MEIGS COUNTY OHIO - Naturalization Application of Mr. Silvio BUONAMICI *********************************************************************** 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 Mr. Silvio Buonamici . I have not used another name. The name on my steamship ticket was Silvio Buonamici . My mother's maiden name was Elena Angeletti . 1. My present residence is Pomeroy, Ohio . My post office address is 144 Main Street, Pomeroy, Ohio . 2. My present occupation is Fruit Merchant . 3. I was born on July 19, 1903 at Bagni Di Lucca, Italy . 4. (a) The place where I took the ship or train which landed in the United States was Geneva, Italy on January 20, 1921. (b) I landed in the United States at New York on February 7, 1921. (c) The name of the ship or railway of which I came was __________________________. (d) If by ship : Name of steamship line was Guisseppe Verdi . I came by 3rd cabin. (e) I arrived as ( passenger, stowaway, deserting seaman, or otherwise) Passenger . (f) The person in the United States I was coming to was Michele Buonamici . (g) The place in the United States that I was going to was Buffalo, New York . (h) The names of some of the persons or passengers I traveled with were I do not remember. (i) I purchased the ticket on which I came to this country at Bagni Di Lucca, Italy . It was purchased by Elena Buonamici, (mother) . 5. (a) The date of my Declaration (first paper) is March 31, 1924 . (b) It was made in the Common Pleas Court, located at Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio. 6. I am not married. (never been married). 7. The foreign country of which I am now a subject or citizen is Italy. 8. I can speak English. 9. (a) I have resided continuously in the United States since February 7,1921 . (b) I have resided in the state where I now live since March 12, 1923 . 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 : Alfredo Angeletti, Fruit Merchant , Pomeroy, Ohio I.B. Weed , Wholesale Grocer, 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.