Naturalization records

Kenosha County WI
Naturalization Records

Certificate of Naturalization for
Gustaf Arvid Hedlund
Contributed by Lance C. Anderson
Wisconsin naturalization records can be found in municipal, county, circuit, supreme, and United State territorial and district courts. Most naturalization records have been transferred from the Wisconsin court system to the State Historical Society.

Kenosha County Citizenship Records

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NAME	DATE	PLACE	NOTES	CONTRIBUTOR
ANTUK, Mamie	17 Nov 1953	5412 32nd Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Poland
BLAZIEWSKI, Anton	17 Nov 1953	6827 25th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Russia
BLOBAUM, Henriette	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Germany
BRAUN, Theresia (Sister M. Athanasia)	17 Nov 1953	920 61st St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Canada
CASE, Gerald A.	17 Nov 1953	6207 7th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Canada
CHRISTIANSEN, Karl Edward	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Denmark
CHRISTIANSEN, Rosa	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Denmark
COGEN, Elizabeth Lilly	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Russia
CONLEY, Jennie	17 Nov 1953	5411 11th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Italy
FOLLAND, Maria Monberg Nyboe	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Denmark
FREDERICKSON, Berndt	17 Nov 1953	6510 26h Ave. Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Sweden
GRENO, Eva	17 Nov 1953	4311 7th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Czechoslovakia
GRINUS, Michaline	17 Nov 1953	6229 32nd Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Lithuania
HACKENBERG, Bertha	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Czechoslovakia
HANSEN, Hans Andersen	11 April 1933	Kenosha	Vol. 40 Petition 5929 Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Denmark Born 8 May 1871 in Humble, Denmark emigrated to Wisconsin entering through New York on 23 May 1893 on the vessel "Norge"	Gina Gould
HARTNELL, John Cox	22 March 1892	Kenosha	Petition 94 Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: England Born May 21, 1834, Chalden, Dorsetshire, England. Emigrated to Wisconsin via Newfoundland, entering through Detroit June, 1873.	Sandi Hartnell
HEDLUND, Gustaf Arvid	25 Sep 1916	Kenosha	Certificate no.: 677237 Petition Vol. 7, No. 969 Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Sweden	Lance C. Anderson
HORN, Gisela Paula	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Germany
IGNJATOVIC, Momir	17 Nov 1953	6520 15th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Jugoslavia
IORIO, Emilio	17 Nov 1953	4509 24th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Italy
JACOBSEN, Regina	17 Nov 1953	5138 45th St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Poland
JANOTA, Barbara	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Czechoslovakia
JANUSONIS, Juze	17 Nov 1953	5318 Sheridan Rd., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Lithuania
JANUSONIS, Povilas	17 Nov 1953	5318 Sheridan Rd., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Lithuania
KJERRUMGAARD, Svend Otto	6 May 1929	Kenosha (Waukesha at the time of naturalization)	Waukesha Co. Circuit Court (Lived in Kenosha most of his life) Country of birth or allegiance: Denmark	Bob Kermgard
KOEHLER, August	24 Sep 1906	Kenosha	Certificate no.: Vol. B. P-286 Country of birth or allegiance: Germany Witness: A.J. Burg, Charles H. Pfennig
KOVACEV, Mary	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Yugoslavia
KOVINIC, Ilija	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Yugoslavia
LARSEN, Mauricette	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: France
MAJERKO, Katherine	17 Nov 1953	3912 18th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Czechoslovakia
MARACICINI, Leda	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Italy
MARSHALL, David	21 Feb 1916	Kenosha	Declaration Vol.4 - #5817; Certificate no: 578475, Vol 6. P-906 Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Canada Port & date of arrival in US: 24 May 1898 Detroit Address at time of naturalization: Tanck Ave., Rt #35, Box 224, Kenosha Witnesses: George Dazy & Joseph F. Cassidy	Ruth Whetnall
MARSHALL, Robert Mason	21 Feb 1922	Kenosha	Declaration Vol. 13 - #5302; Certificate no: 1620380, Vol. 12 P-2354 Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Canada Port & date of arrival in US: 28 Nov 1898 Detroit Address at time of naturalization: 1061 Sheridan Rd., Kenosha, Wis. Witnesses: Joseph F. Cassidy & Herman Bertog	Ruth Whetnall
MEYER, Ann Karoline	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Germany
ORZECHOWSKI, Stanley	17 Nov 1953	5713 37th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Poland
PATRICK, Mary	17 Nov 1953	Salem, Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Ireland
PIZZICHINI, Josephine	17 Nov 1953	6351 23rd Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Switzerland
RANOUS, Vacelisa	17 Nov 1953	2023 73rd St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Russia
REISER, Adolph	19 Feb 1917	Kenosha	Petition ,Vol. 7 Number 1002....Naturalization # 677269 Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Ukraine Address at the time of Naturaliztion: 580 Superior St., Kenosha, Wisc.	Pat Reiser
RICHARDS, Eleanor Lola	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Canada
RODRIGUEZ, A. Jose	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Cuba
RUBINSTEIN, Benjamin	17 Nov 1953	5036 6th Ave., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Lithuania
RUBINSTEIN, Judith	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Lithuania
RUFFOLO, Francesco	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Italy
SCHMIDT, Elizabeth	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: England
SCHMIDT, Iris Annie	17 Nov 1953	5711 18th Ave. Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Northern Ireland
SCHNEIDER, Doreen Eleanor	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Canada
SCHNEIDER, Otto Alfred Paul	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Germany
SESSA, Concetta	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Italy
SOBOTOWICZ, Maria	13 April 1953	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Poland
SORENSEN, Martin Christian	30 Aug 1912	Kenosha	Volume 4 Petition No. 377 Page 27 Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Germany Born on 7 Jan 1864 in Slesvig, Germany(of danish parents) emigrated in Oct. 1888 from Liverpool, England on the vessel "City of Rome"	Gina Gould
SPIZZIRRI, Valentino	17 Nov 1953	2005 56th St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Italy
STIKA, Alexander	18 Sept. 1911	Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Austro-Hungarian Empire which became Slovakia	Terrence W. Stika
THORPE, Eric	17 Nov 1953	375 2nd St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: England
THORPE, Eric (Mrs.)	17 Nov 1953	375 2nd St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: England
TRAVANTY, Adalgisa	17 Nov 1953	1505 56th St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Italy
WENNER, Elizabeth Munro	17 Nov 1953	2410 55th St., Kenosha	Kenosha Co. Circuit Court Country of birth or allegiance: Canada

