San Mateo County Naturalization Index 1907-1925 San Mateo County Genealogical Society 1999 San Mateo County Naturalization Index Volume 2 1907-1925 Project Co-ordinator/ Editor Cath Trindle San Mateo County Genealogical Society © 1999 Record Entry Cath Trindle, Ken & Pam Davis, Mary Lou Grunigen, Margaret Deal, Janice Marshall Proof-reading and Corrections Cath Trindle, Jack Goodwin, Ann Smith, Florence Christensen, Shirley Bittancourt, Vivian Goodwin, Millie Clough © July 1999 San Mateo County Genealogical Society Library of Congress Catalog Car Number 99-071151 Order Copies from the Publisher: San Mateo County Genealogical Society PO Box 5083 San Mateo CA 94402 Table of Contents San Mateo County Oct 1906-1925 ..................................... ii Overview of the Naturalization Records ...................................iv Naturalization Index .................................................. 1 Bibliography ....................................................... 152 SMCGS Archives Project i San Mateo County Naturalization Index 1907-1925 San Mateo County Late 1906 through 1925 When the naturalization process was first slated to change in September of 1906 no one was anticipating the earth shattering moments That were to devastate the San Francisco bay area on April 18. Destruction dotted the peninsula including new court house. But an even greater impact was felt within San Mateo County as this home to only 12000 people in 1900 was flooded with refugees from the completely devastated San Francisco. Development within the county during the ensuing years was strongly influenced by geography. The bay side was served by the San Francisco Railroad which facilitated movement and inspired urban development. Businesses tended to set up on water level sites while residential areas gravitated towards the gently sloping hills. By 1910 the population had nearly doubled to 20,600. South San Francisco grew with its reputation as a stockyard and meat packing community. The influx of people led to the incorporation of many new cities, starting with Burlingame, which had grown around the train staition, in 1908. Hillsborough followed in 1910 the result of the wealthy attempting to protect their privacy. Daly City and San Bruno which were populated mainly by earthquake refugees were incorporated in 1911 and 1914 The Burlingame Train Station respectively. Colma which had become the graveyard of San SMCGS Archives Project ii San Mateo County Naturalization Index 1907-1925 Francisco was incorporated 1924 and Atherton in 1925. The county population continued to explode, by 1920 the population had nearly doubled from a decade before to 36,800. The Port of Redwood City originally a great lumber port, took on new life with fishing fleets and industries. In 1918 The "Faith", the first ocean-going cement ship, constructed at a shipyard on Redwood Creek, was launched. Built to fight German U-boats , the ship never saw battle as the Armistice was signed within a few months of it’s launch On the Coast, the earthquake created the opposite effect. The Ocean Shore Railroad folded due to geological upheaval and financial difficulties, and ended the speculative development in the area. However, rum running during prohibition did bring a little new life to the area. In the late 1800's the Portuguese population grew til they were 5% of the total population. In the early 1900s the Italians looked to the open land of the Peninsula to set up small farms. Soon they were setting up small businesses and subdividing their farms into smaller lots. From a population of 939 in 1900 the Italian born community grew to 3500 in 1920 nearly 10% of the total county population. Many other ethnic groups filtered through the area, from Greece to Scandinavia, Russia to Ireland new immigrants flooded into the land. Japanese growers in the area pioneered the cultivation of chrysanthemums. An effort to create a “greater San Francisco” modeled on the boroughs of New York was defeated in 1912 although the citizens of San Mateo County and Marin County joined with those of San Francisco in support of the measure. The opposition , led by Oakland carried the day. But 1912 did see the paving of a section of the El Camino Real in San Bruno to help handle the growing car population. Just a year later in 1913 San Mateo County voters passed a $1,250,000 to build the Bayshore Highway. In 1916 a road was built across the county from San Mateo to Half Moon Bay In 1924 the Dumbarton bridge was built, linking the East Bay with the peninsula. And so with new industry, new roads and numerous immigrants, the populating of San Mateo County was well underway. SMCGS Archives Project iii San Mateo County Naturalization Index 1907-1925 An Overview of San Mateo County Naturalization Records Volume 2 1907-1925 Petition Certificate Intention Name Date Vol Pg. # Date # Date Vol Pg # Petitions Starting on September 25.1906, the immigration process was standardized throughout the country. The