EXAMINING PATTERNS OF ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO ...

As for distribution of Torinesi and Lucchesi, the former are clearly clustered in
Calumet Township, and more exactly in Red Jacket Village (70%). The latter are almost
equally distributed between Calumet (52%) and Franklin Township (48%).
TABLE XV. SETTLEMENTS IN 1880
TOWNSHIP
Italians
Total and %
TORINESI
TOTAL AND %
Lucchesi
Total and %
ADAMS 0 0 0
CALUMET
159
(72.3%)
86
(89.5%)
31
(52%)
Red Jacket 131 Red Jacket
67
(70%)
Red Jacket
25
(42
%)
19
6
Precinct 2 28
Precinct 2 (19.5 Precinct 2 (10
%)
%)
FRANKLIN
54
(24.5%)
10
(10.5%)
29
(48%)
HANCOCK 0 0 0
PORTAGE 0 0 0
QUINCY
7
(3.2%)
SCHOOLCRAFT 0 0
TOTAL IN 1880 220
4.3 Settlements in 1900
96
(43.6% of the total
Italians)
60
(27.3% of the total
Italians)
By 1900 Houghton County is divided into thirteen townships. Seven are the same as
1880 - Adams, Calumet, Franklin, Hancock, Portage, Quincy, and Schoolcraft. The new
ones are Chassell, Duncan, Elm River, Laird, Osceola, and Torch Lake. The villages in
which Italians are living include Laurium, Red Jacket, Hancock, Houghton, and Lake
Linden.
As Table XVI shows, most of the 2,789 Italians residing in Houghton County in
1900 were actually living in Calumet Township - 1,950 (69.9%). Franklin and Adams
Township follow with 461 (16.5%) and 214 (7.7%) respectively. In Osceola Township there
were 96 Italians (3.44%). Hancock and Portage Township counted respectively 33 (1.2%)
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