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    "ocrText": "Form 2213\nPRELIMINARY FORM FOR DECLARATION OF INTENTION TO BECOME A CITIZEN\n5163\nU. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nNOT TO BE FILLED IN BY ALIEN\nFOR USE OF OFFICIALS SEARCHING IMMI-\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nGRATION RECORDS\nCLERK OF COURT:\nRECORDS EXAMINED\nPlace number\nin\nCARD INDEX\nupper left-hand corner of all copies of\ndeclaration, immediately under your\nINDEX BOOKS\ndeclaration number.\nDISTRICT DIRECTOR OF NATURALIZATION\nMANIFESTS\nVeronika\nI desire to file my Declaration of Intention (first paper) to become a citizen.\nMy name is\nMr. Mrs. ToriA N. RuszerAs\n; age,\n45\nyears.\nMiss\n(Alien should print or typewrite here true, original, and correct name)\n(Give age last birthday)\nMy\npresent occupation is\nMy personal description is: Color, white ; complexion, light\n; height, 5\nfeet 21/2 -inches;\nweight, 163 pounds; color of hair, browngray ; color of eyes, flue gray\nother visible distinctive marks:\nnone\nI was born in Wala (City town) austria, now (Country) Poland\nSydakorska\nor\non the 2nd\nday of\nLet\n1882 viswold,\nMy present residence is States (Number and are street) (City or town) City,\" (County) Cour\ngeneral\n(State)\nThe where I took the ship or train which landed me in the United States was Bremier\nplace\non Sept (Month)\n-\n1895\n(Day)\n(Year)\nThe name of the ship or railroad on which I came\nwas Das not knm\nMy was\nlast place of foreign residence sand Wala (City town) Azdakougkag (Country)\nor\nof\nwife\nI am\nhusband\n}\n, and now resides at Court\nis Joseph Ratageta\nShe\nmarried. The name of my\n}\nwas born at\nHe\nLithuania\nI am now a subject of and intend to renounce allegiance to\n(Write name and title of sovereign and country of which now a subject;\nPoland\nor, if citizen of a republic, write name of republic only)\nI arrived at the United States immigration port of new York (City or\ntown)\nn.y. State or territory)\non\nOctober\n, 1895\n,\n14-8\n(Give exact month, day, and year)\n(OVER)"
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