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    "ocrText": "No. 953\nSTATES OF fur\nMi\nDepartutent of Conmerce and Tabor\nBUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION\nDIVISION OF NATURALIZATION\n-\n83OMAUMITMOO to MUOMAROMBM\nROY\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nIn the matter of the petition of William leonard BUPERIOR. Lindquist Court of THE STATE OF to CALIFORNIA, be admitted IN AND a Fr citizen R Los ANOCLES of the United COUNTY, States Thoughts of America.\nTo the\nWilliam leonard Linquist respectfully shows:\nSUPERION Court of THE STATE QE. CALJEORNIA. IN.AND.FOR. Loe, ANGELE COUNTT.\nThe pets ion of\nFirst. My full name is\nWilliam Leonard Thinguist\nSecond. My place of is namber\n11453\nCalifornia\nBenefit\nstreet,\ncity of Los angeles Cal.\nState\nof\nThird. My occupation is\nMachinest\nFourth. I was born on the 27th day\nof\nSeptember anno Domini 1 879 at biyo Finland,\nFifth. I emigrated to the United States from\nObo Finland\non or about the\n22\nHouria\nday of\nJune\nanno Domini 1 gov and arrived at the port of\nNew york\nin the United States, on the vessel*\nSixth. I/declared my intention to become a eitizen of the United States on the\n4th\nday of\nSeventh. I am not married. My wife's name is\nNew York N.Y.\nCounty\n-\nat\nin the\nCourt January of Kings County . anno Domini gat\nShe was born\nin\n,\nand now resides at\nI have\nchildren,\nand the name, date and place of birth, and place of residence of each of said children is as follows:\nEighth. I am not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of or affliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in organized\ngovernment. I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and it is my intention to\nbecomp a eitizen of the United States and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to\npermanently Nicholes in the United II States. Emperor of all The Knosins\nof which at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention to reside\nNinth. I am able to speak the English language.\nTenth. I have resided in the United States of America for a term of five years at least comediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\nthe\nday of\nJuly\nanno Domini 1 902 and in the Diotrict Perritory State\nof\nCalifornia\nfor one year at least next\npreceding the date of this petition, to wit, since the\n121\nday of\nact\n,\nanno Domini 1906\nEleventh. I have not heretofore made petition for eitizenship to any court. (I made patition for eitisonship to the\n,ort 1904\nCourt of\nat\non the\nday of\nanno Domini 1\nand the\naaid petition was denied by the said Court for the following reasons and causes, to wit,\n, and the cause of such denial has since been cured or removed.)\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States\nand Tabor required thw. Wherefore your pstitioner prays that he may be admitted a eitizen of the United States of America.\nDated January\n(Signature of petitioner.)\nSTATE OF C.ALIFORNIA)\nCounty of Los Angeles\n$8:\nWilliam Leonard Lindquist being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceeding; that he has read\nthe\nforegoing petition and knows the contents thereof Ahap the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and\nthat as to those matters he believes it to be true.\nSubscribed and sworn to before me this\n5th\nday of\nJanuary\nJ. LELANDE Acearas THE OFFICIO THE CLERK COUNTY OF\ncoonte\nH.\nBy consire OF LOS SUPERIOR ANGELES COURT. IN OF AND FOR\nDAUFORNIA Clerk.\n(SEAL.)\nDepriy Clerk.\n*If the alien arrived otherwise than by veasel, the character of conveyance or name of transportation company should be given,\nDeclaration of Intention from ont Labom filed this\nH. J.\n5th day of January 1911\nHeges THE LOS SUPBRIOR COUNTY ANDECES CLINDAND IM Allo ex OFFICIO son THE CLERK\nOF\nDMITTIMGA\nBy\nEmSage BTAVE OF CALIFORNIA. COUNTY Clerk.\nAFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES\nIn the matter of the\npetition of William Leonard, Lindquist of to be admitted AND a eitizen Los of ANOS the United COUNTY, States of America.\nSUPERIOR Court THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN\nSTATE OF CALIFORNIA\nCounty of bos'Angeles\nGeorge H. Henrietta\nmachinest\n1340 S. Hower St.\noccupation\n|residing at\nsach and being Ockar severally, duly, Gideon and respectively Lingnet stborn, deposes and occupation that he Decorator is a eitizen of the United States of America; residing that he at has 4453 known Benefit Milamleerand S/\npreceding and of the in which the above-entitled is made\nLinghist the date of filing his petition, the petitioner above State mentioned, says to be a resident of the application United States for a period of at least Octiats personally 1906\nyears continuously immédiately\nyears immediately preceding\nthe data of Aling his petition; and that he has personal knowled that the said petitioner is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of\nthe United States, and that he is in every way qualified, in his opinion, to be admitted a eitizen of the United States.\nGeo H. Henrietter\nor\nSubscribed and sworn to before me this\n5th day of January\nOskar given Lindquist\nanno Domini 19 11\nH. J. LELANDE e. a THE COUNTY CLERK AND EX ORFICIO\nems.,\nIN Allo Olerk.\nBy\n(OVRIL)\nReputy on"
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