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Immigration for Grandfather Albert Wallach

Can you imagine being in the footsteps of Albert Wallach and doing things necessary to become a U.S. citizen in 1876?

So much is said of immigration now, but few are aware of what others have done for citizenship. This is a quote from page five of my book, Four Generations of Service.

We begin with Albert Wallach, my mother's father, who arrived in the United States in the early 1870s.  He applied for citizenship on Oct. 20, 1875.  The court answered April 10, 1876, as follows.

Albert Wallach, a native of Bohemia, who applies to be a citizen of the United States, comes and proves to the satisfaction of the court that he has been a resident of the United States at least five years and in the State of Missouri at least one year, immediately preceding this application, during which time he has conducted himself as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States. and will disposed to the good order and happiness of the same, and the Court, moreover, being satisfied that said applicant has taken the preparity steps required by the laws of the United States concerning the naturalization of Aliens and he is declaring here in open cout, under oath, that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely renounce and abjure forever all allegiances and fidelity to every foreign power, Prince, potentate, State or Sovereignty, whatsoever, and particularly to the Emperor of Austria, of whom he is at present a subject.  Therefore, the said Albert Wallach is admitted as a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

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Attested to by Alfred J. Wageman, Clerk of the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.  This is attached to the aforesaid application.

Thus began the USA experience of the Wallach side of my family that has produced  leaders of many categories to date.  Most are described in the book Four Generations of Service.

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