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    "ocrText": "Form 2908\nTRIPLICATE\nU. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nthe\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nNo.\n3314\nSTATES OF\nDECLARATION OF INTENTION\nET Invalid for all purposes seven years after the date hereof\nState of California,\nIn the\nSuperior\nCourt\nCounty of San Diego.\nss:\nState of California,\nof\nCounty of San Die.go.\ng,\nJoseph Alexander Gordon\naged\n27\nyears,\nMachinist\noccupation\ndo declare on oath that my personal\nwhite\nfair\n5\nIl\ndescription is: Color\ncomplexion\nheight feet inches,\nweight\n192\npounds, color of hair light\n,\ncolor of eyes\ngrey\nother visible distinctive marks\nnone\nI was born in\nCanso, Canada\n6th\nMay\n896\non the\nday of\nanno Domini I\n;\nI now reside\n2536 University Avenue, San Die go, Cal ifornia\nat\n(Give number, street, city or town State)\nI emigrated to the United States of America from\nWindsor, Ont. Canada\non the vesser\nGrand Trunk Ry\n; my last\n(If\nthe allen arrived Montreal than bx veasel, Canada\ncharagter of conveyance or name of transportation company should be given)\n---\nforeign residence was\n: I am\nmarried; the name\nof my wife is\nGladys\nMon tana\ntog\n: she was born at\n2536 University Ave. San Die go, Cal i fo mia\nand now resides at\nIt is my bona fide intention to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign\nprince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to George V.\nKing of Great Britain and Ireland\nof whom I am now a subject;\nDetroit\nI arrived at the port of\n, in the\nState of\nMichigan\non or about the\n14th\nday\nof\nApril\nanno Domini I 921 : I am not an anarchist; I am not a\n,\npolygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith\nto become a citizen of the United States of America and to permanently reside therein:\nSo HELP ME GOD.\nJoseph (Original alexander adgnature of declarant) Gardon\nSubscribed and sworn to before me in the office of the Clerk of\n30\nsaid Court this\nday of.\nJune anno Domini 19 23\n[SEAL]\nJ. B. McLees\nSuperior\nClerk of the\nCourt\nBy B & Johnson\nDeputy Clerk."
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