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    "ocrText": "U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nSERVICE\n488\nso TO aut -\nRo.\nSTATES\nis hundred ORIGINAL poor\nare NO nasmo .\nTO HTAO\nvisislity\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nsm\nof transmitted TO somita\nissigners\nto\nTo the Honorable the\nThe petition of\nPersony Superior : Samuel Court OBA nisina to grix Waters bno Program Calformée - 1 Sun hereby filed, respectfully\nFirst. My place of residence is\ncleula Vista California showeth:\nbookkeeper\n(Give number, street, city or town, aud State.)\nSecond. My occupation is\nbitn\nagainat\nThird. I was born on the 31st day of October\nFourth. I emigrated to the United States from Liverpool, England\nanno Domini 1 888 at Coydon, Surrey, England\non or ábout the\n26th day of September\nanno Domini 1909 and arrived in the United States, at the port of New York\non\nthe\n3rd\n02\nanno Domini 1909 on the vessel \" Baltic\nday of Cather\n(If the allen arrived otherwise than by vesse) Character of convayance or name of transportation company should be given.)\nFifth. I declared my intention to become a eitizen of the United States on the\n14th\nday of\nSeptember\nSan Diego, California\nanno Domini 1912\nat\nin the\nSuperior\nMand Ethel Hollows Waters\nCourt of San Diegp Country\nSixth. I am\nmarried. My wife's name is\nShe was born\nin\nLowell, wass. and now resides at Cleuda Vista (dive California number,\nsfreet, city or town, and State.)\nI have no children, and The and place residence exchanged\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\norganized\ngovernment.\nI\nam not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attached to the pringiples of the Constitution of the United States, and it is my\nintention\nparticularly to become to George Veitizen of V, the United King States officer and renounce Britain and forever and all allegiance below and fidelity of to whom any foreign at this prince, time I am potentate, a subject, state, and or it sovereignty, is my intention\nand\nto reside permanently in the United States.\nEighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nRACAO\nthe\nNinth, 3rd 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\nday of\nOctober\nthis petition, since the 10th day of October\nanno Domini 909 and in the State of\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\n\" anno Domini 1909 being a residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date\nof this petition.\nTenth. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any court. (I made petition for extizenship to the\nCourt\non the\nday of\nanno\nDomini 1\nand\nsaid petition was denied by the said Court for the following reasons and causes, to wit,\nand the caluse of such denial has since been cured or(armoved.)\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to Decome a citizen of the United States and the certificate from the Department of Labor, together\nmy\nwith\namdavit and the afddavits of the two verifying withesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citizen of the United States of America.\nDeclaration of Intention and Certificate\nof Arrival No. 1268602 from Department of Labor filed this 14th day of December 1914\nPury Complete Samuel and signature petitioner.) Waters.\ntrue of\nNote TO CLERK or COURT.-If petitioner arrived in the United States ON OR BEFORE JUNE 29, 1906, strike out the words reading 'and Certificate of Arrival No.\nfrom Department of Labor.\"\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES.\nState of California\nof\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\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\ninformation and belief, and that as to those matters he believes il to be true. OSTUTITABUE AO 83MAW Percy (Copg Samuel Waters alleged upon\nR.C. allen\nand true siguature of petitioner.)\nElla B. allen\noccupation\nlearn grower\nand\nresiding at\nBouita California\nters.\neach being severally, duly and respectively Damuel deposes and occupation says tha homekesper he is a eitizen of the United States of America; residing that at he has Bouita, personally known Cliforia\nlerey\nWaters\nimmediately preceding the date of filing his patition, since the 1st of December the petitigner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nentitled petition is made continuously since the\n1st\nAL\nday of\nDecemberas\nanno Domini 909 and in the State in which the above-\nanno\nthe said petitioner la a person of good moral character, to attached Mpli to the principles of the am United States, and that the pélitioner u the every way\nDomini 1 909; and that he has personal knowledge that\nopinion, to be admitted a eitizen of the United States.\nRealler\n(Signature of Witnes.)\nEller B alleen\nSubscribed and sworn before me by the above-named\nanno Dominit 19 14\npétitioner and witnesses this 14th day of December - purest)\nbisabanis\nJ. T. Butler\nBy\nDeputy Clerk, Olark."
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