This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ElaineOswald75 Surnames: Griener, Piroth Classification: immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.butler/9373/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Petition of John Griener....a native of Germany and heretofore a subject of the Emperor of Germany...has resided within the limits of and under the jurisdiction of the United States of America for FIVE years and within the state of Pennsylvania for TWO years prior to the application, that is to say on the 18th day of Feby in the year eighteen hundred and eighty 2.... John Brown, Prothonotory Charles Piroth, a citizen doth swear that the Petitioner has resided....in Allegheny County. .....I do hereby renounce and adjure forever all allegiance and fidelity to the Emperor of Germany....sworn and subscribed in open court this 2 day of March 188(6?). Signature: John Griener Prothonotory: J (?) Brown Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.