Sorry I didn't answer yesterday Liz.... Didn't get to my email! Yes, that's exactly what I meant!
Thank you E for the great article which explains this so well! Susan Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 14, 2017, at 12:24 PM, Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wait, who got around to it in the 60's > Do you mean that your mother was born here > Married gfather in 1916. Then he got his citizenship but she did not > automatically become citizen again??? > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 14, 2017, at 10:53 AM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The same thing happened to my grandma who married her dear "greenhorn" (she >> told me people called him that) in 1916. Her got his citizenship in the 20's >> but she remained an alien for decades.... Don't have it here but I think she >> finally got around to it in the 1960s. >> >> Susan >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 14, 2017, at 8:50 AM, Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thx for this info Cheri. Confirms for me. Whenever I tell relatives that >>> my gram lost her citizenship they don't believe me. She used to get so >>> mad if anyone called her a greenhorn. She made grandpa get his >>> citizenship. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jun 14, 2017, at 7:47 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Before 1920, women didn't naturalize on their own. No women's rights. If >>>> the husband naturalized, then she was considered naturalized. If a woman >>>> (being a U.S. Citizen) married an alien, she lost her American citizenship >>>> too (before 1920 and women's rights). >>>> >>>> 1926 - maybe it's her, maybe it's not. Women could use her maiden name or >>>> her husband's name. In my research, I've seen women use their husband's >>>> name in America. Get her death and see if she was a citizen. Look at the >>>> censuses and see if she was a citizen. >>>> >>>> Cheri Mello >>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >>>> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 7:32 AM, George Medeiros >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> When a married woman became a citizen of the U.S. from the azores >>>>> from 1900- 1950 does the naturalization record use their own surname or >>>>> their husband's ? Does anyone know ? I found a naturalization record >>>>> from 1926 of a woman with my grandmother's name which looks like her >>>>> handwriting but has her family name not her husband's surname. >>>>> I do not know if she ever became a citizen but this record might be her. >>>>> George >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Azores Genealogy" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Azores Genealogy" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Azores Genealogy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
