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Naturalization Declaration Patrick McCann Philadelphia 1915 No 28156

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Details

Record type: Immigration and Naturalization Records
Source: FamilySearch "Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Records, 1795-1952", Patrick McCann, ark 1:1:X9K6-HB8M; image "Naturalization service, record of declaration of intention: Philadelphia. Declarations of Intention November 1915–February 1916", Image 105 of 283 (ark 3:1:3Q9M-CS96-2H79-8), Item 3. The left-hand declaration was read on the downloaded image at zoom. Death record: FamilySearch search (Patrick McCann, born 1870 to 1874, death Philadelphia 1920 to 1960; 13,561 fuzzy results; first rows read) and Ancestry "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972" (collection 5164), Patrick McCann, death 1921 (2 results; list read, image not opened). The Ellis Island database was not searched (not FamilySearch; ask Paul).
Language: English
Result: Found (declaration, image read). Death record: a 1921 candidate with a conflicting age; not confirmed.

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Patrick McCann

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Transcript and translation

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The record

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Transcription

"Patrick McCann, aged 4[2 or 3] years, occupation Dairyman", complexion "ruddy", height "5 feet 11½ inches", weight "216 pounds", hair "brown", eyes "gray", marks "none". "I was born in Canice, Cookstown, Ireland on the 11th day of July anno Domini 1873. I now reside at Friends Hospital, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. I emigrated to the United States of America from Londonderry on the vessel California; my last foreign residence was Canice, Cookstown, Ireland." Sovereign named: "George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland." "I arrived at the port of New York, in the State of N.Y., on or about the 22nd day of April anno Domini 1908." Signed "Patrick McCann"; sworn at Philadelphia, 16th day of December 1915. Index: certificate number 28156; birth 11 July 1873, "Canice, Cookstown, Ireland." Ancestry list row: "Patrick Mc Cann, abt 1845, died 5 Aug 1921, Philadelphia."

Plain reading

Patrick McCann, a 42- or 43-year-old dairyman living at Friends Hospital, Frankford (an asylum and hospital; he was probably an employee), declared his intention to become a citizen on 16 December 1915.

Notes

Not PROBABLE as Mary Ann Hanlon's brother: see Conflicts.

This declaration gives 11 July 1873 at Canice. The two dates differ by two years; either a different Patrick, a misstatement or a later-reported age. (2) The Ancestry 1921 death candidate is "abt 1845" (age about 76), which does not fit a man born 1871 or 1873; it is a different Patrick McCann or an error in the age. (3) The 1900 census row seen in the search for "Patrick McCann, born August 1871, New York" (ark 1:1:M37F-TD5) is a different man (born New York). Nothing here names Patrick's wife or any child, so the 1911 Caneese boy Patrick (10) cannot be tied to him.