This certificate, issued by the District Court in Marengo, Iowa, declared that Adam Bormann, an immigrant from the Kingdom of Bavaria, was a citizen of the United States. Bormann settled in the Amana Colonies, a set of communal villages founded in Iowa County by the Community of True Inspiration, a group of Pietists from Germany, Switzerland and Alsace who fled religious persecution in Europe. The Community of True Inspiration came to the United States in the 1840s and founded a community known as the Ebenezer Colonies in New York. In the 1850s, the group created a new set of communal villages in Iowa known as the Amana Colonies. The settlers of the Amana Colonies maintained an independent and religious lifestyle until 1932. The community then split into two organizations: the non-profit Amana Church Society and the for-profit Amana Society. Content can be used with the following standards: 3rd grade SS 3.26 Immigration and Migration and 3rd grade SS 3.27 Cultural Contributions in a lesson on the impact of immigrants on the state and the organizations/establishments they have created. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.
2018.040.001 [Certificate, Citizenship]
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