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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Holyoke saw an influx of Franco-Americans (French: les Holyokais franco-américains, lit. "the French-American Holyokians"), [a] predominantly French-Canadians, who immigrated to Massachusetts to work in the city's growing textile and paper mills.
The growth of the Irish community up until this time can be found in birth records of West Springfield, of which Holyoke was its 3rd parish. In 1847 there were 14 births, none of which were of Irish surnames, but by 1848, 19 of 87 were, and by 1849 105 out of 221 West Springfield births were of Irish parentage.
Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range.As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,247. [14]
As of the 2010 census, Holyoke, Massachusetts had the largest Puerto Rican population, per capita, of any city in the United States outside Puerto Rico proper, with 47.7% or 44,826 residents being of Puerto Rican heritage, comprising 92.4% of all Latinos in the community. [1]
However the group, not feeling the organization was acted in their interest, ultimately decided to set up a benefit society of their own, and on November 22, 1879, the Holyoke Caledonian Benefit Society was organized with a charter member of 21. By its 25th anniversary in 1904 this number had grown to 225, and 450 members by the 50th ...
Begun in 1883 as the Holyoke Journal, initial a reprint of the Boston-based New-England Staaten-Zeitung, [40] under the leadership of the William Thieme the German weekly would merge with the smaller Der Beobachter and be rechristened the Neu England Rundschau or "New England Review" in 1889, a name it would keep throughout the remainder of its ...
Jack Doyle (1869–1958), Irish American baseball player who settled in Holyoke and served as police commissioner 1908–09 [62] Jeff Eisenberg (born 1956), professional hockey and advertising executive, whose first position as a general assistant manager of a sports team began with the Holyoke Millers in the summer of 1980 [63]
Whiting Farms is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts, located to the southwest of the city center, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from downtown.Following the construction of Whiting Farms Road in 1961, the area was developed as a residential and commercial area in the 1960s and 1970s. [1]