A Minor Naturalization
- Michael John Neill
This week we look at a record that we have not utilized in this column before: a minor naturalization.
A minor naturalization does not mean:
That the individual was a minor at the time of the naturalization.
That the individual worked in a coal mine (that’s a miner, not a minor).
Before we proceed any further, it is worth noting that for much of American history mostly men naturalized and before 1906, most naturalizations took
place in some type of county court. There are exceptions, but generally women did not naturalize (especially when they could not vote anyway) and for
much of American history their citizenship status was derived from that of their husband or their father
(more information).
For a time those who immigrated as minors (those under the age of majority, which was usually twenty-one years for a male) were subject to...
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