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<\/p>\nI\u2019ve been working on my Cahill line for the last few days, mainly because I\u2019m in the process of planning a research trip to Kane Co., Illinois to do some heavy-duty research on this line.<\/p>\n
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There are several indexes available for Kane Co. for naturalization records (both first and final papers) on microfilm through the FHL.\u00a0 I have been up and down them three times, and still cannot find anything on my 2nd great-grandfather, Thomas Cahill.\u00a0 Censuses indicate that he was naturalized by 1900 and with an immigration estimated in 1883\/1884, this is certainly possible.<\/p>\n
I did find a naturalization record [1] that I believe is for Thomas\u2019 brother, John T (or F) Cahill.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there are only initials used on the form, the first of which could be read as a J, and I or, even a Q.<\/p>\n
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I retrieved this record from my FHL trip in October 2009 and filed it away as a possibility for John.\u00a0 After looking at the form more closely today, I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s for him.\u00a0 This is due in part to one of the witnesses, \u201cThos Cahill.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Seeing as Thomas and John were brothers, who apparently immigrated about the same time, I\u2019m assuming that the Thomas in this document is my 2nd great-grandfather, and \u201cJ T\u201d is his brother John.\u00a0 The other witness, D F Garvey, is likely Denis Garvey who lived around the corner from John; John lived directly across the river from his brother in 1900. [2]<\/p>\n
Although I still have not located papers for Thomas, this record does give me a clue, that coincides with Thomas\u2019 1900 census entry:\u00a0 Thomas was a citizen by April 1900, the session at which John filed his final papers.\u00a0 This record states:\u00a0 \u201c\u2026as well from the oath of the said J T Cahill as from the testimony of D. F Garvey and Thos Cahill who are known to be citizens of the United States<\/em>\u2026\u201d (emphasis added). [3]\u00a0 So I know I am looking for naturalization records for Thomas before the April 1900 session of the Aurora City Court.\u00a0 Since Thomas apparently immigrated around 1883\/1884, he could have filed the petition as early as 1885\/1886, and final papers about 1888\/1889.\u00a0 However, it is possible that he immigrated as a minor (under 21) and the rules may be slightly different.<\/p>\n John himself immigrated as a minor, as indicated in the naturalization record.\u00a0 According to other information about his birth, he was likely 17 when he came to America.\u00a0 The form itself is called \u201cFinal Certificate of Naturalization-Minor\u201d and in the body of the form is reads:\u00a0 \u201c\u2026that the said applicant arrived in the United States a minor under the age of twenty-one years, and has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for and during the full term of five years last past, including three years previous to his arrival at the age of twenty-one years, and at least one year last past within the State of Illinois\u2026.\u201d [4]<\/p>\n Family tradition holds that Thomas\u2019s wife, Margaret Millett, had lived in Bristol, Kendall, Illinois before locating to Aurora.\u00a0 Kendall and Kane are neighboring counties, and Bristol is not at all far from Aurora.\u00a0 It is possible that Thomas lived there at some point as well, and naturalization records should be searched in Kendall County, since nothing so far has been found in Kane.<\/p>\n And with that, a new item goes on the never-ending research To Do List.\u00a0 Hopefully it will be a successful search!<\/p>\n Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Kane County, Illinois, Naturalization Records62: 534, J T Cahill; FHL microfilm 1,481,635.<\/p>\n 2.1900 U.S. census population schedule, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 1B, dwelling 16, family 21, John F Cahill; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed November 14, 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 310.\u00a0 Also, 1900 U.S. census population schedule, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 10B, dwelling 301, family 213, Denis Garvey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed March 19, 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 310.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 Kane County, Illinois, Naturalization Records62: 534, J T Cahill.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0 Ibid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve been working on my Cahill line for the last few days, mainly because I\u2019m in the process of planning a research trip to Kane Co., Illinois to do some heavy-duty research on this line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[311,323,392],"class_list":["post-642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genblog","category-personal-research","tag-family-cahill","tag-family-millett","tag-location-us-illinois","cat-25-id","cat-26-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3HcLI-am","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3470,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions\/3470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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