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    "ocrText": "Form 2213\nPRELIMINARY FORM FOR DECLARATION OF INTENTION TO BECOME A CITIZEN\n5290\nU. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nNOT TO BE FILLED IN BY ALIEN\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nFOR USE OF OFFICIALS SEARCHING IMMI-\nGRATION RECORDS\nCLERK OF COURT:\nRECORDS EXAMINED\nPlace number\nin\nupper left-hand corner of all copies of\nCARD INDEX\ndeclaration, immediately under your\nINDEX BOOKS\ndeclaration number.\nDISTRICT DIRECTOR OF NATURALIZATION\nMANIFESTS\nI desire to file my Declaration of Intention (first paper) to become a citizen.\nMr.\nMy name is\nMrs.\nJoneph (Alien should print alegander typewrite here true, original, Lreen and correct\n; age,\n41\nyears.\nor name)\n(Give age last birthday)\nMiss\nMy present occupation is carpenter\nMy personal description is: Color, white ; complexion, dark\n; height, 5 feet 4\ninches;\nweight, 159 pounds; color of hair, black\n; color of eyes, darkrown\nother visible distinctive marks:\nnone\nI was born in Tristan Da. Bunba, Great Britain\n(City or town)\n(Country)\non the 29\nday of may\n, 1886\nMy present residence is 423 main street nourch Connecticut\n(Number and street)\n(City or town)\n(County)\n(State)\nThe place where I took the ship or train which landed me in the United States was\non\n(Month)\n(Day)\n(Year)\nThe name of the ship or railroad on which I came was Philadelphia Eug 24 1907\nMy last place of foreign residence was bape Town, south africa\n(City or town)\n(Country)\nwife\nI am yet married. The name of my\nis Isadore\nShe\nwas born at\nhusband\nHe\nnorrach Born\n, and now resides paid at 423 nourch main street\nI am now a subject of and intend to renounce allegiance to\nGreater Britain\n(Write name and title of sovereign and country of which now a subject;\nor, if citizen of a republic, write name of republic only)\nI\narrived at the United States immigration port of new york\n(City or town)\nnew (State or fook territory)\n,\non august 14-8 (Give exact month, 25, day, and 1897 year)\n(OVER)"
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