MEIGS COUNTY OHIO - Naturalization Application of Ida LEHMAN, Sister Marie Thelma *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Maria Leamond mimileam@eurekanet.com March 30, 2001 *********************************************************************** PRELIMINARY FORM FOR PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION This form is NOT a petition, but is used to obtain essential information, which must be furnished by the applicant BEFORE a petition may be filed. I desire to petition for naturalization in the Common Pleas Court, at Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio. The following information is furnished that you may arrange for my preliminary examination, and that the necessary papers may be sent to the Clerk of Court: My full, true, and correct name is Ida Lehman, Sister Marie Thelma . I have not used another name. The name on my steamship ticket was Ida Lehman, Sister Marie Thelma. 1. My present residence is Pomeroy, Ohio . My post office address is Mulberry Avenue, Pomeroy, Ohio . 2. My present occupation is Religious- teaching in parochial school . 3. I was born on December 16, 1896 at Leutenheim, Alsace . 4. (a) The place where I took the ship or train which landed in the United States was Antwerp, Belgium on July 18, 1912 . (b) I landed in the United States at New York on July 31, 1912 . (c) The name of the ship or railway of which I came was __________________________. (d) If by ship : Name of steamship line was Vaderland. I came by 2nd cabin. (e) I arrived as ( passenger, stowaway, deserting seaman, or otherwise) Passenger . (f) The person in the United States I was coming to was Mount Saint Martin Convent . (g) The place in the United States that I was going to was Newport,Kentucky . (h) The names of some of the persons or passengers I traveled with were Mother Mary Lucy, Sister Mary Ephriam . (i) I purchased the ticket on which I came to this country at Antwerp, Belgium . It was purchased by Mother Mary Lucy . 5. (a) The date of my Declaration (first paper) is August 12, 1919 (b) It was made in the U.S.District Court, located at Eastern District Kentucky. 6. I am not married. (never been married). 7. The foreign country of which I am now a subject or citizen is Germany . 8. I can speak English. 9. (a) I have resided continuously in the United States since July 31, 1912 . (b) I have resided in the state where I now live since September 1, 1919 . 10. I have not previously made a petition for naturalization (second paper). 11. If you wished to have your name changed , give full name you desire ________________. 12. Witnesses : Mrs. Francis Gloeckner, Housewife, Pomeroy,Ohio Mrs. Sophia Franz, Housewife, Pomeroy,Ohio This record was transcribed from the original which is located in the Meigs County Courthouse. Transcribed on March 14,2001 by Maria Leamond and Tiffany Barnes.