Welsh Dutch French Acadian Basque Breton Cajun Canadian Corsican Huguenot Frisian Irish Luxembourgian
Other Europeans	White Americans Non-Hispanic whites White Hispanic and Latino Melungeon Métis Roma Hungarian Slovak Romanies⁵ Louisiana Creole Cajun Isleños French Canadian Acadian Cajun
By region	California Hawaii White Southerners Maryland
¹ Poles came to the United States legally as Austrians, Germans, Prussians or Russians throughout the 19th century, because from 1772–1795 till 1918, all Polish lands had been partitioned between imperial Austria, Prussia (a protoplast of Germany) and Russia until Poland regained its sovereignty in the wake of World War I. ² Russia has most of its territory in Asia, but the vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ³ Yugoslav Americans are the American people from the former Yugoslavia. ⁴ Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ⁵ Disputed; Roma have recognized origins and historic ties to Asia (specifically to Northern India), but they experienced at least some distinctive identity development while in diaspora among Europeans. ⁶ Armenia is located entirely in Asia, but historically has stronger tie with Europe.