Probate Index Book A -

Transcribed from Declaration of Intention & Petitions for Naturalization 13th Judicial District, Elk County, Kansas, 1912-1924 by Kaye Watkins.

Declaration of Intention

and

Petitions for Naturalization

13th Judicial District
Elk County, Kansas
1912-1924

COMPILER'S NOTES

The Elk County Courthouse, Howard, Kansas, burned in 1906 destroying many records. It is not known how many Declaration of Intentions and Final Naturalization records were destroyed, but the following is all that remains in the offices of The Register of Deeds, Elk County Courthouse, Howard, KS.

Copies may be obtained by writing to The Register of Deeds office.

Neva Walter,
Register of Deeds
Elk County Kansas
P.O. Box 476
Howard, KS 67349

CODE

NAME:	Name of Applicant
OCC:	Occupation
AGE:	Age at time of Declaration
PHY DESC:	Physical description
MARKS:	Any distinguishing marks
PLB:	Place of birth
DOB:	Date of birth
RES:	Residence at time of Declaration
EF:	Emigrated from
VES:	Vessel
LFR:	last Foreign residence
POA:	Place of arrival
DATE:	Date of arrival
WRITE:	able to write
DOI:	Date of Declaration of Intention
REMARKS:	Statements that applicant might have made

DECLARATION OF INTENTION

1.
NAME:	R. S. Gimia
OCC:	Day Laborer
AGE:	23
PHY DESC:	White; Light Complexion; 5'9", 180 lbs; Brown hair, Blue eyes
MARKS:	none
PLB:	Rusi, Bulgaria
DOB:	December 25,1889
RES:	Moline, Elk Co. KS
EF:	Bulgaria
VES:	not known, sailed from Bremen, Germany
LFR:	Rusi, Bulgaria
POA:	Philadelphia
DATE:	June 1911
WRITE:	signed name
DOI:	November 1,1912
REMARKS:	none listed on, Declaration

2.

NAME: Charles Vick (See No. 18 entry)

OCC: Fanner

AGE: 38

PHY DESC: White; Light Ccmplexion; 5'9", l50lbs; Brown hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Germany

DOB: September 12, 1874

RES: Moline, Elk Co. Ks

EF: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

VES: Passenger Steamer "Lessing"

LFR: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

POA: New York

DATE: November 10,1884

WRITE: signed

DOI: November 26,1912

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

3.

NAME: John William Vick (See No. 8 entry)

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 35

PHY DESC: White; Light Complexion; 5'9", 190lbs, Light hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: Heavy set

PLB: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

DOB: March 19,1877

RES: Howard, Elk Co. Ks

EF: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

VES: Passenger Steamer "Lessing"

LFR: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

POA: New York

DATE: November 10,1884

WRITE: signed name

DOI: February 1,1913

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

4.

NAME: Bernhardt H. Vick (See No.7 entry)

OCC: Painter

AGE: 33

PHY DESC: White; Fair Complexion; 5'7", 175lbs, Sandy hair, Grey eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

DOB: February 27,1880

RES: Moline, Elk Co. KS

EF: Mecklenburg Schwerin Germany

VES: Passenger Steamer "Lessing"

LFR: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

POA: New York

DATE: November 10,1884

WRITE: signed name

DOI: March 25,1913

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

5.

NAME: Geroge Sumer Clark

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 35

PHY DESC: White; Light Complexion; 6', 210lbs, Black hair, Grey eyes

MARKS: Rather portly

PLB: Longton, Elk Co. KS

DOB: February 3,1879

RES: Longton, KS

EF: Therian(?), Alberta Canada

VES: Great Northern Railroad

LFR: Edson, Alberta Canada

POA: Minneapolis, M.

DATE: August 22,1914

WRITE: signed name

DOI: November 11,1914

REMARKS: Stated he was a Naturalized subject of Canada

6.

NAME: Charles Harry Clark

OCC: Brakeman-Railroad

AGE: 24

PHY DESC: White; Light Complexion; 5'10", 161bs, Black hair, Gray eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Longton, Elk Co. KS

DOB: December 2,1889

RES: Chanute, KS

EF: Edson, Alberta Canada

VES: Great Northern Railroad

LFR: Edson, Alberta Canada

POA: Minneapolis, MN

DATE: August 22,1914

WRITE: signed name

DOI: November 11,1014

REMARKS: none listed

7.

NAME: Bernhardt H. Vick (See No.4 entry)

OCC: Painter

AGE: 35

PHY DESC: White; Fair Complexion; 5'7", l75lbs, Sandy hair, Gray eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Mechlenburg-Schwerin Germany

DOB: February 27,1880

RES: Moline, Elk Co. KS

EF: Mechlenburg-Schwerin Germany

VES: Passenger Steamer "Lessing"

LFR: Mechlenburg-Schwerin Germany

POA: New York

DATE: November 10,1884

WRITE: signed name

DOI: February 20,1915

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

8.

