Wait, who got around to it in the 60's Do you mean that your mother was born here Married gfather in 1916. Then he got his citizenship but she did not automatically become citizen again???
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 14, 2017, at 10:53 AM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy > <azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > The same thing happened to my grandma who married her dear "greenhorn" (she > told me people called him that) in 1916. Her got his citizenship in the 20's > but she remained an alien for decades.... Don't have it here but I think she > finally got around to it in the 1960s. > > Susan > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 14, 2017, at 8:50 AM, Liz Migliori <lizmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thx for this info Cheri. Confirms for me. Whenever I tell relatives that my >> gram lost her citizenship they don't believe me. She used to get so mad if >> anyone called her a greenhorn. She made grandpa get his citizenship. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 14, 2017, at 7:47 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Before 1920, women didn't naturalize on their own. No women's rights. If >>> the husband naturalized, then she was considered naturalized. If a woman >>> (being a U.S. Citizen) married an alien, she lost her American citizenship >>> too (before 1920 and women's rights). >>> >>> 1926 - maybe it's her, maybe it's not. Women could use her maiden name or >>> her husband's name. In my research, I've seen women use their husband's >>> name in America. Get her death and see if she was a citizen. Look at the >>> censuses and see if she was a citizen. >>> >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >>> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 7:32 AM, George Medeiros <migueldeav...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> When a married woman became a citizen of the U.S. from the azores >>>> from 1900- 1950 does the naturalization record use their own surname or >>>> their husband's ? Does anyone know ? I found a naturalization record from >>>> 1926 of a woman with my grandmother's name which looks like her >>>> handwriting but has her family name not her husband's surname. >>>> I do not know if she ever became a citizen but this record might be her. >>>> George >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Azores Genealogy" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Azores Genealogy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
