Paul Diamond's C-File (Part 2/2)

I previously blogged about the documents that my grandfather, Paul Diamond, generated when he was in a DP Camp in Germany in order to come to American.  Once in America, he began the process of becoming a United States citizen.

In September 1947, just over five months after arriving in America, he filed his Declaration of Intention--and lists his name as "Pejsach Diment also known as Paul Diamond"--and attaches a photo.

Paul Diamond, Declaration of Intention, 1947

Before filing his Petition for Naturalization, he filled out a form that guided him through the questions--and which were marked up by someone other than him (since it was not his handwriting and was in fluent English).

Statement of Facts for Petition for Naturalization; Paul Diamond; 1953 (page 1)

Statement of Facts for Petition for Naturalization; Paul Diamond; 1953 (page 2)

He stated that he was a self-employed grocer and was living on Harlem Avenue in Baltimore.  He lists his two children (the others were born later), which include my Uncle Abe and my father.  In the previous post, he misstated his mother's name with the correct maiden name but incorrect first name.  Here he does the opposite and states that his mother was Civia (correct) Zuref (not correct).  His father was correctly listed as Abraham H. Diment.  He states that came to the United States with his wife, mother-in-law, sister, and brother-in-law.

He then filed an application to file a Petition.

Application to File Petition for Naturalization; Paul Diamond; 1953 (page 1)

Application to File Petition for Naturalization; Paul Diamond; 1953 (page 2)

Here, he lists all of the places that he lived in Baltimore as well as his places of employment since coming to America.  He was a member of the Newcomer's (sic) Club of Balto.

Apparently this was enough to allow him to file a Petition for Naturalization, which he did shortly after.

Petition for Naturalization; Paul Diamond; 1953 (page 1)

Petition for Naturalization; Paul Diamond; 1953 (page 2)

Most of the information on the Petition was from the documents above.  It does say that his results for English Speaking, English Reading, and English Writing were "OK."  It also says that he has a school certificate.

On September 21, 1953, Paul Diamond became a United States citizen (with another photo on the certificate!).

Paul Diamond, Certificate of Naturalization; September 1953