Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum
1793 — 1877
Declaration of Intention
U.S. Citizenship
State of Missouri,
St. Charles County,
In St. Charles Circuit Court, Aprill [sic] Term, A.D. 1838.
I Adolphus Fiegenbaum do declare that I am a native of Latbergen [sic], Kingdom of Prussia, that I am about fourty [sic] four years old; that I emigrated from Latbergen [sic] that I there owed allegiance to King William III King of Prussia, that I am a Carpenter by profession, and that I am married to Cristina Peterjohan, and that I have six Children, that I landed in New Orleans in June 1834 and that I intend to settle in the State of Missouri
I further declare that it is my bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce and abjure forever, all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to William III of Prussia
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court,
2nd day of April A.D. 1838
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