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1907 - 1925 Warren County, Iowa

[The text below is from the sample Declaration of Intention(to the right)]
U.S. Department of Labor, Naturalization Service
United States of America - Declaration of Intention
Invalid for all purposes seven years after the date hereof.
State of Iowa, Warren County: In the District Court of Iowa.
I, Ed Vanee, aged 29 years, occupation, Farmer, do declare on oath that my personal description is: Color White, complexion Dark, height 6 feet -- inches, weight 165 pounds, color of hair Brown, color of eyes Gray, other visible distinctive marks None
I was born in Oosterbeek, Netherlands on the 6th day of November, anno Domini 1887; I now reside at Indianola, Iowa
I emigrated to the United States of America from Rotterdam on the vessel Amsterdam; my last foreign residence was Oosterbeek, Netherlands.
It is my bona fide intention to renounce forever all ellegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to Welhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, of whom I am now a subject; I arrived at the port of New York, in the State of New York, on or about the 1st day of March, anno Domini 1904; I am not an anarchist; I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America and to permanently reside therein; So help me God. (original signature of declarant) Ed Vanee
Subscribed and sworn to before me in the office of the Clerk of Court this 31st day of July, anno Domini 1916. J. G. Tharp, Clerk of the District Court, By A.R. Smith, Clerk
sample of a Declaration of Intention

Copies of Declarations of Intention for the names listed below are available at: the Warren County Court House, on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Genealogical Society, and on loan at Family History Centers film #1863614.
NAME COUNTRY DATE PAGE
Armstrong, John Edward England Apr 13, 1915 14
Bassett, Elmer S. Canada Sep 1, 1914 9
Bertoletti, Giovanni Italy Mar 31, 1920 53
Bierma, Lura M. Canada Dec 11, 1924 65
Bierma, Theron Ralph Canada Dec 23, 1922 60
Brelin, Valentine Austria Mar 31, 1920 52
Brent, Martin Canada Feb 25, 1925 66
Brunt, Martin Canada Jan 14, 1918 35
Burgess, William Lanahan Barbados May 28, 1914 7
Carzoli, Alfredo Italy July 19, 1919 44
Clark, Dan Ireland Feb 19, 1917 27
Clarke, George England Sep 15, 1923 62
Colombi, Silvio Italy June 9, 1922 58
Darzes, Louis Greece Mar 24, 1915 12
Dyer, James G. Armenia July 26, 1912 4
Erb, Roy Clinton Canada Mar 7, 1916 16
Garreffa, Francesco Italy July 19, 1918 38
Garreffa, Rocco Guiseppe Italy June 6, 1920 47
Goldberg, Max Russia June 1, 1918 36
Green, Albert Canada Feb 17, 1916 17
Guizzetti, Victor Italy May 17, 1922 57
Hastings, James Henry Scotland Dec 31, 1917 34
Hines, William England Sep 16, 1918 42
Hoffman, Frank Russia Sep 11, 1918 41
Jorris, James J. Greece Feb 26, 1914 6
Kiesel, Christian Gottlieb Germany Oct 5, 1908 2 & 30
Kolias, George D. Greece June 3, 1912 3
Koumparulis, Constantine Vasilion Greece Sep 1, 1916 22
Koumparulis, Demitrious Greece Sep 1, 1916 23
Kurtz, William Samuel Canada Nov 17, 1914 10
Lepari, Sam Italy July 6, 1916 19
Lettington, William Thomas England Sep 12, 1917 32
Mickelson, Chris Denmark Aug 4, 1924 64
Moore, Charles T. Canada Mar 30, 1915 13
Nylander, Olaf Sweden Oct 22, 1918 43
Olson, Niels Aage Christian Bay Denmark Jan 12, 1915 11
Pace, John Italy Aug 1, 1916 21
Paglia, Hilary Di Italy May 17, 1922 56
Papaditropoulos, Dimitrios Greece June 25, 1918 37
Papavasilen, John Greece July 26, 1919 45
Paskvan, Joe Kingdom of Jugoslavia June 2, 1924 63
Passmore, Charles Burl Canada Nov 25, 1916 26
Peck, Joseph Clowes Branwell England Aug 26, 1918 39
Reinholdt, Fredrick Otto Germany Mar 22, 1917 29
Reinholdt, Johaun Adolf Fredrick Germany Apr 7, 1917 31
Reins, Jordan B. Canada Jan 27, 1913 5
Richert, Herman Wilhelm Waldmar Germany Feb 28, 1917 28
Riding, Edward England May 13, 1922 55
Robinson, William England Oct 1, 1917 33
Ross, Peter Scotland Nov 6, 1916 25
Simpson, Alexander Nelson Canada June 20, 1923 61
Smith, Louis Germany Jan 30, 1908 1
Soelberg, Chris Jergen Denmark June 11, 1907 1
Speed, Lester Leroy Canada Dec 27, 1915 15
Staffano, Theodore Greece Sep 4, 1918 40
Suardini, Angelo Italy Aug 8, 1922 59
Terpina, Charles Peter Turkey Mar 3, 1916 18
Thomas, Anastasios George Greece Sep 1, 1916 24
Vanee, Ed Netherland July 31, 1916 20
Vlassis, Georgeas Greece July 26, 1919 46
Walter, Erick Arno Germany Aug 14, 1914 8
Wilgenbush, Barnard Herman Canada Nov 14, 1921 54