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    "ocrText": "132\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nTRIPLICATE\nNo. 1574\nyou MOTFITS TO\nSTATES\nOF\nyours to A am\nor\n-70 HTAO\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nroda\niltoo\niNb of hase TO\nadditionals)\nreof\nSuperior\nI and)\nTo the Honorable the\nCalifornia\nSan Diego\nto\nThe petition\nlieg\nSecond. My occupation is Laborer\nplace of of resider alfred 3/68 Boston are, (Give number, San street, or Duess and\nNorman\nCourt of\nCourt\nhereby Aled, respect/ully showeth:\nnia\nFirst. My\nCalifornia\nefty town,\n44\nyears,\nThird. I was born on the 16 day of December\nanno Domini 875 - Nr Masa Finland\nhat my personal\nFourth. I emigrated to the United States from sault Ste marie, Banada or about the 22\nfeet 9. inches,\nanno\ngray\nanno\nDomini Domini 1. 1. ays $93 on and the vessel Lithe R.R. Unitad Ferry the (If port theralien of Sault arrived otherwise than Ste marie character of conye mich the 22 day of June\nday of June\nar on left\nFIRED , declared my intention to become a eitizen of the United States on the\n15th\nday\nof\nat\nSan Dugo -\nFebry\name of transportation company should be given.)\nanno Domini 920\nin the\nSuperin\nCourt\nof California\nfintand\nMarried. My wife's name is\nmany\nshe was born on the\n18\n...; 1 now reside\ndoy of\nAugust\ngueno\nDgmini\n875\nat\nand\nnow\nresidus\nat\nIhave four wound thildren, and the name, date and place of birth, and place of residence of each of said children is as follows:\n3168 Boston (Give number are street, city of San town, and State.) Days, California\nMarie, Canad\n; my last\nEdium J.\n9 Oct 1902\nafter m.\n21 Sep 1906\nmichigan\nSpm Diego. bal.\nild be given)\nnarried; the name\nJhaskington\nastrid\nTekla 9\n13 time 1908\nHashington\nsim Ducho byl\nSan D Sego bal\n21 may\n1911\nWashington\nSan Diego\nGal\nty to any foreig\ny Independer\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\nam now a subjed\nintention to become Ocitizery os the, United,Stgtes and to and forever all allegiance and Adelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\n, in th\nparticularly reside to The in the Republic Untigu of Finland\nof whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\n22ND\nda\nto permanently States.\nKighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nTAVOO\nTO\nRBGRO\narchist; I am not\nition in good fait\nVinth.\ni-2\nI have reside 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 the\ntly reside therein\nday of\nthis petition, since the\ngime\nanno Domini 1 893 and in the State of\nCalifornia\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\n-\naman\nday of\nmay\nanno Domini 912 being a residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date\nof declarant)\nof this petition.\nice of the Clerk\nTenth. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any court. pettition 707\nanno Domini ksk\n-\nand the\n1\nsald\npotition\ndenéed\nthe\nes\noured or )\nor\nCou\nAttached hereto and made a part of this petition are my declaration of intention to become a ettizen of the United States Frome tite of\nDeputy\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\nCla\nStates of America.\n1+-1170\nalfred norman\n(Complete and true signature of petitioner.\nDeclaration of Intention No. 2537\nNote TO CLERK or COURT. Il petitioner arrived in the United States ON OR BEFORE JUNE 29, 1906, strike out the words reading \"and Certificate of Arrival No\nfiled this 17th of February 1922\nfrom Department of Labor.\"\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES\nState of California\nCounty of San Diego:\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\ncontents thereof': that the said petition is signed with his full, true name; that the same is true of his own kenowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information\nand belief, and that as to those matters he believes # to be true.\nb Mchodyayd\nbhas 6. Stafer\noccupation accountant\n03TUTIT88U2 70 alfred (Complete (horman and true signature of petitioner.)\nresiding at\nCaliforniu\nand\noccupation Lumberman\nresiding\nat san Bego\nCalforni\neach being severally, duly, and respectively deposes and says that he is a eitizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nimmediately preceding the date of Aling his petition, since the\nalfred Norman let\nof\nentitled petition is made continuously aince the 1st\nday of\nJundary\nJanuary\nthe petitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuously\nanno Domini 913 and in the State in which the above-\nanno Domini 912 and that he has personal knowledge that\nthe said es potitioner is'a person State or good moral character to attached to the Anciples of the Cometitution, of the United States, and that the petitioner is in svery way quallied, la No,\nopinion, to be admitted a eitizen of the United States.\nI.H.Noodward\n(Bignature of witness.\nof witness.)\nSubscribed aworn to me by the above-named petitioner and witnesses in the office of the Clork of sald Court this\nand pefore 17th day\nof\nFlurnary\nanno Domint 1922\nJ. B. McLees\nClark\n[oven.]\nBy\nas Johnson\nDapuig"
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