Native American Family

Both sides of my family are very similar. On my dad side, the earliest record is in 1831 of a person names Eldridge Golden. Eldridge grew up in Barbour West Virginia. Ever since then my dad's family has lived all over West Virginia. They most likely lived there prior to 1831 because my dad is part Cherokee Indian. The Cherokee Indian tribe has been around since the 16th century when European explorers contacted the tribe. Since the initial contact the Cherokee Indians developed their society and culture along with the European settlers. This eventually lead to their downfall when the settlers found gold. The Cherokee man, women, and children were rounded up and on the orders of President Andrew Jackson, were removed and sent to reservations.
This group was the largest group of immigrants to come to America. They most likely came because they heard of the riches of America. The gold rush started 1848 which brought millions of people. Most likely my ancestors came to mine gold in West Virginia. The Irish also came to America in the 1840s. They also heard of the riches of America and came over to mine, but they also had other reasons to come over. In 1845 the Irish began the Great Famine or also know as the potato famine. Potato were a major crop during this time. Potato blight killed many of these crops sending the country into mass starvation and disease. The irish people did not have many choices. The had to decide to stay and hope this period in time would end or move to another country. A lot of these people chose to go to America because to heard about the American dream and the gold
My mom and most of her family have lived in Ohio for a long time. Part of her family was from England. This part of our family came over when it became popular to come to the new nation of America. These people settling within the first 13 states and most likely moved to Ohio in the 1800s. This side of my family did not just come from england. I am also German. I am mostly German because both sides of my family are German. On my mom side the German part mostly came later in my heritage. I believe this came into our family in the 1800s. My mom is also part scottish. The scottish came to America in 1773. This is when I believe my ancestors came over. In the 1800s my ancestors were lucky enough to meet each other. They most likely move to North East Ohio and were part of the original settlers of Ohio. All of my ancestors had rough lives and came to America chasing the American dream. Luckily the hundreds of people before me found each other so that I could be here