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Naturalization Petition File for Gordon Francis Ponceby
Naturalization petition file for Gordon Francis Ponceby in the U.S. District Court at Toledo, Ohio, showing his petition in May 1950, oath and certificate issuance on 22 November 1950, and a later INS letter dated 26 January 1959 directing the court to note that he had lost U.S. citizenship after naturalization.
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- petitioner name
- Gordon Francis Ponceby
- principal name
- Gordon Francis Ponceby
- address
- 105 No. Main St., Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- occupation
- Office manager
- birth date
- 1 January 1926
- birth place
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- spouse name
- Shirley Jean
- spouse birth date
- 4 January 1930
- spouse birth place
- Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- marriage date
- 24 April 1948
- marriage place
- Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- children count
- 0
- last foreign residence
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- united states entry date
- 3 January 1942
- united states entry place
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- entry method as recorded
- Ambassador Bridge
- military service summary
- U.S. Army service from 14 February 1944 to 28 March 1946
- witness 1
- Nelson V. Matheny
- witness 2
- Edward C. Merry
- loss of citizenship notice present
- true
Petition
- Petitioner
- Gordon Francis Ponceby
Person
- Birth date
- 1 January 1926
- Birth place
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Occupation
- Office manager
- Spouse Name
- Shirley Jean
Other details
- Principal Name
- Gordon Francis Ponceby
- Address
- 105 No. Main St., Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- Spouse Birth Date
- 4 January 1930
- Spouse Birth Place
- Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- Marriage date
- 24 April 1948
- Marriage place
- Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
- Children Count
- 0
- Last Foreign Residence
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- United States Entry Date
- 3 January 1942
- United States Entry Place
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Entry Method As Recorded
- Ambassador Bridge
- Military Service Summary
- U.S. Army service from 14 February 1944 to 28 March 1946
- Witness 1
- Nelson V. Matheny
- Witness 2
- Edward C. Merry
- Loss Of Citizenship Notice Present
- Yes
Reading notes
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- Manual transcription created from the image-based PDF because embedded text extraction was not usable.
- The file is a mixed-document packet
- a 1959 INS letter appears first, followed by the 1950 petition and oath pages.
- The petition gives Toledo, Ohio as the court location for the 1950 naturalization, which is more direct evidence for the event location than the later 1952 naturalization card.
- The physical-description line is present but was not fully normalized beyond clearly legible details.
- The 1959 letter confirms loss of citizenship after the 1950 naturalization but does not state the exact date or legal basis for that loss.
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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.
Place
Where this record belongs
- county
- Lucas
- place
- Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Details
Record details
- court
- U.S. District Court
- petition number
- 13919
- certificate number
- 6841677
- petition examined date
- 25 May 1950
- naturalization date
- 22 November 1950
- loss notice date
- 26 January 1959
- document sections
- petition for naturalization
- affidavit of witnesses
- oath of allegiance
- INS loss-of-citizenship notice
- pages
- 3
Notes
Archive notes
- This source materially strengthens the evidence for Gordon Francis Ponceby's 22 November 1950 naturalization.
- The birth details in this petition remain secondary self-reported evidence and should be weighed alongside the conflicting 1926 census age entry.
- Keep the source proposed until the 1959 loss-of-citizenship notice and the later 1962 naturalization record are reviewed together.
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