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    "ocrText": "OF LAMOR\n37\nNo. 480\nNO MOTTITAS THT 20 aur\nORIGINAL\nSTATES 3OMAIDSJJA TO HTAO 10\nA - de\nthen of wish bin 3th\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nof bas\nSum da 1\nTo the Honorable\nFirst. My\nplace the of of residence Hyery is Superior Court of Santee hours\nSan\nThe petition\nshoweth:\nstreet, city or town, and State.)\nSecond. My occupation is\nFourth. Third. I I was emigrated born on to the the United States day of from October Sylt, Frisalay anno Domini Islands 1. 882 at on Sylt or about the Wasterbaliad - N,\n6h\nanno Domini 1. and arrived in the United at the\n904 States, port of San Ddags am gropos of California on the\n-\nday of June\nanno Domini 1904 on the vessel\nunknown\nare\naddress\nday of July\nFifth. I declared my intention to become a eitizen of the United States on the 19th day of\n(ii the allen arrived otherwise than by vessef the character of con ance or name of transgortation should be given.)\nat\nSixth. San I am Diego, a widower California My wife's name . was in the Freda Superior Coler Christensen Court of California\nanno Domini 1905\nHongg Suitzerland\nShe was born\nin\n/\nand is now deceased\nI have\none\n(Glve number, street, city or town, and State.)\nand the name, date and place of birth, and place of residence 7 Af said child% is as follows:\nmartin San Diego 18 orplians april 1908 Home, San San Diego, Diegp, Cal. Cal. residing at the\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\nto organized government. 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\nparticularly to cleristian X, King of Denmark\nintention to become a gitizen of the United States and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\nto reside permanently in the United States.\nof whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\nEighth. I am able to speale the English language.\nTRUOO\nNinth. - I have resided continuously in the United States of America for a term of five years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\nthe\nday of July\nanno Domini 904 and in the State of\nthis petition, since the\nof this petition.\nddy of July anno Domini 904 being a residence within this State of at continuously least one year next next preceding preceding the the date date of\nTenth. I have not heretofore made petition for eitizenship to any court. (I made petition for citizenship to the\nCourt of\nat\non the\nday of\nanno Domini 1\nsaid patition was denied, by the said Court for the following reasons and causes; to wit,\nand the\nis\nand the cause of such denial has since been cured or removed.)\nmy affidavit and the affidavits of the two verifying witnesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citizen of the United States Naber, of together America.\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition - my declaration of intention to Decome a citizen of the United States Adthracticate Deam the Department with\nHyery (nky u this (Completo frud signature of betitioner.)\nDeclaration of Norm Intention TO CLERK or COURT. It petitioner arrived in the United States ON OR BEFORK JUNK 29, 1906, strike outhe filed words this reading 17th. and Certificate day of of Arrival November No. 1914\nfrom Department of Labor.'\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES.\nState of\nUnivers of Son Diage,\nss:\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\ninformation contents thereof: that the said petition is signed with his full true name; that the same is true of his own knowledge, axcept as to matters therein stated to be alleged\nand belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true. 03TUTIT8808\nupon\nand\nm. Bostroff\nmark (Complete Christensen signature petitioner.).\nand true of\nDelia a Reeves\noccupation\nrancher\noccupation\nrancher\nresiding at\nSantee, Cal.\neach\nbeing severally, duly, and respectively swogn, deposes and says that he is a eitizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nresiding at\nSantee, Cal.\nAyery Clinistensen\nimmediately preceding the date of filing his petition, since the In\nday Kornesber\nthe petitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nIn\nof\nentitled petition is made continuously since the\nday of nomber\n. anno Domini 909. and in the State in which the above-\nopinion, to be admitted a of the Unided Sfates.\nthe said petitioner is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the with United anno States, Domini and that 1 909. the pétitioner and that is he - has personal knowledge that\navery\nway\nAle\nmN Bothnugh\nDelia a Redus\nSubscribed anno and Dominis aworn 1914 to before me by the petitioner and this 17th dayot Nounten\nJ. T. Butler\nOlarh"
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