Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
File No. 10671

1. Place of Death: Phila
No. 1729 No 4th St; 19 Ward
2. Full Name: Catharine Conrad
3. Sex: F
4. Color or Race: W
5. Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: W
6. Date of Birth: 4 23 1835
7. Age: 75 yrs 9 mos 5 ds
8. Occupation: [indecipherable possibly abbrev for  Housewife?]
9. Birthplace: Ger
10-13. Information on parents not reported
14. Informant: Geo Conrad, 1729 No 4th St. (son)
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16. Date of Death: 1 29 1910
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19. Place of burial: Glenwood; Date of burial: 2/1 1910
20: Undertaker: Emma L. Shelly

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Original Citation:
Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 10671 (1910), Catharine Conrad; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.

These are probably the naturalization records for my second great-grandfather Nicholas Conrad. The Kingdom in the declaration of intent may have been an attempt to spell Bayern. I have not found a Birne or Bairen or anything like it.

Transcribed from photocopies received from the Philadelphia City Archives.

Nicholas Conrad, Declaration of Intent, Philadelphia, 1855
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Declaration of Intent

United States of America
State of Pennsylvania,
City and County of Philadelphia, fs.

Be it Remembered, That before the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia, on the Twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared Nicholas Conrad who, upon his solemn Oath did depose and say that he is a Native of Germany now residing in the City of Philadelphia, aged Twenty-Eight years, or thereabouts, and that is bona fide his intention to become a Citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the King of [Birne?] of whom he is now a Subject.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of Said Court, this Twelfth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
[indecipherable signature] Prothonotary

Nicholas Conrad, Naturalization Petition, Philadelphia, 1858
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Naturalization Petition

To the Honorable the Judges of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia:

The Petition of Nicholas Conrad
A Native of Germany
Respectfully showeth:

That he declared on oath before the Prothy of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County on the 12th day of July A.D. 1855

that it was and still is bona fide his intention to become a Citizen of the United States, and of renouncing forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty what-ever, and particularly to The King of [Bairen?]

of whom he was at that time a subject.– That your Petitioner has resided within the United States upwards of five years, and one year in the State of Pennsylvania last past, immediately preceding this his application to become a Citizen of the United States.

That he was never borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in his own or any other country.

He therefore prays, that on his making the proof, and taking the oath prescribed by law, he may be admitted a Citizen of the United States of America, and he will ever pray, &c.

[signed] Nicolaus Conrad

George Feitig a Citizen of the United States of America, being duly sworn according to law, saith, that he knows and is well acquainted with Nicholas Conrad the Petitioner; that to his knowledge he has resided in the United States five years, and one year last past in the State of Pennsylvania, immediately preceding his application to be a Citizen; that during the said period he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of our Constitution, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.

Sworn in open Court,
3rd of May 1858
[signed] George Feitig
[Indecipherable signature] Prothonotary

I Nicholas Conrad do swear, that the contents of my Petition are true; that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and I now renounce and relinquish any title or order of nobility to which I am now, or hereafter may be entitled, and I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the King of Bavaria of whom I was before a subject.

Sworn in open Court,
this Third day of May A.D. 1858
[signed] Nicolaus Conrad
[Indecipherable signature] Prothonotary

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Original Source Citation:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas Naturalization Declarations and Petitions, 63-1858, Nicholas Conrad, Declaration of Intent 1855, Naturalization Petition 1858.; Philadelphia City Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Division of Vital Statistics
Record of a Birth in Philadelphia
Bureau of Health

Full Name of Child: Robert Carman
Color: W
Sex: M
Date of Birth: 1909 Aug 24
Hour of Birth: 7.30 P.M.
Place of Birth, Street and No. 3035 Gransback St
Father’s Name: Joseph
Father’s Age: 37
Mother’s Name: Anna
Mother’s Age: 33
Father’s Occupation: Bricklayer
Father’s Birthplace: Phila.
Mother’s Birthplace: Do (Ditto)
Mather’s Name Before Marriage: Anna Funston
Residence of Parents: 3035 Gransback St.
Number of Child of this Mother: 8
Number of Children, of this mother, now living: 6
Legitimate? Yes
Name and Address of Person Making Report:
Signature, [signed] A.E. Smethurst
Address, 2249 N 13 St
Date Rec’d [stamped] AUG 26 1909

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Original Source Citation:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, birth certificate (1909), Robert Carman; Bureau of Health – Division of Vital Statistics, Philadelphia.

State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, ss.

[Per]sonally appeared Joseph Elon Carman who hereby requests the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, for the said County, to issue a License for the Marriage of himself to Annie May Funston and who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say:
that he was born in Phila. on the 6th day of April A.D. 1872; that he resides at no. 2521 Emlen St. Phila.; that he is by occupation bricklayer; that he is not related by blood or marriage to the person whom he desired to marry; that he has not been married before;
that Annie M. Funston whom he is about to marry, was born in Phila. on the 30th day of January A.D. 1876; that she resides at no. 2603 Hope St. Phila.; is by occupation in mill; that she has not been married before;
that he knows of no reason why the said reason may not be lawfully made.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 13th day of June 1895 (signed by Asst Clerk of Orphans’ Court)

[signed] Joseph E. Carman

Consent to the Marriage of a Child or Ward

I, Joseph Funston residing at no. 1910 Firth St. Phila. do hereby certify, that I am the father of Annie M. Funston residing at no. 2603 Hope St. Phila. who is now 19 years of age. That I have been informed of the intended marriage of my said daughter to Joseph E. Carman and hereby do consent to said marriage.

Given before me, this 13th of June A.D. 1895 (signed by Clerk of Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County)

[signed] Joseph Funston

Duplicate

I, Jno P. Bagley hereby certify that on the 19 day of June one thousand eight hundred and ninety five, at Philadelphia Joseph E. Carman and Annie M. Funston were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, numbered 77493.

[signed]Jno P. Bagley

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Original Source Citation:
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, marriage license no. 77493 (1895), Joseph Elon Carman & Annie May Funston; Clerk of the Orphan’s Court, City Hall, Philadelphia.

These sheets must not be mutilated or damaged, but returned to the Secretary’s office perfect, as they are to be bound.
163 (stamped)

Return of Births in the Township City of Camden County of Camden State of New Jersey, from the 4 Day of May 1874 to the 4 Day of May 1875

Vol. CI Page 163 – Births – Mary E. Ware – born: July 1874, Camden City, Camden County, NJ (typewritten by person who photocopied the record)

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Original Source Citation:
New Jersey, “Returns of Births,” Vol. CI, p. 163, Mary E. Ware, July 1874; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.