Saturday, April 29, 2000
While showing Great Grandpa Horbal’s Certificate of Naturalization to my parents Friday night, we speculated on whether or not Buscha had become a citizen or not. Given that she couldn’t read, I thought it unlikely. But according to the National Archives page about naturalization,
"[D]erivative" citizenship was granted to wives and minor children of naturalized men. From 1790 to 1922, wives of naturalized men automatically became citizens.
Given that Great Grandpa became a citizen on July 5, 1922, it appears that Buscha perhaps just beat the deadline. :-)
Posted at 11:55:08 PM
