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    "ocrText": "U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\n48\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nNo. 1490\n40 zer so .ORIGINAL\nSTATES OF\n14\nHTAO,\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nTo the Honorable the\nSuperior,\nCalifornia\nThe petition\nof Johan alfred Bengtsson\nCourt of\nat\nSan Diego Countay\nSecond. First. My My place occupation of Yesidence is is Fisherman 1619 Holumbra Street (Give number, street, San city Drego State.)\nhereby Aled, respectfully showeth:\nurt\nor town, and\nCalifornia\nThird. I was born on the 20\nday of\nFourth. I emigrated to the United States from Leverpool England on or about the 8th doy of October\nJune\nanno Domini\n1. 886 at Carberg, Sweden\nars,\nanno Domini and arrived in the United States, at the\nnal\nanno\nDomini 912 912 on the vessel Carona port of New your\non the 13th day of October\nfifthor declared my intention to become a citizen of the (If United the alien States arrived on otherwise the thap by 9th vessel, the character of convest company should be given.)\nles,\nSan Deego\nday of\nat\nanno Domini 915\n, in\nSinth.\nI am not married. is\nthe Superior\nCourt of\nbalifornia\n,\ndey of\nat\n\"anno Domini-to\nand-nov-resideo at\nIhave no\nchildren, and the-namer date ared place and ptace of of us 7ottows:\n(Give number, street, city or town, and State.)\nside\nlast\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\nintention to\nto organized government. Iam 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 permanently to United States. V Bing of sweden\nbegome Fustovers a citizen of the United States and to renounce gbsoluyely and forever all allegiance and Adelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\neign\nto reside in the\nof whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\nEighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nWinth.\nI\nhave\nect;\n13 day of resided October continuously in the United anno, States Domini of America 912 for and the in term the State of five of years at least California immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since the\nthe\nthis petition, since the 12th day of\nJuly\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\nanno Domini 913 being a residence within this State of at least one year nert preceding the date\nof this petition.\nday\nTenth. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any court.\nthe\not a\nCourtof\natt\non-the\ndoy-of\nfaith\npatition. was denied by the said Court for the following regsons. and causes, to wit\nand-tive\nein:\nof owch donial has been cured or \"removed.)\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become a eitizon of the United States and the certificate from the Department of\nStates together with my affidavit and the affidagits of the two verifying witnesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citizen of the United Lobor,\nIam\nohm of 4merica. and that his name be changed\nBenson\nJohan alfred (Complei and trued signature Burgrass of petitionel\nDeclaration of Intention NOTE TO CLERK No. or COURT.-) 1416 petitioner and arrived Certificate in the United of States Arrival ON No. OR BEFORE No Serial JUNE 29, 1906, strike from out the Department words of Labor fled this 5th day of July 1921\nreading \"and Certificate of Arrival No.\nfrom Department of Labor.\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES\nState of Colifornia\nCountry of lliego,\n}\n88 :\ncourt\nThe aforesaid petitioner being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedings; that he has read the fregoing petition and knows the\nClerk.\ncontents thereof: that the said petition is signed with his full, true name; that the same is true of this own knowledge, except as to matters tharein stated to be alleges upon information\nand belief', and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.\nand P.E.m. bharles B Caffrell Briggs\nand signature of\noccupation Superintendeyt\nJohn (Complete alfred true petitioner.) Bengthear\nSan Dregs\nChlifornia\noccupation Ship Chandler\nresiding at\nresiding\nat BanDugo\nCalifornia\neach being severatty, only. and respectively (wworn, deposes and says that he is citizen America; that he has personally known\nimmediately\nJohan preceding the date alfred of Aling his petition, Bengtsson since the list day a of of the January United the States petitioner of\nabove mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nin the\nentitled petition is made continuously since the\n1st\nof\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 quallifed, hia\nJanuary\nanno Domini 915 and in the State in which the above-\nday\nanno Domini 1 915 and that he has personal knowledge that\nopinion, to be admitted a of the United States.\nu OF\nCATIO\nVED\nP.E in (Bignalore witnes.)\nchast Brigge\n(Signature of witneg.\n192\nSubscribed and Defore me by the above-named petitioner and witnesses in the office of the Clerk of said Court this 5th day\nCappy\nof July\nanno Domini 191: 1921\nJ. B, McLees\n[ovix.]\nBy\nB. 5 Johnson\nClerk.\nDeputy"
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