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Mchenry County Illinois Genealogical Society 1011 N McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society 1011 N. Green St., McHenry, IL 60050 15 June 1988 Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court McHenry County Court House Woodstock, IL 60098 Dear Ruth, Thank you for all the help you gave us in the preparation of this, our latest publication. Enclosed is a complimentary copy of the McHENRY COUNTY DECLARATIONS OF INTENT, SEPTEMBER 1851 - SEPTEMBER 1906, with our thanks. Sincerely, Jv.A,saaJ Publications Comm. M.C.I.G.S. McHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS DECLARATIONS OF INTENT SEPTEMBER 1851—SEPTEMBER 1906 Published by McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society loll North Green Street McHenry, Illinois 60050 1988 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author. Copyright (D 1988 McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society 10 11 North Green Street McHenry, Illinois 60050 Library of Congress Catalog Number: 88-61060 ISBN: 0-910741-08 PREFACE Early immigrants to the United States could apply for citizenship at any local court by filing a Declaration of Intent, often referred to as "First Papers". After a five-year residency the immigrant could submit his Citizenship Petition ("Final Papers") and become eligible for naturalization. The Declaration of Intent and the Citizenship Petition may not always be found in the same court. Often, after filing the Declaration, the applicant moved to another county or state and submitted his final petition there. Also, many immigrants made an initial Declaration of Intent in order to purchase land, but failed to have a final Citizenship Petition recorded by the court. Originally naturalization records were kept by federal, state and/or local courts. After 1906, copies of these records also were forwarded to the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, DC. Prior to 1928, women and children automatically became United States citizens when the husband/father was naturalized. The McHenry County, Illinois, Declarations of Intent are located in the Courthouse in Woodstock, but are not easily accessible. All pertinent information was extracted from the original volumes by M.C.I.G.S. members over a period of several months. Samples of forms from each book are included when available. Record contents vary with the period of time in which the document was submitted. Most of the early Declarations included the name, age, country of birth, renunciation of allegiance to former sovereign, departure port and date, arrival port and date, signature and date of signing. Others denote only the name, age, country of birth, allegiance, and names of two witnesses who verified residency. There are many obvious mistakes in dates and spellings in the original records which have been reproduced exactly as they appear. In cases where the handwriting is difficult to decipher, the questionable items have been underlined. Because of the deteriorated condition of these volumes, exact titles for each book have been difficult to determine. There is some overlap of dates among the various volumes, since these records were apparently created by different courts. For the sake of clarity, M.C.1.G.S. editors have taken the liberty of referring to all five books as DECLARATIONS OF INTENT and, according to date, referring to each volume as a "Section" rather than a "book": Section A) 11 Sep 1851-23 Sep 1874 Section C) 5 Mar 1873-18 Jan 1884 Section B) 16 Oct 1858-11 Dec 1881 Section D) 4 Dec 1886-25 Sep 1906 Section E) Naturalization Record: Soldiers and Minors, 8 Jan 1869-12 Jun 1899 The following abbreviations have been used in this transcription: art—arrival b—born dep—departure Is/—signed AUS —Austria IRE —Ireland AL - Alabama BAD —Baden NB —New Brunswick CT —Connecticut BAV —Bavaria NOR—Norway MA —Massachusetts BOH —Bohemia POL —Poland ME —Maine CAN —Canada POM— Pommern MI —Michigan DEN —Denmark PRU —Prussia NY —New York ENG —England SCO —Scotland NYC—New York City FRA —France SWE - Sweden SC —South Carolina GER - Germany SW! —Switzerland VT —Vermont HOL - Holland WAL— Wales WI —Wisconsin HUN - Hungary Note: Lower Canada or Eastern Canada = Quebec Upper Canada or Western Canada = Ontario (X) = his mark; no signature in original (underline) = record not legible = page number assigned to unnumbered entry in volume ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society would like to thank the following people who made this publication possible: —Phyllis Bauer and Winnie Rampe for coordinating the copying of these records. —Mitt Diedrich for entering the records into a data base. —Dee Stambazze and Black Dot Graphics for typesetting, indexing and cover design. —Bill Gallagher for layout and paste-up. —M.C.I.G.S. Publication Committee, Laurie Turner, Chairman, Elaine Obenchain, Tricia Schieler, Roberta Smith and Dee Stambazze. McHenry County Illinois Declarations of Intent Section A 11 SEP 1851-23 SEP 1874 C124 of & 4 &fQ4 trte, Slate of Stci. a6n Suc/$'ee wti/uuon L/ .anc/ owcd,&ieznce to 'tC4Th jL'&cz1 id t4npáia !/7t4 c/. 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V ±:if:1 t'' Clerk if sni c1rruit Court. rot, T--- P~ .... t.. U-: ....... DECLARATIONS OF INTENT, McHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS 1 MOCKLER, Michael age 32 b IRE dep 17 Jul 1839, Liverpool arr 27 Sep 1839, NYC /s/ 11 Sep 1851 Michael MOCKLER FLOOD, Owen age 40 b IRE dep 6 Nov 1845, Liverpool arr 24 Dec 1845, NYC 1sf 25 Dec 1851 Owen FLOOD 2 OUINLAN. Cornelius age 35 b IRE dep 5 Jun 1829 or 30, Cork arr 15 Oct 1833 or 34, Oswego, NY 1sf 17 Jan 1852 Cornelius OUINLAN WELCH, Richard age 30 b IRE dep I May 1850. Waterford an 12 Jun 1850, Buffalo 1sf 24 Jan 1852 Richard(X)WELCH 3 MAGEE. Owen age 22 b IRE dep 5 May 1847, Liverpool arr 20 Sep 1847, Buffalo Is) 3 Mar 1852 Owen MCGEE HURBERT, James age 33 b IRE dep 21 Apr 1837, Liverpool air 21 May 1B37. NYC is/ 15 Mar 1852 James(X)HURLBERT 4 SLOAN. John age 25 b IRE dep 6 Dec 1844, Liverpool arr 17 Jan 1845. NYC /s/ 31 Mar 1852 John SLOAN ECKERT, Henry age 25 b FRA dep ID Apr 1838. Havre arr 20 May 1838, NYC 1sf 1 Apr 1852 Henry ECKERT 5 BEST, Michael age 40 b CAN dep 25 Oct 1840, Windsor arr 25 Oct 1840, Detroit Is) 6 Apr 1852 Michael BEST SMITH, George age 22 b ENG dep 23 Jan 1849, London art 4 Mar 1849, NYC Is) 1 May 1852 George SMITH 6 DONNELLY, Bernard age 55 b IRE dep 19 Jul 1848, Belfast arr 20 Sep 1848, Buffalo Is/al May 1852 Bernard DONNELLY DUFFY, Daniel age 25 b IRE dep 24 May 1847, Sligo, IRE arr 15 Sep 1847. Buffalo (sf4 Jun 1852 Daniel DUFFY 7 NIEWERTH. Heinrich age 43 b GER dep 28 Nov 1851, Bremen art 25 Nov 1851, NYC IsI 25 Jun 1852 Helnrich NIEWERTH VOIGTS, Heinrich age 38 b GER dep 15 Oct 1851, Hamburg arr 8 Dec 1851. NYC /5/26 Jun 1852 Heinrich VOIGTS 8 CALVY. James age 23 b IRE dep 19 Oct 1848, Liverpool arr 22 Dec 1848, Mobile, AL IsIS Jul 1852 James(X)CALVY BOIL, Marlin age 30 b IRE dep I May 1849. Waterford arr 15 Jun 1849, Buffalo Is/S Jul 1852 Marlin(X)BOIL 9 HAYES, Edward age 33 b IRE dep 16 Jul 1847. Limerick arr 28 Sep 1847, Whitehall. NY /a/ 20 Jut 1852 Edward HAYES WALCH. John age 23 b IRE dep 22 Nov 1849, Liverpool art 29 Jan 1850, NYC /s/ 27 Jul 1852 John WALCH 10 SHIMMON, John age 21 b ENG dep 23 Apr 1849. Liverpool arr 21 May 1849, NYC /5/30 Jul 1852 John SHIMMIN LING, Michael age 30 b IRE dep 10 Mar 1846. Cork arr 10 May 1846, NYC Is) 13 Aug 1852 Michael(X)LING 11 LAMBERT, Andrew age 34 b IRE dep 16 Feb 1851, Liverpool an 5 Apr 1851, New Orleans /s) 28 Jul 1852 Andrew LAMBERT STEPHENS. John age 52 b ENG dep 3 Apr 1849, fyy arr 27 Oct 1849, Southport, WI is/ 28 Aug 1852 John STEPHENS 12 SAVAGE, Daniel age 23 b IRE dep 23 Mar 1852, Liverpool arc 23 Apr 1852, NYC (sf9 Sep 1852 Daniel SAVAGE NIHEN, Daniel age 40 b IRE dep 15 May 1833.
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