The box "Citizen by Father's Naturalization Before Registrant's Majority" was checked for my wife's grandfathers card. What does it mean and did he have to provide any documentation to prove US citizenship via this method? Thanks so much for your help.
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It basically means that James immigrated to the US as a minor child with his parents and his father became a naturalized citizen before James reached the age of 21. So James became a citizen at the same time his father did. If you are interested in finding out when and where he became a citizen you would have to look for his father's declaration of intent, petition for naturalization, etc. The underage children and wife will likely be named in the documents.
When registering for the draft one did not have to prove their citizenship. He stated that he was naturalized through his father becoming a citizen before James turned 21 years of age (age of majority at the time). His father, Abram Handler became a US citizen in 1904.
Thanks everybody for your responses, it was right on target & very helpful. Now I need to track down Abraham Handler’s naturalization record.
naturalization of Abram Handler (declaration of intention in 1902 precedes it by one page)
unlike naturalizations that took place starting a few years later this does not contain the names of his wife or children
Thanks Susannah, that was extremely nice of you to send me the link to Abram Handler's Declaration of Intention record. It was a time saver for sure. All the Best, Carl