new forms weren’t designed with the genealogist in mind, but we should be thankful for the information that they provide. Petition information included: Name, address, occupation, date and place of birth, date and place of emigration, length of time in US, Date and place of Declaration of Intention, Name and age of spouse and children, last foreign residence, port and mode of entry, name of ship, address of spouse .... San Mateo County does not have any records from September 25, 1906 to the end of the year. The Petition Section on the following pages includes Date of Petition - Volume Number - Page Number - Petition Number The Petitions from January 1907 until December 1925 are contained in volumes 1 thru 9. These books are 11x17 and of multiple thicknesses. Following are some notes on the petitions. Most of these petitions have an attached Declaration of Intention and Certificate of Arrival. Some have depositions attached. SMCGS Archives Project iv San Mateo County Naturalization Index 1907-1925 l Petition Volume 1 Numbers 1-48, page 21 is void but the #176 has been added, see missing numbers in volume 2. l Petition Volume 2 numbers 49-200 ( 171 has been voided, 174 is the last complete petition, 175-179 are missing with the exception of 177 which has been used on page 15 for the canceled petition of Michael Joseph Lyons and 178 which has been used on page 25 for canceled petition of Nicholas Boshoff (see 176 note in volume 1 above), 180-200 are marked spoiled) l Petition Volume 3 contains petitions 201-450. Number 238 is marked spoiled. l Petition Volume 4 contains petitions 451-700 l Petition Volume 5 contains petitions 701-950 Petitions 865 and 882 are marked spoiled l Petition volume 6 contains petitions 951-1050 l Petition volume 7 contains petitions 1051-1150 l Petition volume 8 contains petitions 1151 to1250 l Petition volume 9 Petitions 1251 to 1330 were issued before the end of 1925, however1280-1285 and1296 are marked spoiled. Petition Certificate Intention Name Date Vol Pg. # Date # Date Vol Pg # Certificates The Certificate section on the following pages includes Date of Certificate - Number of Certificate Certificates are handed to the newly naturalized citizen, the date and the certificate number are recorded on the back of the petition, along with notes if there was a continuance or a problem with issuing the certificate. We have included the notes here. Either in place of the certificate number or if they are too long to fit on the line below. l SMCGS Archives Project v San Mateo County Naturalization Index 1907-1925 Petition Certificate Intention Name Date Vol Pg. # Date # Date Vol Pg # Declaration of Intention The new declaration of intention form included the following information: Name, address, occupation, birthplace, nationality, country from which emigrated, birth date or age, personal description, date of intention, marital starus, last foreign residence, port of entry, name of ship date of entry, date of document. The Intention section on the following pages includes SMC Intention Date - Intention Volume - Intention Page - Intention # Others - Intention Date - Place (& no.) of Intention Intentions filed from January 1907 through December 1925 are contained in volumes 1 through 8. Following are some notes on the intentions. l Intention Book1 holds 100 intentions l Volumes 2-4 and 7 each hold 300 intentions. l Intention volume 5 contains 495 intentions ending with #1496, number 1045 (page 45) is void. Starting with intention 1163 the intentions are typed rather than handwritten, which should eliminate translation errors by the indexers, but still be open to misspellings by the original clerk. l Intention Book 6 contains 497 intentions. Page 8 was skipped and pages106 and 239 were voided. l Intention Volume 8 holds 164 intentions filed by the end of 1925. The last Intention #2462 is on page167. Pages 24-26 have been voided. Starting in September of 1929 those filing Declarations of Intention were asked if they had previously filed the same. In many cases the number of the previous intention is recorded on the new one. This has helped match up some intentions with petitions, it might also give you a clue as to previous whereabouts of an ancestor. Half way through this series the records began to be typed. This should lead to fewer transcription errors on the part of the indesers. SMCGS Archives Project vi San Mateo County Naturalization Index 1907-1925 Attached Documents and other Related Materials In the back of drawer two of the certificate file drawers there are some depositions . These are noted in the notes for individuals and they have been filed alphabetically. Besides the attached Declaration of Intention and Certificates of Arrival some of the naturalization records have other documents attached. To the left is a court document that revoked a citizenship, other documents in cl u d e d e p os iti o ns fr o m A Sample of Attached Documents th os e who knew the petitioners.