Naturalization Index Card for Giovanni Iacofano, 1903
Naturalization index card for Giovanni Iacofano of 57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio, recording Petition No. 20829 in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, birth in Italy on 20 July 1880, arrival in the United States on 23 July 1897, and naturalization on 4 April 1903.
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Record summary
What it says
Naturalization index card for Giovanni Iacofano of 57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio, recording Petition No. 20829 in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, birth in Italy on 20 July 1880, arrival in the United States on 23 July 1897, and naturalization on 4 April 1903.
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Type
Naturalization Record
Date
4 April 1903
Review
Checked
Confidence
High
What it says
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petitioner name
Giovanni Iacofano
petitioner name as recorded
Iacofano Giovanni
document type
naturalization index card
address as recorded
57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio
residence
57 Norman St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
petition number
20829
court name
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
court name as recorded
Com. Pleas, Cuy. Co., Cleve.
country of birth or allegiance
Italy
birth date
20 July 1880
birth date as recorded
July 20, 1880
arrival date
23 July 1897
arrival date as recorded
July 23, 1897
naturalization date
4 April 1903
naturalization date as recorded
April 4, 1903
naturalization place
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
witnesses
none listed
summary
Naturalization index card for Giovanni Iacofano of 57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio, recording Petition No. 20829 in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, birth in Italy on 20 July 1880, arrival in the United States on 23 July 1897, and naturalization on 4 April 1903.
Petition
Petitioner
Giovanni Iacofano
Document Type
naturalization index card
Naturalization Date
4 April 1903
Court Name
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Person
Birth date
20 July 1880
Residence
57 Norman St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Arrival
Arrival Date
23 July 1897
Other details
Petitioner Name As Recorded
Iacofano Giovanni
Address As Recorded
57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio
Petition Number
20829
Court Name As Recorded
Com. Pleas, Cuy. Co., Cleve.
Country Of Birth Or Allegiance
Italy
Birth Date As Recorded
July 20, 1880
Arrival Date As Recorded
July 23, 1897
Naturalization Date As Recorded
April 4, 1903
Naturalization Place
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Witnesses
none listed
Summary
Naturalization index card for Giovanni Iacofano of 57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio, recording Petition No. 20829 in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, birth in Italy on 20 July 1880, arrival in the United States on 23 July 1897, and naturalization on 4 April 1903.
Manual transcription from the JPG; no automatic OCR text companion was created.
The card records the family name and given name in separate fields as "Iacofano" and "Giovanni."
The "Date and port of arrival in U.S." field gives only the date 23 July 1897; no port is visible on the card.
The title/location of court is abbreviated as "Com. Pleas, Cuy. Co., Cleve." and is normalized here as Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court at Cleveland.
The 20 July 1880 birth date conflicts with the existing medium-confidence canonical John/Giovanni Iacofano profile, which currently carries an approximate 1874 birth from later family/census evidence; after user acceptance, this card is linked to a separate canonical Giovanni Iacofano person.
FamilySearch PDF download of U.S. Department of Labor Immigration and Naturalization Service Form No. 1-P naturalization index card image
familysearch image number
2738 of 6015
form number
1-P
printed form code
14-3202
petition number
20829
court as recorded
Com. Pleas, Cuy. Co., Cleve.
address as recorded
57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio
Notes
Research notes
Updated from Transcript-6.pdf on 30 April 2026 to preserve FamilySearch citation metadata; Transcript-10.pdf matched the same FamilySearch image and citation and was skipped as a duplicate.
User accepted this source on 30 April 2026 and authorized creation of person-giovanni-iacofano-1880 from it.
Kept separate from person-john-iacofano-1874 pending additional evidence that can reconcile the birth-year conflict and supply family-context proof.
PlaceCleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Citation
Where the record came from
Naturalization Index Card for Giovanni Iacofano, 1903; FamilySearch; Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States records; image group 005486382; image 2738 of 6015; Cuyahoga County Archives (Cleveland, Ohio), Ohio. County Court (Cuyahoga County); accessed 30 April 2026.
