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| Title |
Petition of Naturalization |
| Short Title |
Petition of Naturalization |
| Author |
United States of America, Department of Commerce and Labor, Naturlization Service |
| MEDI |
U.S. Government Document |
| _ITALIC |
Y |
| _PAREN |
Y |
| Source ID |
S512 |
| Linked to (1) |
Gustav Richard Hoyer |
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| Notes |
- From http://www.genealogybranches.com/naturalization.html
Naturalization Petitions
Following the Declaration of Intention and meeting the residency requirements an applicant then filed this petition for formal application for US citizenship.
There was a 5 year residency requirement (in the US) to become naturalized (raised to 14 years in 1798, lowered back to 5 in 1802).
Generally minor children (not born in the US) could derive citizenship from their father when their father naturalized.
From 1855 to 1922 alien women became citizens automatically if they married an American citizen. Women could derive citizenship from their spouses until 1922 when the law was changed...
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