This document summarizes the author's family history based on geography, waves of immigration, work sectors, and push/pull factors of relocation. It states that the author's father's side is likely from the first Dutch immigration wave and settled in New York. The mother's side came in the second wave and lived in the Great Plains before moving to California during the Dust Bowl. Family members have worked in various economic sectors over time, from primary to quinary. The Dust Bowl and climate were push factors from Oklahoma, while jobs were the main pull to California. The author's family is now highly assimilated with no traditions from their ancestry.
2. Waves of Immigration
■ Even though I don’t have exact information about my dads
side, from what I can gather they most likely from the 1st
wave of immigration since we are dutch.
■ They like many other dutch people, they probably were
located in the dutch settlement New Amsterdam which is
now NewYork City.
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4. Waves of Immigration
■ My mom’s side of the family most likely came during the
second wave.
■ They lived inThe Great Plains and Prairies before moving to
California after the dust bowl
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6. Work Sectors
■ Over time my family from both sides has worked in almost
every economic sector.
■ My Great Grandpa worked in the primary sector when living in
Oklahoma before working for the secondary sector once he
moved to California and started working for Boeing.
7. Work Sectors
■ My grandpa worked in the quinary sector. He
was high at the Forest Service.
■ He actually wrote speeches for George Bush
Senior and Bill Clinton
■ Today most of my family works in theTertiary
sector
8. Push and Pull Factors
■ Their were a few push factors that made my family relocate
from Oklahoma.
■ The biggest was probably the dust bowl, also the weather and
climate were other factors.
9. Push and Pull Factors
■ The pull factors from California was mostly work. California had way more jobs to
offer.
■ The other factors are more obvious.
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10. Assimilation
■ My family is very assimilated.We have no traditions of any kind from our ancestry.
