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Naturalization Declaration And Petition Nicholas Krauser Philadelphia 1908 1911

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Details

Record type: Immigration and Naturalization Records
Source: FamilySearch "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Naturalization Records, 1789-1880 / Eastern District" index rows X9FG-4LRM (declaration, certificate 4420, 27 July 1908), Q2BT-9K1W (petition, 14 Feb 1911, certificate 3808) and Q2BT-9KB8 (certificate 4420). Image: 3:1:33SQ-GPTZ-QZSW, image 734 of 772 (petitions 1910-1911, nos. 003501-003824), read in full on the image. Q2BT-9K1W and Q2BT-9KB8 link to this one image. Prior: transcript on file "Naturalization_Record_Nicholaus_Krauser_Philadelphia_1908".
Language: English
Result: Found and read on the image. The declaration lies attached over another petition (memorandum "Herman Uffner(?)", filed Feb 14, 1911).

Transcript and translation

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The record

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Transcription

Declaration of Intention No. 4420, sworn 27 July 1908 before William W. Craig, Clerk, by H. K. Schellenberger(?), Deputy: "Nicholas Krauser", aged 26, carpenter; white, light complexion, 5 ft 8 in, 160 lb, dark brown hair, light blue eyes, no marks; born "Szerb Ganad, Hun[gary]" on the 12th of February 1882; resides 1311 Cambridge St., Phila.; emigrated from "Bremen, Germany" on the vessel "S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II"; last foreign residence "Bremen, Germany"; renounces allegiance to Francis Joseph, Apostolic King of Hungary; arrived at New York on or about 18 August 1903.

Petition for Naturalization No. 3808 (marked "58", "ORIGINAL"), filed 14 Feb 1911: "Nicholaus Krauser", carpenter, 5905 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia; born 12 Feb 1882 at "Szerb Kanad [?], Hungary"; emigrated from "Hungary via Bremen" on or about 12 [?] August 1903; arrived New York 18 Aug 1903, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II; declaration filed 27 July 1908 at Philadelphia, U.S. District Court E.D. Pa.; married, wife "Katie", born "Lovrin, Hungary", wife's age 27; two children, "Anna", born August 1908 at Phila., and "Katie", born Aug 20 [?], 1910, both living with him; resided continuously in the U.S. since 18 Aug 1903. Witnesses: John Kelly(?) (driver, 2601? S. 8th St.) and Frederick H. Bochner(?) (clerk, 2915 Bridge St.), both of Philadelphia, sworn 14 Feb 1911 before the Deputy Clerk.

Index rows: declaration "Szerb Ganga, Hungary"; the third row (Q2BT-9KB8) shows "18 Aug 1903, age 26", which is the arrival date, not an event date.

1\. Find the 18 August 1903 arrival of Nicholas Krauser, aged 21, on the Kaiser Wilhelm II at New York (Ellis Island passenger record), for his last residence and the person he joined.

2\. Look up the Szerb-Kanad (Torontál) Catholic baptism register for 12 February 1882 (Hungary, Catholic Church Records on FamilySearch, place Szerb-Kanad / Srpski Kanad), to test the Krauser baptism. Free; finish line: entry read or "register not online".

Plain reading

Nicholas Krauser, a carpenter, declared his intention in Philadelphia on 27 July 1908 and petitioned on 14 February 1911. Both papers give his birth as 12 February 1882 at a Hungarian place spelled "Szerb Ganad" (1908) and "Szerb Kanad" (1911), which fits Szerb-Kanad, the Banat village later called Srpski Kanad / Sárafalva in the Chapter 5 notes (identification not checked here). His wife Katie was born at Lovrin, which ties him to the Lovrin line of Chapter 5. He sailed from Bremen on the Kaiser Wilhelm II and landed at New York on 18 August 1903.

Notes

Wife's birthplace Lovrin: STATED, given in the same petition.

Conflicts noted: Birthplace "Szerb Ganad" (declaration) against "Szerb Kanad [?]" (petition) against the index "Szerb Ganga": one place, three spellings. A Hungary Catholic baptism index row XZ65-LHD ("Krauser Miklos", 1883, Kis-Szigeth, Torontál; parents Antal Krauser and Terez Balthazar) surfaced; it is not linked to him and differs in year (1883 against 1882) and place. Not accepted as his baptism.