1880 is the year he came to the US. He would have been about 19 at that time. I'm not sure but he probably couldn't apply for citizenship until he was 21. Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong. And the naturalization process takes several years, so he probably didn't get his citizenship until at least 7 years after he came here. You can read about the whole naturalization process here: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/services/refrence/la_pubs/natural3.htm Doug "Rich Heimlich" <agrajag@comcast.net> wrote in message news:h54ul1l05vgjdp29io1kilau9hkjau410i@4ax.com... > On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:09:18 GMT, "Doug Corbin" <dbcorbin@swbell.net> > wrote: > > >1880 wasn't when he was naturalized, that's the year he came to the US. It > >could have been after the census was taken so 1900 may be the first census > >he appears in. Do you know his wife's maiden name? Maybe you can find her in > >1880 to know what PA county to search in. > > Doug, can you elaborate on this? In the 1900 Census he shows as 1880 > in the country, 20 years in the country (I forget the headers exactly) > and shows as being one of the very few on the page who are > Naturalized. > > His wife's maiden name was Annie Hamilton. Not much of a help there as > there seem to be 20 of Annie Hamilton's with every stone's throw. They > didn't marry until after both came over (supposedly they met on the > same boat).