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    "ocrText": "LABOR\n66\nSTATES of HEAO a\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nhap\n7\ngrow\nalmost to\nTo the Honorable the\nDavid Stenart, Ballantine California\nsuch\nSun Diego County\nThe petition of\nhereby filed, respectfully showathr\nFirst. My place of residence is\n675 G avenue Coronaoo,\nstreet, city or town, and Blate.)\nCalifornia\npath:\nSecond. My occupation is.\naccountant\nThird. I was born on the 27nd day of January anno Domini 1 881 at Esinburgly Scotland\nFourth. I to from\nanno Domini 1 907 and arrived in the United States, at the port of new York\nemigrated the United States Southampton on or about the 25th day of September\non the 3rd\nday of\nOctober\nanno Domini 1907 on the vessel \"adriatie\"\n(iftbe alien Arrived otherwise than 6th character of conveyança pante of transportation cumpany should be given.)\nFifth I declared my intention to become a eitizen of the United States on the\nday of\nMay\nanno Domini 1913\nat\nSan Deeqo, California in the\nSuperior\nCourt of\nDiego Country\n11\nSixth. I am\n-\nmarried. My wife's name\nis charlotte Mary (Dinon Ballantine\nShe was born\nin\nRyde The of Wight\n\" and now resides at 675 G avey number, Coronaoo, street, city town, and State.) calif Jorn\nor\nI have four\nchildren, and the name, date and place of birth, and place of residence of each of said children is as follows:\nmany Glen\n2\nJuly 1908 Loo augel cal. Cornado cal\nmangaret Stenant\n30\nSept\n1910 San Deeas cal\n4/\n\"\nglen Donglas\n15\nJuly\n1913\nCoronado\ncal\n\"\n11\nBetty Dexon\n- may 1915 Coronado Cal.\n\"\n\"\nS,\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\nlosed\nto\norganized 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\nmy\nintention to become eitizen of the United States and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\nparticularly to George V., Kings of Great Britain and Ireland of whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\nand\ntion\nnaturalization.)\nto reside permanently in the United States.\n1466297\nEighth. I am able to speale the English language.\nLERK OF COURT.\nWinth I have resided continuously in the United States of America for the term of five years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\nive merial number in the\nthe point indicated\n3rd October\nthe line of the\nthe\nday of\nanno Domini 907 and in the State of\nCalifornia\nince\n*\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\nof Intention\n- October\nof\nfrom the Department of\nthis petition, since the day of\nanno Domini 907 being a residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date\nLate\nday\n19.\nof this petition.\nlate and in the\nTenth. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any court. (I made perition for eitizenship to the\nCourt of\nfof\non) the\nday\nof\nanno Domini\n1\nand the\nthe\nsaid platition was denied by the saja Court for the folloyoing reasons and causes no wit,\nand the caluse of suc] denial has since been cured or removed.)\ned.)\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States and the certificate from the Department of Labor, together with\npith\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 of America.\nw.S.\nDavid Steuart Ballantme\n(Complate and true algnature of petitioner.)\nsioner.\nDeclaration of Intention and Certificate of Arrival No. 1466297 from Department of Labor Ned this 3rd day of\nNors TO CLERK or Courr.-If petitioner arrived in the United States ON oa BEFORE JUNN 29, 1906, strike out the words reading 'and Certificate of Arrival No.\nFebruary\n1916\nfrom\nDepartment\nof\nLabor.\"\nith\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES.\nin:\nState of California\nCounty of San Diego\n8$:\nug\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 Jnows the\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\npon\ninformation and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.\nDavid Slevard Pallanture\n(Complete and true alguature of petitioner.)\nEKEale\noccupation bookkeeper\nresiding at 1109 F Ave. Coronato Cal\nand\nW.R. Gunnis\noccupation\nretired\nresiding at 3939 1sts San Diago, Cal\neach being severally, duly, and respectively sworn, deposes and says that he is a citizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nDavid Stenart Ballantine the petitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nimmediately preceding the date of filing his petition, aince the\n1st\nlot\nday of Jandary\ninjurious\nday of\nanno Domini 1911 and in the State in which the above\nentitled petition is made continuously sinca the\nanno\nDomini 1911 and that he has personal knowledge that\nthis\nthe said is a person of good moral character, attached to théprinciples of the Constitution of this United States, and that the pesitioner is in query way dos\nAle\nopinion, to be admitted a of the United States.\nEn Leave\nWRImmer\n(Bignature of Witness,)\nSubscribed and to-before me by the above-named peditioner and in the offlee of the Olerk of Court this 371\nday\nanso Donstad 19. is\nJJT. Butler\nOlerk,\nDeputy"
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