Cari: From the information you provided the boys would have all probably been over 21 when the father got naturalized, therefore not covered. Larry On 5/9/2011 9:23 PM, Carolyn J Thomas wrote: > From: CJ Sperl<cjsperl@gmail.com> > Subject: [ALL] Naturalization > To: paallegh@rootsweb.com >> What was the procedure for naturalization when the child was a minor. My mother > and her parents emigrated in 1926, my mother was 4 at the time. I have found my > grandfathers certificate and my grandmothers at a later date, but I have found > no paperwork on my mothers citizenship. On my grandfather¹s it does not say > anything about my mother. > > Hi Claudia, > > Age of children, and year of immigration are necessary information to answer > your question. > > I know that Larry¹s answer is misleading. My FISCHER family immigrated in > 1891: mother, three sons [19, 18, 16] and daughter [9]. My great-grandfather > immigrated in 1882. All three male ³children² went on to become naturalized, > as well as their father, in an Western District of Pennsylvania District > Court [ie Federal] in Pittsburgh: >> The 16-yo immigrant Hugo Fischer became naturalized 24 Oct 1896. >> The 18-yo immigrant William H. Fischer became naturalized 7 Sep 1896. >> The 19-yo immigrant August Fischer became naturalized 15 Jan 1897. >> Father, immigrant Herman Clemens Fischer naturalized 23 Sep 1895. > > Great-grandmother Augustina Fischer [Out of 696 passengers onboard the SS > Switzerland, one of just four who gave ³ad² [adult] for her age on the > passenger list) was NOT noted in either of her census appearances: > 1900/1910, with any naturalization information. > > In the only census Catharina Fischer Weber appeared, at 19 yo, there was no > indication of naturalization, only immig year and years in US. However, she > had been a minor child at immigration; and by 1900 was married to a > naturalized immigrant, Theodore Weber. Thus a naturalized citizen, by > derivation, twice over! > > Here¹s a very nice summary of historic USA Naturalization laws through the > years, from the Genealogy Collection, Archives and Public Records, of > Arizona State Library, dated 10 May 2007: > http://www.lib.az.us/is/genealogy/handouts/documents/Naturalization.pdf > > And from that summary - Highlights re: ³children²: > >> 1795: Act provided derivative citizenship for wives and MINOR children. >> >> 1804: Act provided citizenship to widows and children of an alien who died >> before filing his final papers. >> >> 1906: Before 1906 biographical data on children and spouses rarely existed in >> declarations and petitions because they automatically received citizenship by >> derivitive citizenship from father and husband. After 27 Sep 1906, it became >> mandatory to include the names, ages, birth date and place, marriage date and >> place, and names of minor children, their birth dates and places and >> residences. [AND this regulation says there SHOULD be information somewhere >> out there about your mother as a minor child in 1926!] >> >> 1922: Besides citizenship being entitled for women 21 and over, derivative >> citizenship was discontinued. [I don¹t know and this doesn¹t say anything >> specific to minor children.] > > Hope this provides some more information of value....... > > Cari Thomas > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/