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    "ocrText": "I have not used another name in this country than that given at the beginning of this form. If so, it was\nI used that name because\nThe full name of the person shown on my steamship ticket was James Read Watt\nMy mother's maiden name was\nIsabell Reid\nMy maiden name was (if woman)\nMy post-office address is\nR.FD N: 2 Waterford bonn\nThe ticket on which I came to this country was bought at\nAberdeen\nScotland\n(City)\n(Country)\nIf arrival by ship: Name of steamship line was Anchor Line\n1st cabin\n2d cabin\n3rd\n3d cabin\nI arrived as (passenger, stowaway, seaman, member of crew, or otherwise)\nPasseryer\n(State which)\nI traveled on (an immigration visa, a passport, a permit)\nPass. Port\n(State which)\nI paid fal (State 15/- anount) head tax at Sherdeen\nScatland\n, on\n5\n23\n1927\n(City)\n(State or country)\n(Month)\n(Day)\n(Year)\nI was examined by immigration officers at\nGlasgow\nAt that time I intended to remain (permanently, temporarily, for visit, in transit)\nPermanently\n(State which\nThe person in the United States I was coming to was\nM: John, (Give name in full) Shemiffs\nThe place in the United States I was going to was\nElizabel\nN.\nI\nThe names of some of the persons or passengers I traveled with were\nADDITIONAL FACTS TO BE GIVEN IF ALIEN CAME From OR THROUGH CANADA OR MEXICO:\n(a) The place in Canada where I landed was\n, on\n(Month)\n(Day)\n(Year)\nCanada\n(b) The place in\nfrom which I entered the United States was\nMexico\n1\n(c) On\n(Month)\n(Day)\n(Year)\n(d) The place where I was examined for admission at the United States border was\n(e) If not examined, state why, and give the circumstances of your entry\nCanada\n(f) The place in\nMexico\nwhere I bought my railroad ticket to come to the United States was\nGOV ERNMENT PRENTING OFFICE\n14-\n8\n(OVER)\ngames (Signature Reid of applicant) Wats."
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