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    "ocrText": "SDEPARTMENT OF LAMOR\n209\nNATURALIZATION\n1901\nORIGINAL\nSTATEO\nto 387 30\n& of\nTRIPLICATE\n30MAID3JJA 30 HTAO\nst\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nNO I\nthear\nOC gholmoital\nthe\nHonorable the to Jon harming) with California\ntoult\nThe petition\nFirst. My place of residence is 4242 are\nof Abraham, Marbor bherokle Shap. uro (Give number San street, elly town, Duess and State.) Aeroby Aled,\nSan Diego County\nCalifornia\nor\nSecond. My ocqupation la\nThird. I was born on the 25 day of\nApril\nanno\n1. 885 at miss Russia\nlate hereof\nFourth. I emigrated to the States from\nOn\nor\nabout\nthe\n18\nday of\nanno\n909. and arrived in the United States, at the port of\nNovember\nDomini\n1900\non the\n19 of arro Number\nCourt\nday of\nanno Domini 909 on the veasel\n(If the alien arrived otheryglee thand by vessel, the character of or game of transportatio\ndeclared/m itertion to become a Alizen of the United\nred\n33 years,\nat\nSinth. book - County\nin the\nStates on Superior the day of fantary company should be given.) anno Domini 1. 919\n-\nCourt of\nallinois,\nbath that my personal\nPussia\nmarried. My with's name is\nit feet 4 Inches,\nat\nI\nhave\nchildron, and the name, date,\nand place and of birth, now reaides and place c at of residence NTMCA 4042 of each H of said (Give number) children on the street, la as stty follows: 21 or an town, day and of Stare.) march m Dug anno Catef\nFanny\nCherokee\nborn\nblue\ntwo\nmary\nmar.\nSysteen\nmar 2 1914\n15. 1907 Loridon Eganland San Guy lan\nP85:T now reside\nphicago, I'll\nSan Deta\n*\nLa\n; my last\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 disbellef in or opposed\nUND\nahould be given)\nmarried; the name\nto organized government 1 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\nintention\narea\nto becom the United States and Adelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\nparticularly\nto reside permanently\nto The in the Present United States. government to renounce absolutely and of forever Russia on éflegiance and\nof whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\nelity to any foreign\nEighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nNinth.\nI\nhave\n18000\n19 doy resided of November continuously in the United States antho of Domini America 909 for the term and in of the Ave State years of at least California immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since\nthe\nam now a subject;\n,\nin the\n15 day of march\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\nthis petition, since the\nanno Dommi 919 being a 'residence within info State of at least one year next preceding the date\n22 day\nof this petition.\narchist; I am not a\nTenth. I have not heretofore made petition for citizenship to any court. (I-meade petition for to-the\nention in good faith\non-tire\nday ef\nanno-Doment 1:\nand-the\nntly reside therein:\nsaid petition wee-donied by the soid Court for the following ressone and essees, de-sult\napiro\nand the strees cures or\ndeclarant)\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,\nice of the Clerk of\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 the United\nStates of America.\ntanno Domini 191\n9\nabraham Shoper\nDeclaration of Intention No. 98159 and Certificate of Arrival from Department of Labor Aled this 2ndow of December petitioner.)\nand true signaturo of\nCourt.\nNote TO CLERK or Count. If petitioner arrived in the United States of on 29, resding Fand of Arrival from Department of Labor.\"\nClerk.\n14-1170\nState of Californié\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES\nCounty nf Nan\nThe aforesaid petitioner being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedinge; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the\ncontents thereof: that the soid 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 information\nand bellef, and that as to those massers he believes \" to be true.\nloning for naturalization.\nabraham shaper\nGretz Leccupation occupation Storekeeper ao 23MAM residing residing at at 2906 (Complete and B.\nStreetsomething\npetitioner.)\n,\nand\na\neach beind atraham shapers June the petitioner of America; that he has personally known\nduly. and respectively sworn, and says-that he la . citison of the/United States\nImmediately preceding the date of Aling his petition, sincelthe\n1st dar\nabove mentioned, to have resided in the United States continuoualy\nn the date and in th\nentitled\ny admitted to\nof the said a person of good moral charaeter, attached to the sofples of the Constitution States, and that the pesitioner la in his\npetition petitioner la is made continuously since the 1 et day of furne anno Domini 919 every personal woy in which qualified, konowledge the in\nanno Domini - 919 and in the State above-\nand that he has that\ner Immigration\nopinions, tabe admitted a ofthe United\nsas will howevi\nto\n( PAID\n(Bignature\nunrecorded.\nof witnes.)\nLine Can. Pac.\nof witnem.)\nfor\ngubscribed and sword before me above named pettiloner and in offlee Clern 2nd\nof\nDecember anno Domint 19 24 the\nMelecy\nBu\nJohnson Clark, Deputy Clark,"
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