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    "ocrText": "Form 2213\nPRELIMINARY FORM FOR DECLARATION OF INTENTION TO BECOME A CITIZEN\n5153\nU. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nNOT TO BE FILLED IN BY ALIEN\nFOR USE OF OFFICIALS SEARCHING IMMI-\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nGRATION RECORDS\nCLERK OF COURT:\nRECORDS EXAMINED\nPlace number\nin\nCARD INDEX\nupper left-hand corner of all copies of\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.\nEdward frd Summester\n;\nMiss\n(Alien should prifit or typewrite here true, original, and correct name)\nage, thirty (Give age last 31 birthday) years.\nMy present occupation is\nmeall utter\nMy personal description is: Color, White ; complexion, fair\n9.1/4\n; height, 5\nfeet H inches;\nweight,\n180 pounds; color of hair, brown\n; color of eyes, blue\n;\nother visible distinctive marks: Scar on right thurt\nI was born in\nBusten-on- Inn't\n(City or town)\nEngland\n(Country)\non the 13\nday of June\n1896\nMy present residence is 28 Dill are\nRevLander\nlonn.\n(Number and street)\n(City or town)\n(County)\n(State)\nThe place where I took the ship train which landed in the United States Sauthampton\nor me was\nThe name of the ship of railroad on which I came was Ast filadephia\nEngland\n, on\napril\n3\n1920\n(Month)\n(Day)\n(Yeaf)\nMy last place of foreign residence was\nlovertry\n(City or town)\n(Country)\nEngland\nI\nam the married. The name of my\nwife\n}\nis Alice Inarie\nShe\nwas born at\nhusband\nHe\nn. E aston, man u.s. a\n,\nand now said resides at 28 Fell Avey new Landon long\nI\nam now a subject of and intend to renounce allegiance to George (Write V name of and England title of sovereign and\ncountry of which now a subject;\nor, if citizen of a republic, write name of republic only)\nI arrived at the United States immigration port of\nnew York (City\nor town)\nhay\n,\n(State or territory)\non aprill 14-8 4-10-20 (Give exact month,\nday, and year)\n(OVER)"
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