Emigration: Quinn, Michael; Kings Co., NY - 1915 

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File contributed by:  C. Hunt

QUINN, MICHAEL; DECLARATION OF INTENTION, 1915

No. 48525
Name: Michael QUINN
Age: 49
Occupation: boiler cleaner
Description: 
Color: White
Complexion: Fair
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 185
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Marks: none
Where Born: Dublin Ireland
Date of Birth: 29 Dec 1865
Resides: 177 Ainslie St., Brooklyn, NY
Emigrated from: Southampton England
Vessel: Berlin
Foreign Residence was: Dublin Ireland
Arrived at Port of: New York
Date of Arrival: 1 May 1894
Date Sworn: 2 Mar 1915
*Duplicate issued May 3, 1916

The Declaration of Intention was the first step in becoming 
a U.S. Citizen. It is also called First Papers. After 1906 
it was a 3 step process to become a citizen. First this 
Declaration. Then the Petition for Naturalization and when 
the Petition was granted the person became a citizen and got 
their citizenship.

Source: FHL #2314450