This document contains a table of contents for a book about Luxembourg and Luxembourgish people in America. The table of contents outlines topics covered like historical background on Luxembourg, conditions leading to emigration, Luxembourgish migrations and settlements in America, famous and infamous Luxembourgish Americans, Luxembourgish traditions, World War I, and more. It provides an overview of the high-level subjects and time periods addressed in the full book.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 11
THE BIRTH OF A NATION 11
COUNT FLORIMONT DE QUARRÉ – UN INFÂME
(A SCOUNDREL) 15
LIFE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY LUXEMBOURG 17
CONDITIONS LEADING TO EMIGRATION 17
LUXEMBOURG’S MELTING POT 23
LUXEMBOURG’S NEWSPAPERS 25
WHAT’S IN A NAME? 27
LUXEMBOURG OR LUXEMBURG? 27
LUXEMBOURG, LAND OF INVASIONS, IMMIGRANTS &
EMIGRANTS 29
LUXEMBOURG’S MIGRATIONS 29
LUXEMBOURGERS AND THEIR FAMILY NAMES 33
LUXEMBOURGERS AND THEIR FIRST NAMES 36
LUXEMBOURGERS AND THEIR NICKNAMES 39
AN AMERIKA 41
IN AMERICA 42
LUXEMBOURGERS IN AMERICA 44
THE FIRST IMMIGRANT 46
THE EARLY YEARS – LOUISIANA 49
ST. DONATUS, IOWA. A LUXEMBOURG VILLAGE 51
LUXEMBOURGERS IN ALABAMA 52
COMING TO AMERICA 54
DERULLE-WIGREUX & SOHN – EMIGRATION
AGENTS ~1860-1996 54
FROM ANTWERP, BELGIUM TO NEW YORK, USA 57
BARK SILVANUS JENKINS 57
DISASTER AT SEA – THE DANIEL STEINMANN TRAGEDY 59

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WHAT IS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF LUXEMBOURGERS
WHO HAVE LIVED IN AMERICA AT ANY GIVEN TIME 61
IMMIGRANTS FROM LUXEMBOURG AND THE FEDERAL
CENSUS 1790-1940 63
UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS 1880 65
HOW THE NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS EVOLVED IN THE
UNITED STATES AND IN THE GRAND DUCHY
OF LUXEMBOURG 67
LUXEMBOURG’S ARGONAUTS (GOLD SEEKERS) 71
CALIFORNIA GOLD FEVER 71
LUXEMBOURG SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES 74
STAYING IN TOUCH 77
ELLIS ISLAND – THE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT
WALL OF HONOR 79
FAMOUS & INFAMOUS LUXEMBOURGERS IN THE
UNITED STATES 94
FAMOUS LUXEMBOURGERS 94
INDUSTRIOUS LUXEMBOURGERS 98
INDUSTRIOUS LUXEMBOURGERS – PART 2 104
INFAMOUS LUXEMBOURGERS IN THE UNITED STATES 107
PORTRAIT: JOSEPH PIERRE BIRREN (1864-1933) 113
PORTRAIT: BERNARD JOHN CIGRAND (1866-1932) 115
PORTRAIT: HUGO GERNSBACK (1884-1967) 117
PORTRAIT: NICK KESSLER (1833-1902) 119
PORTRAIT: PAUL C. LAUTERBUR (1929-2007) 121
PORTRAIT: JOHN LUDWIG (1839-1906) 123
PORTRAIT: DR. PETER SCHWIND (1838-1910) 126
THE FISHERMAN’S DUDE RANCH, CHICAGO 128
LUXEMBOURG RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS 130

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OCTAVE CELEBRATIONS 130
SPRANGPROZESSIOUN – DANCING PROCESSION 132
LIICHTMËSSDAG (GROUNDHOG DAY) 134
MOTHER’S DAY TRIBUTE 136
ALLERHELLJEN (ALL SAINTS) & ALLERSÉILEN
(ALL SOULS) 137
D’VERLOOSSENT GRAF – THE ABANDONED GRAVE 139
DECEMBER THOUGHTS 140
JOHN GRUN (1868-1912) – THE WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN 142
WORLD WAR I (1914-1918) 144
LUXEMBOURGERS IN US FORCES
SERVING THEIR NEW COUNTRY 146
AURORA, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS – WORLD WAR I
SERVICEMEN OF LUXEMBOURG DESCENT 148
BIRTH AND DEMISE OF THE LUXEMBURGER GAZETTE 151
FAUSTO’S CORNER 153
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
LAND AND POPULATION 1815-1839 153
LUXEMBOURG’S FIRST HISTORIAN
JEAN BERTELS (1544-1607) 154
JOHN MARSCH FROM SAEUL
LUXEMBOURG’S CONSUL (1869-1954) 154
HOW A LUXEMBOURGER (ALMOST) DISCOVERED
CALIFORNIA’S GOLD 155
REMEMBERING PERRY DAUBENFELD (1879-1945) 156
SIXTY YEARS AGO – JUNE 6, 1944
LUXEMBOURGERS LAND ON D-DAY 157
SIXTY YEARS AGO, GRAND DUCHESS CHARLOTTE
RETURNS FROM EXILE 158

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AN AMAZING PHOTOGRAPH 159
ANOTHER AMAZING PHOTOGRAPH (1) 159
ANOTHER AMAZING PHOTOGRAPH (2) 160
LUXEMBOURG’S RAILROADS 161
GEORGE THIEL – AN IMMIGRANT’S BIOGRAPHY 162
THE MOSELLE RIVER 162
MOTHER GOOSE FROM LUXEMBOURG
A NURSERY RHYME 163
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TREE 164
GENE 1991-2009 165
HODGEPODGE 166
OF EXECUTIONERS & ASSISTANTS 166
ADOLPHE BRIDGE – NEI BRÉCK. A BRIDGE CELEBRATES
ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY 1903-2003 171
A 1939 ART SHOW IN NEW YORK 171
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEETS
DE KLEESCHEN (ZINNIKLOS) 174
MOST REVEREND RAYMOND E. GOEDERT,
VICAR GENERAL OF THE CHICAGO ARCHDIOCESE,
VISITS LUXEMBOURG 174
JUAN CARLOS I, KING OF SPAIN, VISITS LUXEMBOURG
A HISTORY LESSON 175
LUXEMBOURG MOURNS THE DEATH OF GRAND DUCHESS
JOSÉPHINE CHARLOTTE 176
DEATH OF PRINCESS MARIE-ADELAIDE, SISTER OF
GRAND DUKE JEAN 177
GRAND DUCHESS MARIE-ADELAIDE (1894-1924) 178
THIS IS ABOUT MONEY 179
ARCELOR DIFFERDANGE MILLS I-BEAMS
FOR FREEDOM TOWER 180
A FORGOTTEN HERO – ERNEST SENTE (1924-1944) 182
THE AMERICAN LUXEMBOURG SOCIETY CELEBRATES
ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY, 1882-2007 184
A ROAD, A BRIDGE AND THEIR RAMIFICATIONS 186
A HOMECOMING 161 YEARS IN THE MAKING 188

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MARCEL REULAND (1905-1956) 191
AMBASSADOR ARLETTE CONZEMIUS FAREWELL 193
LUXEMBOURG NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION 2006 195
LUXEMBOURG CELEBRATES ITS NATIONAL HOLIDAY 2007 196
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 198
IN THE PRESS 199
THANKS! 201
END NOTES 202
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