Emigration: O'Gorman, Michael; Kings Co., NY - 1915

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File contributed by: C. Hunt

O'GORMAN, MICHAEL; DECLARATION OF INTENTION - 1915

No. 48713
Name: Michael O'GORMAN
Age: 47
Occupation: Laborer
Description: 
Color: White
Complexion: Dark
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 170
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Marks: Scar on forehead
Where Born: County Limerick Ireland
Date of Birth: 27 Mar 1867
Resides: 68 Huntington St., Brooklyn, NY
Emigrated from: Queenstown Ireland
Vessel: Germanic
Foreign Residence was: County Limerick Ireland
Arrived at Port of: New York, NY
Date of Arrival: 2 Jun 1895
Date Sworn: 9 Mar 1915

The Declaration of Intention was the first step in becoming 
a U.S. Citizen. It is also called First Papers. After 1906 
it was a 3 step process to become a citizen. First this 
Declaration. Then the Petition for Naturalization and when 
the Petition was granted the person became a citizen and got 
their citizenship.

Source: FHL #2314450