United States District Court
FOR
THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
I, Joseph
Schwartz do declare on oath that is bona
fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce
forever all allegiances and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or
sovereignty whatever and particularly to the
Emperor of Russia
of whom I am now a subject.
Sworn to me this day 24th
of Nov 1896 Joseph Schwartz 82 Attorney Street
Samuel H. Lyman
Clerk of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York
I, Samuel H. Lyman, Clerk of the District Court of the
United State of America, for the Southern District of New York, do hereby
certify that the above is a true copy of the Original on file and remaining of
record in my office.
In Testimony Whereof,
Dated 24th day of Nov.
District Court of the United States
For
the Eastern District of New York
The matter of the Petition of
Joseph Schwartz by Occupation Peddler
TO BE ADMITTED AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES
The above named petitioner being over twenty-one years of age, hereby petitions
to be admitted to become a Citizen of the United States of America, and avers
that two years or more have elapsed since he has declared his attention to
become such Citizen and that a certified copy of said declaration is here unto
attached.
Signed by ??? ? Commissioner
Information in Document
The document is signed by Joseph Schwartz on the second and third pages in very
small Yiddish letters. The paper
was filled out be someone else.
Witnessed by Majer Tanz a Necktie
Maker
Joseph is listed again as a Peddler living at 320 Cherry Street
Born in Russia in March 1857 and landed in New York June 1889.
Note: Beatrice Sopkin Schwartz in
1997 stated that the family came from Vitebsk, Belarus.
Search Information
Link to photo copy of Record found on Ancestry searching
New York, Naturalization Petitions, 1794-1906 about Joseph Schwartz
Link to Ancestry Summary