When did the Welsh arrive in America?

Answer 1

There was a Welsh settlement in 1617 in Renews, Newfoundland, Canada. A Welsh colony was set up in Cambria, Pennsylvania in 1856. Some Welsh settlers came to Malad Valley, Idaho in the 1860s. Many of the Welsh were miners. Some came to the coal fields of Mechanicsville outside of Knoxville, Tennessee to work in an iron works. Some Welsh came to Wisconsin in the Waukesha area.

US presidents with Welsh heritage include John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, James Garfield, Calvin Coolidge, Richard Nixon, and Barack Obama.

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