US-born women expatriated by marriage to Polish immigrant

Ute — Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:14 am

Author: Ute

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:14 am

I just ran across the naturalization record of a distant relative whose 1940 naturalization record says "Country of Birth or Allegiance: USA-Poland", "Repatriated". She was born in the United States, had lost her US citizenship by marriage to a Polish immigrant, and repatriated herself in 1940. It was the first time that I had seen such a record, so I searched for further information on the subject and found an interesting article that I thought might be interesting to share here. This is just an excerpt:

"Just as alien women gained U.S. citizenship by marriage, U.S.-born women often gained foreign nationality (and thereby lost their U.S. citizenship) by marriage to a foreigner. As the law increasingly linked women's citizenship to that of their husbands, the courts frequently found that U.S. citizen women expatriated themselves by marriage to an alien. ..."

The full article you'll find here: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/summer/women-and-naturalization-1.html

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US-born women expatriated by marriage to Polish immigrant