STATE OF IOWA }

Johnson County } In the District Court of said County

I John Vitoush do declare on oath that I was born in Bohemia on or about the year 1832 , that I emigrated to the United States of America, and landed at the Port of Chicago on or about the month of June in the year 1867 , that it is bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to Francis Joseph whereof I was a subject.

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Subscribed and sworn to By John Vitoush before me this 14 day of January A. D. 1875

G. W. Kovntz

Clerk




     Original located in : NATURALIZATION BOOK 1855-1887 in Johnson County Courthouse, Iowa City, IA. Page 76.  Reproduction from photo by Maurice L. Vitosh, December 14, 1999.

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