David jacob eisenhower (1863–1942)

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    Family of Dwight D. Eisenhower

    The family of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, and his wife, Mamie, consists predominantly of German and Pennsylvania Dutch background.

    They are related by marriage to the family of Richard Nixon, who was Eisenhower's vice-president, and was later the 37th president of the United States.

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    Family background

    The Eisenhauer (German for "iron hewer/miner") family migrated from Karlsbrunn in Nassau-Saarbrücken, to America, first settling in York, Pennsylvania, in 1741, and in the 1880s moving to Kansas.[1] Accounts vary as to how and when the German name Eisenhauer was anglicized to Eisenhower.[2] Eisenhower's Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors, who were primarily farmers, included Hans Nikolaus Eisenhauer of Karlsbrunn, who migrated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1741.[3] Dwight D.

    Eisenhower's lineage includes German ancestors and Swiss German ancestors.[4][5]