I had a chance to look at some Declarations of Intention for 1915 yesterday. Here is the one I copied for Dublin. No. 48525 Name: Michael QUINN Age: 49 Occupation: boiler cleaner Description: Color: White Complexion: Fair Height: 5'9" Weight: 185 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Gray Marks: none Where Born: Dublin Ireland Date of Birth: 29 Dec 1865 Resides: 177 Ainslie St., Brooklyn, NY Emigrated from: Southampton England Vessel: Berlin Foreign Residence was: Dublin Ireland Arrived at Port of: New York Date of Arrival: 1 May 1894 Date Sworn: 2 Mar 1915 *Duplicate issued May 3, 1916 **The Declaration of Intention was the first step in becoming a U.S. Citizen. It is also called First Papers. After 1906 it was a 3 step process to become a citizen. First this Declaration. Then the Petition for Naturalization and when the Petition was granted the person became a citizen and got their citizenship -- Christina http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ ===============================

Hi Christina, That's fantastic, my g.g. Uncle John Richard Hall emigrated to America in 1882 from Liverpool would I be able to find his Declaration of Intention he applied for a passport in 1899. Regards Marion Sydney Aust Sent from Marion's IPad On 28/04/2012, at 9:10 AM, Christina Finn Hunt <chrisnina@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a chance to look at some Declarations of Intention for 1915 > yesterday. Here is the one I copied for Dublin. > > No. 48525 > Name: Michael QUINN > Age: 49 > Occupation: boiler cleaner > Description: > Color: White > Complexion: Fair > Height: 5'9" > Weight: 185 > Hair Color: Brown > Eye Color: Gray > Marks: none > Where Born: Dublin Ireland > Date of Birth: 29 Dec 1865 > Resides: 177 Ainslie St., Brooklyn, NY > Emigrated from: Southampton England > Vessel: Berlin > Foreign Residence was: Dublin Ireland > Arrived at Port of: New York > Date of Arrival: 1 May 1894 > Date Sworn: 2 Mar 1915 > *Duplicate issued May 3, 1916 > > **The Declaration of Intention was the first step in becoming a U.S. Citizen. It > is also called First Papers. > After 1906 it was a 3 step process to become a citizen. First this Declaration. > Then the Petition for Naturalization and when the Petition was granted the > person became a citizen and got their citizenship > > -- > Christina > http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ > =============================== > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message