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    "ocrText": "983\nSTATES Department uf Commerce and OF Tabor\nBUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION\nDIVISION OF NATURALIZATION\nUMITMOO 90 MUGMAROM3M\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nSUPERIOR THE STATE OF CALIFORMA IN AND FOR Los ANGELES COUNTY,\nP\nIn the\nmatter of the petition of Jacob Riis Petersen Court of\nto be admitted a citizen of the United States of America.\nTo the\nSOPERIOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN AND FOR Los ANGELES COUNTY.\nThe\nSecond: First. My My futh Place hame of nesidence is is number 370 San antonio are street, town eity of Vernon Los Angeles\npetition of this Ruis Petersen Caurt Jetergen of respectfully shows:\nState\nDistrict Third. My occupatión is\nof California\nFourth.\nI\nwas\nborn\non\nthe\nHarming\n14\nday\nof\ngeino\nDomini\n1876 at Weggerster Denmark\nFifth. I emigrated to the United States from\nanno Domini 904 and arrived at the port of\nat\nSixth, Los Tdeclared Angeles my intention to become a bal fitizen of the United in States the the puperior 91 day of July CourVof Los Angelis anpeq County 19 cal 105\nBebying Denmark mass \" in the United on States, or about the on the vessel* 17 Cretic dayet of may white Startine\non\nDomini\nthe eroskobing Reventh. namé, date 1 and play of Married. birtly, and Ny place wife's of name residence is of and ench now of said resides children at Peterson minion is as angeles Henry Cal Ries Petersen have one She Born was born\nDinmard orgine\nin\nand\n30th august 1910 at Vernon Cal\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\nbecomed eitizep of the United States and to renounce absolytely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to\nFrederick in the United States. VIII King of Denmark\nof which at this time I am a citigen, and it is my intention to reside\n, A. D.\npermanently\nsubject,\nNinth. I am able to speak the English lahguage.\nTenth.\nhave resided continuously in the United States of America for a term of five years at legst immédigtely preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\nthereof\nthe\n25\nday of\nmay\nanno Domini 1 904 in the Territory State\nof\n28\nCalifornia\nfor one year at least next\npreceding the date of this petition, to wit, since the\nday of\nSeptember\nanno Domini 1904\nself for\nEleventh. I have not heretofore made petition for eitizenship to any court. (F made petition for ettizenship to the\nCourt of\nat\non the\nday of\nanno Domini 1\nand the\nsaid petition was deniea by the said Court for the fottowing reasons and eauses, to wit,\nand the cause of such denial has since been cured or removed.)\nance to\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become a gitizen of the United States and the certificate from the Department of Commerce\nand Labar required by law.\" Wherefore your netitioner prays that he may be admitted a eitizen of the United States of America.\nthence,\nDated February 1911\nJacob Riis (Signature of petitioner.) - Peterson\nST.ATF`. OF C.\nof Los Angeles\n88:\n00,\nand to\nJacob Ruis Petersen\nbeing duly sworn, deposes and says that Ae is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceeding; that he has read\nthe poregoing petition and knows the contents thereof; that 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.\ner and\nSubscribed and sworn to before me this\n1st\nday of\nFebruary\n11\nH. J. LELANDE THE SUPERIOR DOUNTÉ COURT AND IN AND EX-OFFICIO FOR THE OP\nanno\nBy\nGobannin\nOF LOS ANGELER: TJF\nClerk.\n*If the alien arrived otherwise than by visibel, the character of conveyance or name of transportation company should be given.\nDeclaration of Intention and-Certifécade of Landing from Department of Commerce and Labor filed this\n1st\nday of\nH. J. LELANDE\nCOUNTY February 1911\nTHE\nOLERK\nOFFICIO\nCLERK\nme\nOMITTIMO/\nday\nBy\nJJosineu OF Los SUPERIOR Deputy FOR THE op\n*.\nClerk,\nAFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES\nmatter of the petition of Jacob Ruis SUPERIOS Petersen Court of THE STATE GALIEORNJA. to water of adl United COUNTY, States of\nOF IN AND FOR Los ANGELES\nIn the\nof\nofficial\nto be admitted a citizen the America.\nSTATE OF CALIFORNIAL\nwill to\n905\nCont 11 of Los Angeles\nand\nJu Clemons\nEmil Spretberger occupation Farmer residing moldari at RFD no 2 Boy370 to angeles Cal\noccupation\n7\nresiding as\nRFD no 13\nDeputy.\nuch Jacob Ku Asing Jetersen respectively sworn, deposes and says that he is a citizen of the United States of America; that he has peraonally known\nthe petitioner above State mentioned, to be of the United States for a period of at least\nthe date of fling his petition, and of the in which the above-entitled application is made for . period of\nyears continuously immediately\nhe the date United of States, fling his and petition; and that he has personal knowledge that the said petitioner is a person of good moral characton, attached to the principles of the Constitution\nyears immediately preceding\nthat he is in apery way qualified, in his opinion, to be idmitted a cifizen of the United States.\nof\nIW\nfamil Brillanger\nannu\n-\nSubscribed and SWOPN to before ma this\n/\nday of\n//\nH. J. LELANDEE on THE LOS BUPERIOR COURT AND IN AND EX FOR THE OLERK or\nBy\nOF Depenty\nClork"
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