Laois - Keys, Timothy; Kings Co., NY - 1915 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Laois (Queens) Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: C. Hunt KEYS, TIMOTHY; DECLARATION OF INTENTION - 1915 No. 48815 Name: Timothy KEYS Age: 20 Occupation: Clerk Description: Color: White Complexion: Fair Height: 5'11" Weight: 153 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Marks: none Where Born: Queens County Ireland Date of Birth: 22 Jun 1894 Resides: 6907 New Utrecht Ave., Brooklyn, NY Emigrated from: Queenstown Ireland Vessel: Baltic Foreign Residence was: Dublin Ireland Arrived at Port of: New York, NY Date of Arrival: 17 Oct 1914 Date Sworn: 10 Mar 1915 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