Jones County Naturalization Petitions (Second Papers) 1893-1906 A-E

Û Naturalization - Petitions for Naturalization

Petitions for Naturalization (Second Papers) 1893-1906

Transcribed by Diania Rigby with help from Joanne Wilken. These records were transcribed from Jones county courthouse and may be also accessible on LDS microfilm.

The Naturalization Process

In the United States, before 1952, the naturalization process began with a Declaration of Intent to become a citizen. This declaration is also referred to as "First Papers." Three years after this declaration was filed, and five years after arriving in the country, a Petition for Naturalization ("Second Papers") could be filed in the same or a different court. A Certificate of Citizenship could then be issued.

Until 1922, a foreign-born woman married to a naturalized citizen was automatically made a citizen. Until 1940, a child under the age of 21 was granted citizenship based on the status of his father. After 22 Sept 1922 an alien woman who married a US citizen could skip the Declaration of Intention and file for a Naturalization Petition. But if an alien woman married an alien man she would have to start her naturalization proceedings at the beginning with a Declaration of Intention.

What the Records Include

The early 1858-1892 naturalization records provide little information. Only the name, country of origin and date signed are included. Later records include much information: birthplace, physical description, immigration and residence information. The same is true for the Petitions for Naturalization. The early records are sparse, but after about 1900 a considerable amount of information is available.

Notes for theses Jones County Records

The employees in the county clerk's office may not be familiar with these naturalization records. If you would like copies of the papers, you can try contacting the Jones County Genealogical Society to see if someone can help you obtain them.

"I think that some people completed papers more than once. It is hard to tell because parents named their children after ancestors and so the same names were used over & over.... We are not certain that we transcribed all of the naturalization records at the Jones County courthouse. We plan to continue to hunt for further records." - Joanne

A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z

BK	PG	Surname	Given Name	Emigrated From	Date Arrived	Date Signed
3	9	Ahlrichs	Thomas	Germany	05/28/1890	01/19/1894
3	32	Anderson	Bernard	Norway	04/01/1893	09/27/1898
3	51	Arduser	Mathias	Switzerland	03/06/1893	12/15/1903
3	12	Athen	Franz Andres	Germany	05/08/1892	05/28/1894
3	38	Athen	John	Germany	08/14/1894	2/6/1900

B

BK	PG	Surname	Given Name	Emigrated From	Date Arrived	Date Signed
3	52	Balcar	B T	Austria	04/00/1878	7/20/1904
3	32	Balster	Henry	Germany	07/21/1893	05/25/1898
3	59	Becker	William	Germany	4/1/1906	4/5/1906
3	36	Behnken	Carl H	Germany	07/26/1889	10/21/1899
3	24	Behnken	Herman	Germany	10/01/1893	10/26/1896
3	43	Behrends	Gerhard	Germany	03/01/1888	10/11/1900
3	35	Behrends	Theodore	Germany	04/29/1888	10/09/1899
3	29	Beragger	Jacob	Switzerland	04/10/1892	12/11/1897
3	54	Beringer	Nick	Germany	03/06/1898	1/18/1905
3	32	Blassing	August H	Germany	09/22/1891	09/22/1898
3	10	Bleuer	John	Switzerland	10/16/1891	02/05/1894
3	59	Boss	John	Switzerland	9/30/1901	3/22/1906
3	18	Bouck	Anton	Luxemburg	04/15/1892	11/01/1895
3	45	Brock	Wm	England	03/25/1898	1/2/1901
3	58	Bruski	Charles	Germany	10/10/1890	3/6/1906
3	6	Burrack	Fred	Germany	01/13/1887	10/02/1893
3	30	Busker	John	Germany	05/00/1885	12/13/1897

C

BK	PG	Surname	Given Name	Emigrated From	Date Arrived	Date Signed
3	56	Cassens	Gerhard	Germany	3/6/1902	12/12/1905
3	26	Clark	Albert Arthur	England	06/12/1889	09/14/1897
3	31	Clark	Harry	England	07/10/1889	03/14/1898
3	25	Corcan	Michael	England	04/15/1892	12/14/1896
3	40	Corcoran	John	England	04/10/1894	9/27/1900

D

BK	PG	Surname	Given Name	Emigrated From	Date Arrived	Date Signed
3	53	Danielson	P C	Germany	6/1/1901	10/3/1904
3	37	De Wackler	John	Belgium	04/13/1894	11/23/1899
3	29	Decker	Chris	Germany	04/27/1890	10/14/1897
3	33	Deirksen	John	Germany	06/17/1892	09/30/1898
3	20	Dircks	Gerd Janfsen	Germany	03/21/1893	03/19/1896
3	18	Dirks	John Henry/Hinrich	Germany	05/17/1885	10/15/1895
3	32	Dostal	Joseph	Austria	07/01/1896	06/13/1898
3	2	Drinkwater	William	England	04/01/1893	05/25/1893
3	14	Drivdal	Carl C	Norway	04/02/1890	11/05/1894

E

BK	PG	Surname	Given Name	Emigrated From	Date Arrived	Date Signed
3	13	Eden	Eilk	Germany	06/13/1894	09/21/1894
3	46	Eden	John	Germany	06/13/1894	9/13/1901
3	44	Edzards	Herman H	Germany	08/00/1892	10/29/1900
3	1	Eggers	August		06/21/1890	02/09/1893
3	28	Eggers	John B	Germany	04/26/1895	09/27/1897
3	51	Ehlers	Gustav C	Germany	1/17/1902	3/22/1904
3	12	Ehrisman	Adolph	Switzerland	09/15/1891	05/08/1894
3	37	Ehrismann	Edward	Switzerland	05/12/1891	10/31/1899
3	52	Eichhorn	Thomas	Germany	06/01/1892	9/20/1904
3	6	Erickson	Erick	Norway / Sweden	05/03/1880	05/03/1893
3	49	Erickson	Gottfred	Sweden	01/15/1879	10/3/1902