Petition For Citizenship of Mikael Amerikian
7/7/1931
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This item is the Petition for Citizenship of Mikael Amerikian of Portland, Maine. It includes his address, occupation, date and place of birth, wife's name, date and place of marriage, date and place of birth for his wife, number of children with their names, dates and places of birth, the date that he entered the United States, the ship that he arrived on, and affidavits of two witnesses, Nathan Asdoorian and Sam Eloian, with their occupations and addresses.
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Mikael Amerikian, an ethnic Armenian born in Turkey, petitioned for United States citizenship in Portland, Maine, on July 31, 1931. A survivor of the state-sponsored mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917, he immigrated to America with his wife Nortivee and three-month-old child Verag, on June 26, 1921.
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier: 595027
Full Citation: Petition For Citizenship of Mikael Amerikian; 7/7/1931; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-for-citizenship-of-mikael-amerikian, July 10, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
