","Located in the South West of England, Gloucestershire comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. Bordered by Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire, Bristol and Somerset as well as the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. Mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century, when it originally included Bristol, which became its own county in 1373 due to a large population growth. ","Founded in 1788, New South Wales (NSW) was the first penal colony for England. British explorer, Captain James Cook, first discovered the east coast of Australia while attempting to examine the planet Venus in order to determine the distance from the Earth to the Sun in 1770, he first named it New Wales, then later New South Wales.","From its founding until the last prison ship set sail in 1868, Van Diemen's Land was the primary penal colony in Australia and over 75,000 convicts were transported there.","The First Fleet departed from Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, on May 13, 1787 and sailed for around 250 days. The fleet was comprised of eleven ships - six prison ships, three equipment ships, and two navy ships, Sirius and Supply. After an extremely long journey, the First Fleet finally arrived at Botany Bay, located in Sydney, New South Wales, between January 18 and 20, 1788.","Ellis Island is located about one mile southwest of Manhattan in Upper New York Bay, United States. From 1892 to 1943, it was the main immigration station for the United States of America. For many thousands of immigrants traveling en route to Ellis Island, the towering Statue of Liberty provided the first glimpse of their new home.","Norfolk lies in the East of England with borders along Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk with a large area on the North Sea. There were settlers as early as 950,00 years ago (pre-Roman), there is evidence of occupied areas right throughout, including the 5th Century the Norman Conquest.","England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Wales, or Cymru a region of rugged mountains, Moors and forests, is noted for its large coal deposits. Its people are known for their strong Celtic heritage and renowned choral groups. This region was originally populated by an Iberian people, who were overrun by the Celts in the 6th century BC.","In the South East of England, Surrey borders with Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire as well as Greater London. Surrey has the highest land area of woodland of all the counties in England, four horse race courses and multiply golf courses. The area of Surrey changed through history with Southwark (Roman Settlement) moving into Greater London, as well as Newington. Many castles and Estates were built, through the 14th Century these were built more for prestige than military importance.","In America, those who took up arms for the Crown and fought for a United Empire longed to see the English people united under a common flag and sovereign. These largely forgotten U. E. Loyalists (United Empire Loyalists) who resolved not to live under any flag but the British flag were often driven out of the United States.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Gloucestershire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Norfolk England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/surrey_england.webp?pos=floatRight","",null],"mode":"","s":"Bush","sU":"BUSCH","oC":"GR","o":"German","o2":"Scottish","cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/BUSCH/GR/Bush/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}