Emigration: John McKearney, Declaration of Citizenship, 1847 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Limerick Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Liz Dow (juliegoolyyarmouth@yahoo.com) JOHN MCKEARNEY, DECLARATION OF CITIZENSHIP, 1847 State of Maine, Cumberland SS. Be it remembered that on this thirtieth day of March A.D., 1847 before Charles C. HARMON, Esquire, clerk Protem of the Judicial Courts, within and for the County of Cumberland aforesaid, personally appears John McKEARNEY late of Sidney in the County of Kennebec now of Portland in the County of Cumberland and by his Declaration represents that he was born at Glynn in the County of Limerick in Ireland in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen under allegiance to the King of Great-Britain and Ireland, that he came from Ireland on or about the second day of May A.D. 1842 and on or about the twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1842 arrived at St. John New Brunswick and afterwards to wit in the Spring of 1843 arrived in Sidney aforesaid where he continued to reside until the Spring of 1845 and from thence he came to Portland afore said, in which city and its vicinity he has ever since continued to reside, with intention of making said Portland his settled place of residence and he here on oath declares that it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly all allegiance and fidelity to Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland whose natural born subject he is and thereupon prays, that this, his Declaration of Intention may be received and recorded and a certificate thereof granted so that in due time, he may be admitted a citizen of said States, according to the laws of the same. John McKEARNEY Received and sworn to this thirtieth day of March A.D. 1847 Attest Chas. C Harmon, Clerk Protem aforesaid. Cumberland SS. Superior Judicial Court April Term A.D. 1847. The foregoing was entered in this Court at the term, and ordered to be put on file and recorded. Attest, Chas. C. Harmon, Clerk Protem of said Court ------------------------------- COMMENT: (This is my ggggrandfather. I currently live in the home he and his wife, Mary Scanlon McKearney built in 1847 in Yarmouth Maine.)