The community began to grow rapidly in about 1910 with an influx of Slovene immigrants to work in area lumber camps.
He was born in a family of Slovene economic immigrants to Croatia.
Erjavec was born in Aiseau, Belgium, into a family of Slovene immigrants.
Slovene immigrants living in other parts of Italy are not considered as members of the minority.
His family were Slovene immigrants from the Slovenian Littoral, which was under Italian administration .
These later waves of Slovene immigrants mostly settled in Canada and in Australia, but also in other western countries.
Until the 1900s there was a small number of Slovene immigrants to Australia.
The third wave was composed of Slovene political immigrants that settled in Argentina after 1945 to escape Communist persecution.
Until the 1880s there was a small number of Slovene immigrants to the United States.
A number of fraternal organizations were founded by Slovene immigrants to the United States.