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    "ocrText": "Repartment of and Eabar\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nTOY / Sermat MATTAR\naur 10 ande\nNo. 9.96\nORIGINAL\nSTATES 70 MUOMAROM3M ane TO\nA\nnot\neagea)\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nand\nof\nN\nTo the Honorable the\nSUPERION\nCourt of THE STATE OF - AND AMDELES COUNTY:\nThe petition of\nJohn n inolow Lofhaw\nhereby fled, respectfully showeth:\nFirst. My place of residence is\n127n Candy Utalian mahu Los angeles (Give number, atreet, Calif city town, and\nState.)\nSecond. My occupation is\nThird. 1 was born on the 24 day of\nmarch\nquno\nFourth.\nI emigrated to the United States from Germany ao on or about the 27\nDomini 1877 at Kypariesi Greece\nday of august\nanno Domini 1893 and arrived in the United States, at the port of\nanno Domini 1893 on the vessel\nDon't\nRemember Wew youth y\n,\non the 19\nday of October\n(If the allen arrived otherwise than by vessel, the character of conveyance or nage of transportation company should be given.)\nFifth. I declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States on the\n18\nday of\nSeptember\nanno Domini 1906\nat\nLos angeles Cal\nin the\nSixth. I am\nmarried. My wife's name is mary George alwakis Loffas\nSuperior\nCourt of Los Angeles County Cal\nShe was born\nin\nsykes Greece\nand noto resides at 127n Wale st (Give number, Los dreet, or angeles State.) Cal\ncity town,\nI have\n2 children, and the name, date and place of birth, and place of residence of each of said children is as follows:\nmicolas John L offer Born te 15th aug 1909athos angeles and now Resides after\nGeorge\n12th oct 1910\n\"\n\"\nL\nA. D.\nunty, before\nSeventh. 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 or opposed\nan alien,\nto organized government. I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attached to the principlea of the Constitution of the United States; and it is my\nintention to become a citizen of the United States and to genqupce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\nath declares\nparticularly to\nGeorget King of the greeks\nof whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\ni 9 years,\nto reside permanently in the United States.\nEighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nBOMAID3JJA\nMinth. I have resided continuously in the United States of America for the term of Alve years at least, immediately preceding the date of this petition. to wit, since the\nand\n19 day of October anno Domini 1893and in the State of California\ncontinuously next preceding the date of this\n27th\npetition, since the 22 day of July\nanno Domini 189d being a residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date of this\npetition.\nTenth. Lhave not made potition for altinonship de any sount (I made patition for citizanahin to the\nCourt of\nhis intention\nat\non the\nday of\nanno Domini 1\nand the\nrenounce all\nsaid petition was denied by the said Court for the following regsons and\nand the sausa of such denial has aince been oured - removed\nsignty what-\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States and the from the Department of Commeerce\nneed\ntogether with my affidavit and the afdidavits of the two verifying witnesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citizen of\nthe United States of America.\nw\nJonzatras\n(Complete and true signature of petitioner.)\nis\nDeclaration of Intention- and of danding from Department of Commerce and babor fled this\n8th day\n9 day of February 1911\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES.\nSTATE OF\nPORNIA\nS, Clerk of the\nCounty U/ Angoles\na and official\nThe aforesaid petitioner being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedings; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the\n1905\ncontents thereof; that the said petition is signed with his full, true name; that the same is true of his own knowledge except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon\ninformation and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.\nERK\nal Sherer\nblais out to Johnnecoas (Complete and Lafkas signature of\npetitioner.)\noccupation\natty\nat\nLaw\nis\nresiding\nat 986\nand\nall Tourtroup\noccupation\nDeputy.\neach\nsix Printer residing at 207 n Broadway\nbeing\nseverally,\nduly,\nand\nrespectively\nswornt,\ndeposes\nand\nthat\nhe\nis\nJohn nicholar Lofbar says\na citizon of the United States of America? that he \"has personally known\nthe petitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nmediately preceding the date of fling his petition, since the\n9th\nday of\nFubmary\n, anno Domini 906 and in the State in which the above-\nentitled petition la made continuously since the\n9th\nday of\nFebruary\nanno Domini 1906 and that he has personal knowledge that\nthe said petitioner la . person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and that the petitioner is in every 16 way qualified, in\nhis\nopinion, to be admitted . citizon of the United States.\nag (Bignature of witness.)\nthem\nattourney\n(Bignature of\ndubscribed and sworn to before me by the above-namad petitioner and this\nanno Domini 19 11.\n9th day of Fehmary\nBOURTY OLERK AND EX OLERK DE\nSUPERIOIT UNT COUNTY\nH. J NE INDE OP\nClerk.\nF Jadams\nDessity"
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