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From: "Nancy Baker" <>
Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] Co. Clare, Ireland>Henry Co, Iowa
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:52:15 -0700
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Narilyn: Just as your ggrandfather came to Elkhart, Iowa from Ireland, sos
did my ggrnadfather, his mother, aunt and siblings. James Joseph Guthrie,
born in County Clare Sept. 8, 1837, came to Byron, Illinois with his mother,
Bridget Cusack Guthrie, in about 1848. Eventually most of the family moved
to Elkhart and surrounding communities. Some of the Guthries are also
buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, although I have not yet been there myself.
Best wishes.. Nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marilyn Coleman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:08 PM
Subject: RE: [IA-IRISH] Co. Clare, Ireland>Henry Co, Iowa


> Thanks so much, Cathy! You are such a blessing to this list,
> And to me :-)
> Marilyn Coleman, West Des Moines, Iowa
>
> Researching: my gg gfather James Edward Higgins (b. Co. Monaghan, IRE,
> d. Elkhart, Polk County, IA - buried Holy Cross at Farrar, Story County,
> IA)
>
> And Steve's gg grandparents from IRE, settled Melrose (Monroe County),
> IA: Paternal - Coleman/Fennell; McGinn/Kelly; Sinnott/Richards;
> O'Connor/Sullivan
> Maternal - Smith/Mahoney; O'Brien/Devine; Crall/McCarty; Heyland/Egan
> (or Agan)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Joynt Labath [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:11 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] Co. Clare, Ireland>Henry Co, Iowa
>
> : Please help!!!
> : A recent email made reference to Irish settlers signing a "
> Declaration of
> : Intent " prior to establishing homes in Iowa.
> : Being the GGS of John F. Kelly and William Nicholson, both
> homesteaders in
> : Allamakee County in the 1855 - 1865 period, I have done considerable
> : research into the Ireland to Iowa movement, and this is the first time
> I
> : have heard of this " Declaration ".
>
>
> Are you confusing homestead papers with Declarations of Intent?
>
> I was speaking of Declarations of intent to become a US Citizen - the
> first
> papers filed in the naturalization process. The act of 1802 specified
> that any
> free white aliens may be admitted to citizenship provided they: 1)
> signed
> declaration of intent in any state, territorial or federal court at
> least 3 yrs
> before admittance to citizenship 2) took oath of allegiance to US 3) had
> resided
> at least 5 yrs in US and at least one year within the state or territory
> where
> the court wsa held 4) renounce allegiance to foreign power 5) satisfied
> court
> they were of good moral character. The laws changed in 1906. Very little
> genealogical info is held in the documents filed before 1906, but from
> the info
> above you can possibly tell how long they had been in US and at least
> how long
> they had lived in the area where they filed their papers.
>
> Now, homestead papers are a different thing altogether. I found a few
> items of
> genealogical interest (like death date of gg grandmother and description
> of farm
> and improvements made) in the homestead case files. Somewhere around
> here I have
> further info on the homestead act and info to be found in the files but
> can't
> put my finger on it right at the moment. So if your ancestors were early
> homesteaders have you obtained their case files? I know one thing you
> need is a
> legal description of the land.
>
> Anyway, I was working on the list of Henry Co declarations of intent -
> (Those
> from Ireland only, of course) - and thought since those particular ones
> I listed
> mentioned a county in Ireland I would send them off to the list right
> away!!
> More to follow.
>
> Hope that enlightened you a little!
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
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