How interesting Annie! I know that Australian women who married American servicemen during WW11, and went to USA to live, automatically lost their Australian citizenship, but I didn't know that happened if one remained in this country. I wonder when it changed? I certainly remained an Aussie on marriage to a German in 1955. Regards Shirley. > Hello all, > Just wanted to share this interesting piece of Australian history with you. > > My great grandmother Katherine(Katie) Cameron was born in Queensland in > 1873. > She married my great grandfather Lars Peter BEK(who was born in Denmark in > 1861) in Sydney in 1898. > As a result of this marriage Katie lost her Australian citizenship. > Why? > Well Lars was not a British subject so therefore the Australian government > considered him to to be an "alien." so once Katie married Lars she also > became an "alien" simply because she married Danish born Lars. > Interesting? > Yes I think so but it gets better. > Just before he died in 1934 Lars applied for Australian citizenship. > Why? > To restore his wife's Australian citizenship. > Why? > Well presumably so that Katie could obtain an Australian pension. > The trouble was that although Lars was approved as a citizen he died two > days before the Governer General signed his Certificate of Naturalisation? > Katie was informed that under the crcumstances her citizenship would be > restored to her on receipt of a fee of five shillings plus a whole lot of > paper work.( I have the copies) > She paid,supplied the necessary paperwork and Australian born Katie Cameron > BEK was once again an Australian citizen. > This all happened a long time ago but I guess it just goes to show how > times have (thankfully )changed. > > Best wishes to all > Annie Stuart > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Mailing List ==== > Have you visited AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Web site yet? > Please do? And do sign our visitors book? > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ausgenres/ > ************************************************************************ > SAVE OUR CENSUS! ON 7 AUG 2001 TICK "YES" > Want to know more? > See: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/~affho/affho-07.htm > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > ==================================================== > Searchable Archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-GEN-RESEARCH -L > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >