on 8/24/04 9:00 AM, PA-YORK-GEN-D-request@rootsweb.com at PA-YORK-GEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > PA-YORK-GEN-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 74 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Ruppert Family ["Eppley" <eppley@verizon.net>] > #2 Intention ["jan1940" <jan1940@wpa.net>] > #3 Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention [R455OCKIT@aol.com] > #4 Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention ["jan1940" <jan1940@wpa.net>] > #5 Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention [CEHAUGHEE@aol.com] > #6 Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention [JYoung6180@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PA-YORK-GEN-D, send a message to > > PA-YORK-GEN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the PA-YORK-GEN-D list administrator, send mail to > PA-YORK-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > From: "Eppley" <eppley@verizon.net> > Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:46 PM > To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Ruppert Family > > Johan Adam Ruppert born 1706 was married to Anna Barbara Holtzappfel born > 1707. Father of Johan Adam was Adam Ruppert born about 1680 and married to > Magdalena Ritter born 1684. Father of Adam Ruppert was Phillipp Ludwig Ruppert > born 1610 married to Barbara Knaur born 1614-1616. I realize there is a great > time span here and have checked and rechecked and still come up with the same > names. I think the birthdate for Adam Ruppert born about 1680 must be off > about 20 years and he may have been born about 1660 and the 6 read as an 8 in > some of the old and faded records. The father of Phillipp ws Hans Ruppert born > 1584 and married to Elizabetha. > > ______________________________ > From: "jan1940" <jan1940@wpa.net> > Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:04 PM > To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Intention > > Good Evening List > My G-Grandfather filed his intention in 11/ 4 / 1860 and then again 11/4/1861 > in York Pa. I have both copy's and his Naturalization papers 10 / 9 / 1863 > I only have one clue to the year he came to USA from the 1900 census, it > states 1851 > What would be some reasons for filing for his intention in 1860 and then > again 1861? > Thanks for any input > Nancy > > ______________________________ > From: R455OCKIT@aol.com > Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:55 PM > To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention > > just a guess....to become a citizen to enable him to join the military for > the civil war. > chuck > > ______________________________ > From: "jan1940" <jan1940@wpa.net> > Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:14 PM > To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention > > Chuck > I understand what your saying > But if that were so why would he have had to apply again and he would have to > been a Citizen to join the war and he wasn't till 1863 > I was thinking that maybe in 1860 he didn't have his 5 years in the USA, if it > was still law in PA that he had to be here 5 years before he could file > intention to become a citizen > I'm just digging > Nancy > > -------Original Message------- > > From: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: 08/23/04 22:01:55 > To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention > > just a guess....to become a citizen to enable him to join the military for > the civil war. > chuck > > ______________________________ > From: CEHAUGHEE@aol.com > Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:25 PM > To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention > > Was that a rule in the Civil War to have to be a citizen? Sure wasn't in WW2 > when lots were drafted who were not citizens but lived here. > > ______________________________ > From: JYoung6180@aol.com > Date: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:46 PM > To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention > > > In a message dated 8/23/2004 11:26:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, > CEHAUGHEE@aol.com writes: > > Was that a rule in the Civil War to have to be a citizen? > > > --- > No--many non-citizens fought in the American Civil War. The main reasons > for becoming a naturalized citizen were so that one could vote and/or hold > political office, or own land. > > Joan > In some of my research, and now that time has passed, I have forgotten exactly how it goes, but something to the effect that they had to be a resident for a certain length of time before naturalization was granted. This could possibly be why he filed his intent twice. Sheila