Emigration: O'Sullivan, Patrick Joseph; Kings Co., NY - 1915 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Limerick Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: C. Hunt O'SULLIVAN, PATRICK JOSEPH; DECLARATION OF INTENTION - 1915 No. 48487 Name: Patrick Joseph O'SULLIVAN Age: 21 Occupation: Clerk Description: Color: White Complexion: Fair Height: 5'5" Weight: 160 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Gray Marks: none Where Born: County Limerick, Ireland Date of Birth: 10 Feb 1894 Resides: 200 McDougal St., Brooklyn, NY Emigrated from: Queenstown Ireland Vessel: Cedric Foreign Residence was: County Limerick Ireland Arrived at Port of: New York, NY. Date of Arrival: 30 May 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