NAME: John William Vick (See No.3 entry)

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 39

PHY DESC: White; Light Complexion, 5'9", 1901bs; Light hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: heavy set

PLB: Mechlenburg-Schwerin Germany

DOB: March 19,1877

RES: Howard, Elk Co. KS

EF: Hamburg,, Germany

VES: Stearmer ship "Lessing"

LFR: Mechlenburg-Schwerin Germany

POA: New York

DATE: November 10,1884

WRITE: signed name

DOI: November 16,1916

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

9.

NAME: Henry Bolz

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 40

PHY DESC: White; Med Dark Complex, 5'5", 162 lbs, Med Dark hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: heavy set

PLB: Barnstedt, Germany

DOB: March 5,1876

RES: Howard, Elk Co. KS

EF: Hamburg, Germany

VES: didn't reall name of ship

LFR: Barnstedt, Germany

POA: New York

DATE: May 30,1882

WRITE: signed name

DOI: February 19,1917

REMARKS: Wife's name: Florence Bolz, Native American

10.

NAME: Samuel George Luke (See No. 11 entry)

OCC: Fanner

AGE: 27

PHY DESC: White; Fair Complexion, 5'6", 148lbs, Black. hair, light brwn eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: County Enterim, Ireland

DOB: July 1,1889

RES: Severy, KS

EF: Belfast, Ireland

VES: Lake Erie

LFR: Ehoghill, Ireland

POA:

DATE:

WRITE:

DOI: June 8, 1917

REMARKS: SPOILED DOCUMENT (See No. 10 entry)

11.

NAME: Samuel George Luke (See No. 10 entry)

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 27

PHY DESC: White ;Fair Complexion, 5'6", 148lbs, Black hair, light brwn eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: County Enterim, Ireland

DOB: July 1,1889

RES: Severy, KS

EF: St Clair, Minitoba, Canada

VES: Soo Line Railroad

LFR: St. Clair, Manitoba, Canaday

POA: St. Paul, MN

DATE: November 22,1916

WRITE: signed his name

DOI: June 8,1917

REMARKS: Wife's name Bernice Luke

12.

NAME: John W. Gibbon

OCC: Lumber dealer

AGE: 60

PHY DESC: White; Dark Complexion, 5'6", 140lbs, Brown hair, Brown eyes

MARKS: large knuckle on 2nd finger of right hand

PLB: West Hartelpool, England

DOB: September 17,1857

RES: Howard, Elk Co. KS

EF: England

VES: Batavia

LFR: England

POA: New York

DATE: September 27,1870

WRITE: signed his name

DOI: August 28,1918

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

13.

NAME: Edward Jacob Stauffer

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 34

PHY DESC: White; Light Complexion, 5'11 1/2", 150lbs, Light Brwn hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: Long fingers w/large knuckle @ 2nd joint, both hands

PLB: Cambridge, Kansas

DOB: September 15,1883

RES: RFD 1, Grenola, Ks

EF: Didsbury, Canada

VES: Railroad

LFR: Didsbury, Canada

POA: Port of North Dakota

DATE: December 17,1909

WRITE: signed name

DOI: September 6,1918

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

14.

NAME: Oscar Julius Hollin (could be Hallin) (See No. 19 entry)

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 39

PHY DESC: White; Light Complexion, 5'4", l50lbs, Lt Brown hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: indented scar on left wrist

PLB: Hjalteby, Sweden

DOB: September 23,1879

RES: Paw Paw Twp. Elk Co. KS

EF: Gothenborg, Sweden

VES: Baltic

LFR: Hjalteby, Sweden

POA: New York

DATE: last day of Mrch 1906

WRITE: signed name

DOI: December 6, 1918

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

15.

NAME: Minnie Sophia Henrietta Freas Vick

OCC: Housewife

AGE: 68

PHY DESC: White; Fair complexion, 5', 100lbs, Brown hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: Dimple scar under left side of chin

PLB: Meklenburg-Schwerin Germany

DOB: October 14,1859

RES: Moline, Elk Co. KS

EF: Germany

VES: Steamer, "Lessing"

LFR: Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany

POA: New York

DATE: November 10,1884

WRITE: signed name

DOI: December 17,1918

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

16.

