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Assemble official civil-status documents for a Canadian citizenship certificate application. Priority documents are Chris Iacofano's long-form birth certificate naming Gayle Ponceby/Iacofano as parent; Gayle Louise Ponceby's Ohio birth certificate naming Gordon Francis Ponceby as father; Gordon Francis Ponceby's Alberta birth certificate or other Canadian proof; any Canadian citizenship certificate/card, Registration of Birth Abroad, or related IRCC record ever issued to Gayle; Gayle's marriage/name-change record if Chris's birth certificate or family documents use Iacofano rather than Ponceby; and Gayle's death certificate or obituary as a supporting identity/deceased-parent document. If no Canadian proof for Gayle exists, submit Chris's proof application with Gayle's birth certificate plus Gordon's Canadian proof and Gordon's 1950/1962 naturalization records as context, and be prepared for IRCC to request more evidence.

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Use a signed-in FamilySearch, Ancestry, NARA RG 85, or equivalent manual browse/search path to locate the Detroit/Ambassador Bridge admission card or manifest for Gordon Francis Ponceby around 3 January 1942. Prioritize NARA M1478 Detroit alphabetical card manifests, likely roll 80, surname range `Pisani, Carmel-Possobon, Alfonso`; search Gordon/Gorden Francis/F. Ponceby plus Pownceby and Poncely variants.

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Have an eligible next-of-kin, spouse/partner, estate representative, lawyer, or other eligible applicant order Gordon Francis Ponceby's Alberta birth document, preferably a Birth Certificate with Personal Information and Parentage or a Photocopy of a Registration of Birth. Use Gordon's reported birth date 1 January 1926, reported birthplace Edmonton/Alberta, father Donald Ponceby, and mother Catherine Mackie Horne / Catherine McKayhorne as search/application details.

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Submit an SSA FOIA request for Gordon Francis Ponceby's deceased person's original SS-5 and/or Numident record. Use the Social Security number visible on `source-death-certificate-gordon-francis-ponceby-1984`, attach proof of death, and request parent names if available under SSA's extreme-age policy.

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Search signed-in Ancestry WWII young-men draft card images for Gordon/Gorden Francis/F. Ponceby variants, and if no image is available, request the WWII Selective Service Draft Registration Card (SSS Form 1) and preferably Classification History (SSS Form 102) from NARA St. Louis. Use birth date 1 January 1926, Canadian/Alberta birth, service number 15127392, enlistment at Ft Thomas, Kentucky on 14 February 1944, and likely Ohio/Kentucky/Alberta contexts.

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Locate or request Gordon Francis Ponceby's 28 January 1959 Cleveland airplane admission record and test Alien Registration number `A7 371 562`. Search Ancestry/NARA A3838 for Cleveland airplane arrivals, search the National Archives Catalog for the A-number and Gordon/Ponceby variants, and then use the appropriate NARA A-file or USCIS FOIA/Genealogy route if the file is not cataloged. Also verify the 1960 Greater Toronto suburban directory objects through Toronto Public Library/Digital Archive access if available.

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After the Selective Service search, request Gordon Francis Ponceby's Army OMPF/reconstructed personnel file from NARA/NPRC. Use name Gordon Francis or Gordon F. Ponceby, service number 15127392, Army service dates 14 February 1944 to 28 March 1946, birth date 1 January 1926, birthplace Canada/Alberta, enlistment at Ft Thomas, Kentucky, ordered movement to AAF BTC No. 2, Keesler Field, Mississippi on 21 February 1944, and proof of death from the 1984 Ohio death certificate.

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Order or otherwise locate Alberta death registration 102-875 for Marjorie Eleanor Ponceby, Edmonton, 8 December 1932. Use the Provincial Archives of Alberta Vital Statistics Request workflow and request a digital registration copy if available.

HIR-20260423-002

Verify the actual Edmonton Journal death notice/catalog entry for Marjorie Eleanor Ponceby in 1932 and identify the truncated married-style reference beginning "Mrs. Do"; specifically determine whether it reads "Mrs. Donald Ponceby" or names a different spouse/reference.

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Order or otherwise locate the full Alberta marriage registration for Donald E. Ponceby/Poncely and Catherine M. Horne, Edmonton, 1924, index number 242. Use the Provincial Archives of Alberta Vital Statistics Request workflow with both matching index entries: bridegroom Donald E. Ponceby/Poncely and bride Catherine M. Horne.

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