1950-1959 naturalization file for Gordon Francis Ponceby

Page 1: INS letter

- United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Washington 25, D.C.
- Date: 26 January 1959
- To: Clerk of Court, United States District Court, Toledo, Ohio
- Statement: the office had information showing that Gordon Francis Ponceby had lost United States citizenship since the date of naturalization and asked the clerk to place the communication with the naturalization record and note the index accordingly.
- Name: Gordon Francis Ponceby
- Certificate no.: 6841677
- Petition no.: 13919
- Date of naturalization: 22 November 1950

Page 2: Petition for naturalization

- Court: U.S. District Court at Toledo, Ohio
- Petition no.: 13919
- Name: Gordon Francis Ponceby
- Address: 105 No. Main St., Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- Occupation: Office manager
- Age: 24
- Birth: 1 January 1926 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Sex / race: male / white
- Height / weight: 5 feet 9 inches / 150 pounds
- Visible mark: burn scar, right palm
- Present nationality: Canada
- Wife: Shirley Jean
- Marriage: 24 April 1948 at Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- Wife birth: 4 January 1930 at Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- Children: none
- Last foreign residence: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Entered the United States at Detroit, Michigan, on 3 January 1942 by Ambassador Bridge
- Military service: U.S. Army, serial no. 15 127 392, from 14 February 1944 to 28 March 1946; enlisted or inducted at Cleveland, Ohio; separated under honorable conditions
- Petition signed by Gordon Francis Ponceby
- Examined before filing on 25 May 1950
- Alien registration no.: 7371562

Page 3: Affidavit of witnesses and oath

- Witnesses: Nelson V. Matheny and Edward C. Merry
- Affidavit filed at Toledo, Ohio, on 25 May 1950
- Oath of allegiance page signed by Gordon Francis Ponceby
- Court stamp: 22 November 1950
- Petition granted: line 21 of list B-165
- Certificate no. 6841677 issued
- Handwritten note: Citizenship lost, see attached letter

Uncertain readings

- Some physical-description details beyond the clearly legible height, weight, and burn scar were not fully normalized.
- The 1959 INS letter confirms loss of citizenship after naturalization but does not give the exact date or legal basis for the loss.