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I just want to add a few comments on this matter...catalanogg wrote:I'm in the process of collecting documents to apply for dual Italian (American) citizenship, through my GGF (my father's father's father, Salvatore aka "Sam"). He arrived in 1907, had his first child in 1909, and died in 1947. My family unequivocally says that he did not try to become a naturalized citizen before his death in 1947, let alone before the birth of his first child!
I think the bigger problem was that many of our immigrant ancestors never learned the english language to any significant degree. We know that in some cases, the enumerator actually used very young family members (children) to interpret for their parents. Essentially, anything is possible from outright lying to simple misunderstanding/miscommunication.catalanogg wrote:Is there any incentive for people to have lied on the census papers and state they were naturalized? (guess I'm still holding out some hope!)