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    "ocrText": "75\nU.° S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nNO MOITITAT so MATTAM ame m\n1267\nORIGINAL\nNo.\nPlex\nSTATES\ncontension internet\nso A na an\nEOMAIDELIJA 70 HTAO\nhamas\nbirds\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nno\ntransport This o send to\nSuperior\nCourt of\nCalifornia\nTo the Honorable the\nat\nSan Diega County\nThe petition of\ngames Leiper Ballantyne\nhereby Bled, respect/ully showeth:\nFirst. My place of residence is\nis Ranch Foreman\nEl bajon\nSan Diego County\nCalifornia\n(Give num) street, elty or town/and Btate.)\nSecond. My occupation\nThird. I was born on the\n17th\nday of\nFebruary\nanno'Domint\n1. 886 at Leamahagow Lanarkshire, Scotland\nFourth. I emigrated to the United States from\nGlasgow Beotland on\nor about the\n2nd doy of November\nanno Domini 909 and arrived in the United States, at the port of Boston massachuset on the\n8th\nday of\nnovember\nanno Domini 909\non the vessel.\nnumidian\n(II the allen arrived otherwise than by vessel, the character of conveyance or name of transportation compeny should be given.)\nFifth I declared my intention to become a of the United States on the\n18th\nday of\nJune\nanno Domini 1917\nat.\nEl bentro Imperial lo. balif ,\nin\nthe\nSuperior\nCourt of\nSixth. I am not married. My wife's name is\nbaliforma\n/ she was born on the\nday of\nanno Domini 1\nIU OF\nat\nand now resides at\nRATION\n(Give number, street, elty or town, and State.)\nVER\nIhave\nno children, and the name, date and place of birth, and place of residence of each of said children is as follows:\nN.\nSeventh. I am not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of or affiliated 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\nCourt\nintention to become a eitizen of the United States and to repounce absolutely and forever all allegionee and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\nni\nparticularly to\nto reside permanently in the Enited\nGeorge States. V. King of Great Britain\nof whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\nyears,\nEighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nsonal\nNigth.\nI\nhave\nresided\ncontinuously in the United States of America for the term of five years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since the\nches,\n8th day of November\nanno Domini 909 and in the State of\nCalifornia\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\nthis petition, since the\n15th day of november 909\nanno Domini 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 citizenship to the\nCourt of\neside\nat\non the\nday of\nanno Domini 1\nand the\nsaid petition was denied by the said Court for the following reasons and couses, to wit\n, and the cause of such denial has since been cured or removed.)\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,\ny last\ntogether with my 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\nname\nStates of America.\ngames Leiper (Complete and Ballantyn true signature of petitionel\nDeclaration of Intention No. 415\nand\nCertificate\nof\nNo.\nfrom Department of Labor filed this 18th day of november 1919\nNote TO COERK or COURT.- 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.'\npetitioning for naturalization.)\nSerial No.\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES\nNOTE TO CLERK OF COURT.\nInsert the above serial number in the\nState of California\nduplicate petition at the point Indicated\nand immediately above the line of the Ow\nCounty of San Diego.\n88:\ntificate \"Declara of Intention and\ntificate of Arrival from the Department di\nBerial\nNo.\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\n^\nLabor, filed this\n,day\n19\ncontents thereof; that the said petition is signed with his full, true name; that the same is true of this own kenowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon Information\nted, on the date and in the\nand belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.\n-\nGeorge Sears\nand\nanbryyle Sears\noccupation Luistock Vanking residing Edbajon County California California\n70 games Leiper (Compléte and true signature Ballanhya of petitioner.)\n1918\noccupation\nFarmer residing at San Disgo country\neach beins severally, duly, ank respectively sworn, deposes and says that he is a eitizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nall\ngames the Leiper Ballantyne the day\nthe petitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nLine\nimmediatels preceding date of fling is petition, sinpe\nof January January\nof\nanno Domini q10 and in the State in which the above-\nentitled petition is made continuously since the let\nday\nanno Domini 1910 and that he has personal knowledge that\nTISSIONE OF.\nthe said petitioner is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and that the petitioner is in every way qualified,\nopinion, to beadmitted a eitizen of the United States.\n(Bignature.pf witneas.)\nAnbey (Bignature of witness.) Lean\nfubecribed and sworn to before me by the above-named petitioner and witnesses in the office of the Clerk of said Court this 17th\nday\nof November anno Domini 19. 19\nJ. B, McLees\nJover]\nBy Thos Dmehean Deputy Clerk. Olerle."
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