This happened to my grandma Irene in 1920's approx. She was born NYC married a Russian. Next census she went from citizen to alien. By next census after that, law changed and her citizenship returned. All women marrying aliens became aliens. It was a law for a short time. On April 22, 2015, at 10:18 PM, loreenwells via <[email protected]> wrote: A recent story on Oregon history told of of this kind of working in reverse - US born women who lost their citizenship because of marriage to foreign born men during that era. Wish I could remember details. Maybe wives of Japanese and German men during WWII? Loreen ---- On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:10:10 -0700 Mary Kyritsis via<[email protected]> wrote ---- Just for the record, my great-great-grandmother, Emilia Carolina Puche/Puig took out citizenship independently of her husband, naturalized in the Common Pleas Court of NYC on 31 July 1858 (Vol. 206, Record 117), at which time they were living at 73 Amity Street, NYC. Her witness was Bernabe del Pozo, living on 35th Street, NYC. Apropos, this was sent in to the NYC list some years ago: "Only women who had property, in their own names in those days could apply for citizenship, until 1922 when the law was changed, and any woman could apply then if she wanted to become a citizen. Until women won the right to vote they were still considered husband's property...in many cases/states." As far as her husband was concerned (Andres Cassard), “during the Civil War naturalization was granted to those immigrants who enlisted in the Union Army. That is, Union veterans who received an honorable discharge were granted accelerated naturalization, i.e. the waiting time was reduced to one year residency under the Act of July 1862, but they were still required to file a petition in civil court, have a witness, and be naturalized by a judge. There was a separate form for these naturalizations that stated the term of service of the veteran and the name of his regiment. Many soldiers filed petitions and were naturalized the same day.” NYC mailing list April 2003 from Russell K. Brown. His wife had petitioned for naturalization on her own in 1858 and their son William J. in 1885, but there are no papers for Andres. However, as Andres was listed as a witness on his son's application, which he had to be a citizen to do, he must have availed himself of the 1862 act. At that time he was living at 115 W. 45th Street, merchant. Both he and his son are given as US citizens on the 1870 census. Mary in Greece ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Irene R Salazar via wrote: > This happened to my grandma Irene in 1920's approx. She was born NYC > married a Russian. Next census she went from citizen to alien. By > next census after that, law changed and her citizenship returned. All > women marrying aliens became aliens. It was a law for a short time. > > On April 22, 2015, at 10:18 PM, loreenwells via wrote: > > A recent story on Oregon history told of of this kind of working in > reverse - US born women who lost their citizenship because of marriage > to foreign born men during that era. Wish I could remember details. > Maybe wives of Japanese and German men during WWII? > Loreen > ---- On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:10:10 -0700 Mary Kyritsis > via<[email protected]> wrote ---- > Just for the record, my great-great-grandmother, Emilia Carolina > Puche/Puig took out citizenship independently of her husband, > naturalized in the Common Pleas Court of NYC on 31 July 1858 (Vol. > 206, Record 117), at which time they were living at 73 Amity Street, > NYC. Her witness was Bernabe del Pozo, living on 35th Street, NYC. > Apropos, this was sent in to the NYC list some years ago: "Only women > who had property, in their own names in those days could apply for > citizenship, until 1922 when the law was changed, and any woman could > apply then if she wanted to become a citizen. Until women won the > right to vote they were still considered husband's property...in many > cases/states." > > As far as her husband was concerned (Andres Cassard), “during the > Civil War naturalization was granted to those immigrants who enlisted > in the Union Army. That is, Union veterans who received an honorable > discharge were granted accelerated naturalization, i.e. the waiting > time was reduced to one year residency under the Act of July 1862, but > they were still required to file a petition in civil court, have a > witness, and be naturalized by a judge. There was a separate form for > these naturalizations that stated the term of service of the veteran > and the name of his regiment. Many soldiers filed petitions and were > naturalized the same day.” NYC mailing list April 2003 from Russell K. > Brown. > > His wife had petitioned for naturalization on her own in 1858 and > their son William J. in 1885, but there are no papers for Andres. > However, as Andres was listed as a witness on his son's application, > which he had to be a citizen to do, he must have availed himself of > the 1862 act. At that time he was living at 115 W. 45th Street, > merchant. Both he and his son are given as US citizens on the 1870 > census. > > Mary in Greece > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message