NAME: Carl Erik Vilen

OCC: Student (intend teaching)

AGE: 20

PHY DESC: Qhite; Fair Complexion, 5'3", 121lbs, Brown hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: scar under hair 3' above left ear

PLB: Gothenburg, Sweden

DOB: April 10,1898

RES: Paw Paw twp. Severy, Ks (mailing address)

EF: Gothenburg, Sweden

VES: Oscar II

LFR: Gothenburg, Sweden

POA: Hoboken, New Jersey

DATE: January 28,1915

WRITE: signed name

DOI: January 21,1919

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration

17.

NAME: Gosta Harald Vilen

OCC: Cartoonist

AGE: 21

PHY DESC: White; Light complexion, 5'7", 149lbs, Light hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: forepart. of hair almost "hight balance hight"

PLB: Gothenborgh, Sweden

DOB: April 29,1899

RES: Severy, Kansas, rural district

EF: Copenhagen

VES: Oscar II

LFR: Gothenborgh, Sweden

POA: Port Hoboken, New Jersey

DATE: January 28, 1915

WRITE: signed name

DOI: January 28, 1915

REMARKS: "I am not married"

18.

NAME: Charles Vick (See No. 2 entry)

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 46

PHY DESC: White; Fair ccmplexion, 5'9", 146lbs, Light hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Mechlenburg-Schwerin Germany

DOB: September 12, 1874

RES: near Moline, KS

EF:

VES: Lessing

LFR: Ribnitz, Mechlenburg-Schwerin Germany

POA: New York

DATE: November 10,1884

WRITE: signed name

DOI: February 15,1921

REMARKS: none listed on Declaration 19.

19.

NAME: Oscar Julius Johanson (See No. 14 entry)

OCC: Farmer

AGE: 41

PHY DESC: White; Light complexion, 5'4", 150lbs, Lt Brown hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: indented scar on left wrist

PLB: Hjalteby, Sweden

DOB: September 23, 1879

RES: Severy, Ks

EF: Gothenborg, Sweden

VES: Campania

LFR: Hjalteby,, Sweden

POA: New York

DATE: February 24, 1902

WRITE: signed name

DOI: May 7, 1921

REMARKS: none given on Declaration

20.

NAME: Mark Garnet McIntosh

OCC: Clergyman

AGE: 29

PHY DESC: White; Fair complexion, 5'7", 150lbs, Red hair, Brown eyes

MARKS: Scar on right eyebrow

PLB: Dresden, Ontario, Canada

DOB: December 12, 1892

RES: Moline,, Elk Co. KS

EF: Ontario, Canada

VES: Ferry to Port Huron, Michigan

LFR: Dresden, Ontario, Canada

POA: Port Huron, Michigan

DATE: January 1, 1894

WRITE: signed name

DOI: January 23, 1922

REMARKS: none given on Declaration

21.

NAME: Patrick Joseph Maloney

OCC: Clergyman

AGE: 46

PHY DESC: White; Fair complexion, 5'10", 180lbs, Grayish hair, Gray eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Bodyke(sic), County Claire Ireland

DOB: April 20,1876

RES: Moline, Elk Co. KS

EF: Bodyke, County Claire Ireland

VES:

LFR: Bodyke, County Claire Ireland

POA: New York

DATE: September 15,1901

WRITE: signed name

DOI: January 10,1923

REMARKS: None given on Declaration

22.

NAME: Hilma Lovisa Johanson

OCC: Housewife

AGE: 45

PHY DESC: White; Light complexion, 5'5", 135lbs, Light hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Elk County, KS

DOB: February 16,1878

RES: Paw Paw twp. Elk Co. KS near Severy, KS

EF: -

VES: -

LFR: -

POA: -

DATE: -

WRITE: signed name

DOI: June 15,1923

REMARKS: married Oscar J. Johanson March 4,1914, a subject of Sweden

23.

NAME: Axel Emanuel Anderson

OCC: locomotive Engineer

AGE: 32

PHY DESC: White; Light complexion,, 5'11", 196lbs, Light hair, Blue eyes

MARKS: none

PLB: Linkoping, Sweden

DOB: September 19,1891

RES: Moline, Elk Co. Ks

EF: Malmo, Sweden

VES: Canada

LFR: Linkoping, Sweden

POA: Port Huron, Michigan

DATE: February 11, 1911

WRITE: signed name

DOI: September 28, 1923

REMARKS: None given on Declaration

PETITIONS FOR NATURALIZATION

1. Spoiled 2. NAME: David Egan

Port of Entry: New York-Ellis Island
Vessel: Cedric-White Star Line
Resides: Main St. Moline, KS
Occupation: Clergyman
Born: October 19, 1879 - Midleton County Cork, Ireland
Emigrated From: Queenstown, Ireland Aug 11,1911
DOI: September 21, 1911, Wichita (Sedgwick Co.) KS
Martial Status: not married
Petition dated: September 16,1918
Serial # 1126d45 on Certificate of Arrival
Oath of Allegiance: May 6,1919
Certificate of Naturalization # 775341

