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    "ocrText": "78\nRepartment\nNATURALIZATION SERVIOE\nNo.\n1061\nVO aur 30 BATTAM 383 MI.\nSTATES of and su\nORIGINAL\n8300 AUMITVOO zo\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nUPLICATE\nsignity\nTo\nthe Honorable the Peder Christian Court of CAL IFORNIA,\nor IMLANR fon LOS ANOBLER\nFirst. The petition of 526 maple Laursen are (Give Lts number, street, Angle city or State.) Cas\nstoral\nhereby Aled, respect/ully showeth:\nMy place of residence is\nBaker\nFourth. Second. Third. I My was occupation born on the is 5 day of anno Doming 1 884 at anman Roum\nI emigrated to the United States from Denmark on OF about the 23 day of march\nanno anno Domini 1. 904 904 on the vessel United States new york\nDomini 1. and arrived in the United States, at the\non the\n4\nday of\napril\n(If the alien arrived otherwise than by the standacter of\nFifth.\nLos not Angeles you intention to becomé Cal citizon\nof\nthe\nZother\nconveyance\nUnited\nStates\nin the Superior\non\nthe\nof\nCourt of Lob Angeles County 9021\nmay\nansportation company should be given.)\nDomini\nat\nSixth. I am married. M\nShe -was-born\nin\nand now resides at IYMaci T8U00 80 Ragao\n(Give number, street, city or town, and State.)\nHhave\nchildren, and the-name, date and place of binthr and place of residence of each of eaid children ts as follows?\nR\nCourt\n13\nCOUNTY\nyears,\nmy personal\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\net\ninches,\nto\norganized\nBlue\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\nintention to Sreherier VIII King Af Denmark of whom at this time I am a\nto becoms a citizen of 'the United States and (to renounce absolytely andyforever all allegiance and Adelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, OF sovereignty, and\nparticularly\nsubject,\nand\nit\nis\nmy\nintention\nto reside permanently in the United States.\nEighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nBOMADEJJ\nHTAO\nMinth. I have resided in the United States of America for the term of five years at least, immediately precedive the date of this petition, to wit, since the\nanno\n4\nday\nof\napril\n========== anno Domini 1904 and in the State of\nline\nCalifornia\nCash\ncontinuously nozt preceding the date of this\npetition, since the 20\nday of\nmarch\nanno Domini gob being a residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date of this\nmarks\npetition.\nTenth. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any court. (1 moda potition for aitinonship to the\n; my last\nas\nthe\nday of\nanno. Domini\nand-the\nsaid potition was donied by the said Court for the following reasona and do-weit,\nand the cause of such denial has sines been ewred or removed.)\nto any foreign\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 Departmant of Commerca.\n111\ntogether with my affidavit and the afdidavits of the two verifying witnesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he\nmay\nbe\nadmitted\na\ncitizen\nof\nthe United States of America.\nlow a subject I\nciéison\nRedeu Christian Laurseve\n(Complete and true signature of petitioner.)\nin the\nto day\nDeclaration of Intention and Contifiente of handing Arom filed this\n4th /day of april\n1911\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES.\nist; I am not a\non in good faith\nBTATE OF CALTFORNIA\nCounty of LOS Angeles\nreside therein:\nThe aforesaid petitioner being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedinga; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows\nthe\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\nLaursen\ninformation and bellef, and that as to those matters he believes \" to be true.\n-\n20\"\narant)\nThendor w Paulsen Socupation machinest machinest Peder residing at 1163 (Complete Christian Soung and true siguature of petitioner.) ave. Too Laursen Angeles Cal\nand\nHears 2 Thurkeleen occupation\n503 n Ave 28\nof\nresiding at\na\n\"\ni 1907\n-aach\nbeing severally, duly, Peher Christian deposss and Laursin apge that he is a citizen of the United Americo: has personally known\nStates of that he\nimmediately preceding jund pelition, the 4 day april\nthe pegitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nthe date of his since\n(x OFFICIO CLERK\nND FOR T\n-\nentitled petition is made continuously aince the 4\nday of\napril\nanno Domini in the State in which the above-\nF\nanno Demind 906 and that he has personal knowledge that\nSaly Clerk.\nthe aald patitioner la a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and that the petitioner la in every way qualified, in his\nopinion, to be admitted a of the United States.\nW Panlsens\n(Bignatore of\nHans 5 Ther kelsen\n(Signature of witness.)\nSubscribed and sworn to before me by the above-named petitioner and this\n4\nday of\napril\nanno Domini 19 11\nBOUNTY OLERK AND HOFFIDIO OL OF\nH, J. LELANDE court THE GOUNTY\nOlark.\nBy\nDesuly"
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