NOTE: Flags may not be historically accurate for the time that naturalizations took place.

Citizenship Documents issued by INS since 1906

FILE NAME	FILE DETAILS
"DERIV.A" and/or DA Files	Certificates of Citizenship documenting derivative or "acquired" citizenship and/or subsequent to birth (i.e., through the naturalization of a parent). NOT A-Files.
"AA" Files	Certificate of Citizenship documenting derivative or "acquired" citizenship by birth outside the United States or its possessions (i.e., child of US citizen born abroad).
"OM" Files	Naturalization files related to persons naturalized overseas while members of the Armed Forces of the United States during World War H. All on microfilm.
"OS" Files	Naturalization files created for persons naturalized outside the United States under the Act of June 30, 1953. A file of this series bears the same number that appears on the certificate issued to him.
"B" Files	Certificates of Naturalization or repatriation issued to persons who regained US citizenship, prior to January 13, 1941, either by taking the prescribed oath of renunciation and allegiance before a naturalization court in the US or before a US diplomatic or consular officer abroad, following the loss of citizenship by reason of service in the armed forces of an allied foreign country in WW I or WW 11, or by voting in a foreign political election during WWII - Not duplicated in court records.
"D" Files	Certificates of Naturalization or repatriation issued to persons who regained US citizenship, on or after January 13, 1941, either by taking the prescribed oath of renunciation and allegiance before a naturalization court in the US or before a US diplomatic or consular officer abroad, following the loss of citizenship by reason of service in the armed forces of an allied foreign country in WW I or WW II, or by voting in a foreign political election during WW II - Not duplicated in court records.
"3904/-" Files	Containing applications to resume citizenship by persons who lost citizenship as described under "B" and "D" files above, but who never applied for a certificate and for whom no prior certificate file exists.
"OL" Files	"Old Law" Naturalization Certificates issued by INS to replace naturalization certificates which were lost, destroyed, or mutilated, where the original naturalization certificate was granted under the procedure in effect prior to the Act of June 29, 1906 (which became effective September 27, 1906).
15/-" Files	Files relating to persons expatriated prior to 1945. Files in National Archives (DC).
"24/-" Files	Files relating to persons expatriated prior to 1945. Files in National Archives (DC).
"72/"' Files	Files relating to persons expatriated prior to 1945. Files in National Archives (DC).
129/-" Files	Files documenting the repatriation of women who lost US citizenship by marriage to an alien prior to 1922, and who resumed US citizenship under the Act of June 25, 1936. All on microfilm.

Naturalization Requirements Prior to 1906

Residence Requirements

March 26, 1790 - June 17, 1798	5 years in U. S., 1 in State
June 18, 1798 - April 13, 1802	14 years in U. S., 5 in State
April 14, 1802 to date	5 years in U. S., 1 in State More was needed than an oath for proof of residence
March 3, 1813 - June 26, 1848	Continuous U. S. residence required

Race and Gender

March 26, 1790 - (1870)	"free White persons" (i.e., white males 21 years of age and older)
1870 -	White persons, and persons of African nativity or African descent Prior to 1922, women generally did not naturalize because their nationality was insecure, in that it could be altered by the naturalization or expatriation of her current or future husband.

Declaration of Intention to become a Citizen

March 26, 1790 - January 12, 1795	None required
January 12, 1795 -	Required (with some exceptions, such as those who arrived as minors)

Petition (Application) for Naturalization

March 26, 1790 -

Required, and record of application and/or disposition of application required to be entered in court records

Witnesses

March 26, 1790 - March 21, 1816	None specifically required
March 22, 1816 -	2 required, must be U. S. citizens, must swear/affirm to the alien's 5 year residence in US, and must be named in court record

Certificate of Naturalization