3. NAME: Charles Vick

Resides: Moline, KS
Occupation: Farmer
Born: Mecklenberg Schwerin, Germany
Emigrated from: Mecklenberg Schwerin Germany, November 10,1884
Port of Entry: New York
Vessel: Lessing
DOI: November 26, 1912, Howard, KS
Wife: Edna Julia (Freed), born Reno Co. KS
Children: Nora Madelia Vick, born: October 6,1901 at Moline, KS
Eadolf Verda Vick, born: January 10,1903 at Moline, KS
Golda Edre Vick, born: December 1,1909 at Moline, KS
Petition dated: January 1,1919
NOTES: May 6, 1919 - Continued to next Naturalization day
September 23, 1919, dismissed without prejudice on motion
of United States-Declaration of Intention void-over seven
years old.

4. NAME: John Wm. Vick-Document spoiled 5. Spoiled document 6. NAME: John William Vick

Resides: RFD 1, Howard, KS
Occupation: Farmer
Born; March 19, 1877, Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Germany
Emigrated from: Mecklenberg-Schwerin on November 10,1884
Port of Arrival: New York
Vessel: Lessing
DOI: November 6, 1916, Howard, Ks
Martial Status: Married, wife: Nettie A. (Pickell), born Elk Co. KS
Children: Roland Vick, born: November 19,1914
Petition dated: December 27, 1920
NOTES: Dismissed on motion of government-Intention not attached.

7. NAME: Oscar Julius Hallin

Resides: Paw Paw twp. near Severy, KS
occupation: Fanner
Born: September 23,1879 at Hjalteby, Sweden
Emigrated from: Gothenborg, Sweden on March 18,1906
Port of Arrival: New York
Vessel: Baltic
DOI: December 611918, Elk Co. KS
Martial Status: Wife: HUM Lovisa Hallin, born: Elk Co. KS
Petition dtd December 31, 1920
NOTES: Dismissed on motion of government-assumed name

8. Name: Minnie Sophia Henrietta Frease Vick

Born: October 14, 1850 at Mecklenberg Schwerin, Germany
Marital Status: Widowed: Husband: John Joe David Vick
born Mecklenberg Schwerin, Germany, now deceased
Children: Charles Vick, born: September 12, 1874, Germany resides RFD 3, Moline, Ks:
John William Vick, born: March 19,1877, Germany, resides: RFD 1, Howard, KS.;
Bernhardt, born: February 27, 1880 in Germany, resides near Rogers, Arkansas;
Minnie Hanson, born January 6,1888 in Omaha, Nebraska, resides Collbran, CO.
Petition dtd: January 5, 1921
No Certificate of Naturalization but became citizen May 3,1921

9. Spoiled

10. Name: Carl Erik Vilen

See Declaration of Intention (previous pages
REMARKS on Petition: September 27, 1921, motion of
Bureau sustained & Petition dismissed without prejudice.

11. Spoiled

12. Name: John William Vick

See Declaration of Intention (Previous pages)
Children: Roland, born November 19,1914
Petition dated May 13, 1921
Certificate of Naturalization # 275343 dated September 27,1921

13. Charles Vick

See Declaration of Intention (previous pages)
Resides: Elk Falls, KS
Petition dated April 4, 1923
Admitted: September 18, 1923
No Certificate # recorded

14. Name: Oscar Julius Johanson

Resides: Severy, KS
See Declaration of Intention (previous pages)
petition dated: June 18,1923
Admitted as citizen September 18, 1923
No certificate # recorded

15. Hilma Lovisa Hallin

See Declaration of Intention (previous pages)
Petition dated September 22, 1923
Admitted as citizen Nay 7,1924
No certificate # recorded

16. Edward Jacob Stauffer

Resides: Grenola, KS
Wife's name: Bertha L.
Children: Kenneth, born: October 11, 1911, Grenola, KS
Sherald, born: April 22, 1916, Grenola, KS
Howard, born: October 15, 1920, Grenola, KS
See Declaration of Intention (previous pages)
Petition dated January 7, 1924
Admitted as citizen September 16, 1924

17. Name: Mark Garnet McIntosh

See Declaration of Intention (previous pages)
Martial Status: Wife: Golda. M. McIntosh, born Upland, Indiana.
Children: Ruth, born July 1917, Upland, Indiana.
Florence Margaret, born October 23,1918, Upland, Indiana;
Mark Grant, born January 29,1920, Upland, Indiana;
Elizabeth Elinor, born July 29, 1921, Moline, Ks;
Janice Carolyn, born December 16,, 1922, Moline, KS;
Petition dated March 14, 1924
Admitted as citizen October 4, 1924