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    "ocrText": "4 /\nSTATES OF\nto ORIGINAL\nDepartment of Commerce and Tabor\nBUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nSuperior - Court of\nIn the\nmatter of the petition of/\nto be admitted a citizen of the United States of America.\nTo\nthe First. The petition My full of Court of Country shows:\nname is\nSecond.\nplace\nof\nis\nnumber\n519\nHamson\nState of\nThird. My California occupation is\nare of Sandigo\nFourth.\nI\nwas\nborn\non\nthe\n3d\nday of\nJanuary\nanno\nDomini 879 at maniewarder Hermany\nFifth.\nI\nemigrated\nto\nthe\nUnited\nStates\nfrom\non or about the\n11.00\nanno\nDomini (sith. 1902 deglered my and intention arrived at becompe gitize of the_United 364 in day the United of spul States on the vessel ranno Domini 19\nI to a States\nat Seventh. I am married. in the superior Court of California\n777\nhomn\n-d\n+ have uv children,\nof\nKighth. I am not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of or affiliat 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\nbecomeag citizen of to any prince, or particularly :o\npermanently\nWilliam in the the United United II States. Emperorof and torenounce Germany forever all allegiance and N MAlity of which foreign at this time potentate, I am a state, subject, sovereignty, and it is my and intention\nto reside\nNinth. I am able to speak the English language.\nTenth. _have resimed an the United States of America for a term of Ive years at Peast immetiately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\npreeeding the 28th the date day of of this September petition, to wit, since the . anno Don 903 of and State of California anno Domini 1902\nfor one year at least next\nEleventh. I have not heretofore made petition for lizenship to any four\n29th\nfor\nof\n-\n-\ndayat\nanno\n-\nsaid petition was denied by the said Court for the following and cansis, to wit,\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition - of intention to become a eitizen of the\nUnited\nStates\nand\nrequired by law. Wherefore you sys homay be admitted a citizen of the United States of America\nDated 19\nWaldemar Schweder\nState\n(Signature of petitioner.)\nss:\nbeing duly s:vorn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceeding; that he has read\nthe foregoing 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 A to b/Name.\nto before me this\n10th\nday\nof\n[SEAT.] Subsogibed sworn *If the\nJune\nanno\n08\nN.H.Francis\nClerk,\nallen arrived otherwise than by vessel, the character of conveyance or name of transportation company should be given.\nDeclaration,\nof\nIntertion\nLaber\nfiled\nthis\n10th day of June & 1908\nWith rancis Clerk,\n,\nRy\nAFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES,\nthe matter of the netition, of. Superjor Court of santugo to be admitted Cerulty, a citizen Cale of the United States of\nIn\nAmerica.\nStably California\nCrountify Cabm Samange }\nss:\noccupation\nRetered\nresiding at Sandied Cals\nand sings Average, and Furling respectively swory\noccupation\nRetired\nresiding at Sandlergy Ocal\neaphybeing Leposes und says that he is a citizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nHaldenar\nSchnolder\nthe petitioner above mentioned, immediately preceding the\ndate\nof\nfiling\nhis\npetition,\nand\nof the in which the above-entitled application is made for a period of\nState\ndate of fling his petition; and that he has personal knowledge that the said petitioner is a person of good moral chargétér, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the\nfive\nyears immediately preceding\nthe\nUnited States, and that he is in every way qualified, in his opinion, to be admitted a eitimen of the United States.\nI a bohr,\nSubscribed and sworn to defore -\nthis 100 day of June gener anno y Famlong\nPaid\nHearing Qof 8/08"
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