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==History== |
==History== |
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A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the [[New York City]] area during the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Rebecca|last=Flint Marx |
A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the [[New York City]] area during the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Rebecca|last=Flint Marx|title=Filling a Hole on the Block, With Cream|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/nyregion/at-cannelle-patisserie-serving-a-wide-mix-of-cultures.html?_r=0 |work=[[New York Times]]|date=April 5, 2012|accessdate=July 4, 2015}}</ref> Many settled in the [[East Elmhurst, Queens|East Elmhurst]] neighborhood of [[Queens]].<ref name=nytimes/> |
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==Notable Breton-Americans== |
==Notable Breton-Americans== |
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{{Infobox ethnic group |group = Breton Americans |image = |caption = |pop = 338[1] |popplace = |langs = American English{{·French, Breton |rels = Predominantly Roman Catholicism Protestantism |related = Cornish Americans · Irish Americans · Manx Americans · Scottish Americans · Scotch-Irish Americans · Welsh Americans · other Celtic Americans }}
Breton Americans are Americans of Breton descent from Brittany.
History
A large wave of Breton immigrants arrived in the New York City area during the 1950s and 1960s.[2] Many settled in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens.[2]
Notable Breton-Americans
- Jack Kerouac
- Sylvester Stallone
- John James Audubon
- Charles Guillou
- Jackie Stallone
- René Galand
- Youenn Gwernig
- Paol Keineg
- Tina Weymouth
See also
References
- ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (XLS). U.S. Census Bureau. January 22, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ a b Flint Marx, Rebecca (April 5, 2012). "Filling a Hole on the Block, With Cream". New York Times. Retrieved July 4, 2015.