> My grandmother was Canadian, married to a US citizen in 1905 (in > Canada). They lived their entire married life in the US. I know she > voted after women won the right to do so. Before 1919, I believe was no > advantage to citizenship for her, and in any case, she was married to a > US citizen. I don't see anything anywhere that she would have had to go > through a citizenship process and therefore have left a paper trail. > Still, if there is one someplace, I'd like to have it. Anyone? > > "Elizabeth Richardson" <erichktn@worldnet.att.net> Prior to 1920, the citizenship status of a wife automatically became that of her husband. If the husband was (or became) a citizen, then she was a citizen. If the husband was an alien, then she was also, regardless of her status prior to the marriage. Thus many women born in the USA are listed as aliens on censuses.