I’m going to
focus part of my time now on locating naturalization records for both Cornelius
Scanlon and his possible brother John – even though these records are not
likely to list a specific town of origin for either Cornelius or John.
The records may,
however, list a county of birth; I have seen other naturalization records prior
to 1906 that do so.
U. S. censuses
agree that both Cornelius and John were naturalized citizens. The 1920 U. S. census indicates John’s year of
naturalization was about 1877, which does not pre-date his immigration year:
Immigration
Year
|
||
RECORD
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CORNELIUS
|
JOHN
|
1900 U. S. census [1]
|
1850
|
1873
|
1910 U. S. census [2]
|
1862
|
1872
|
1920 U. S. census [3]
|
1872 (Naturalized 1877)
|
|
1930 U. S. census [4]
|
1873
|
|
The immigration
year for Cornelius is obviously less defined than John’s, so I will begin with
John.
Notes:
[1] For Cornelius, see the
1900
U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population schedule, Mt. Pleasant,
Enumeration District 78, Sheet 2A, dwelling 22, family 22, Cornelius Scanlon;
digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed
14 September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 1,240,870; citing
National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 870.
For John, see the
1900 U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population schedule, Mt.
Pleasant, Enumeration District 78, sheet 2B, dwelling 31, family 31, line 83,
John Scanlon, digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed
18 September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 1,240,870; citing
National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 870.
[2] For
Cornelius, see 1910 U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population
schedule, Mt. Pleasant, Enumeration District 94, Page 132, Sheet 8B, dwelling
166, family 169, line 84, Cornelius Scanlon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 14 September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 1,374,808;
citing National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 795.
For John, see 1910
U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population schedule, Mt. Pleasant,
Enumeration District 94, Page 132, dwelling 155, family 158, line 34, John
Scanlon; digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 18 September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 1,374,808;
citing National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 795.
[3] 1920 U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population
schedule, Mt. Pleasant, Enumeration District 110, Page 119, dwelling 141,
family 143, line 16, John Scanlon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 14 September 2013), citing National Archives microfilm publication
T625, roll 932.
[4] 1930 U. S. census, Lawrence County, Missouri, population
schedule, Mt. Pleasant, Enumeration District 14, dwelling 38, family 38, line
58, John Scanlon; digital image, Ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com :
accessed 14 September 2013), citing Family History Library microfilm 2,340,943;
citing National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 1208.
