Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, Appendix II, Affairs in Hawaii
No. 25.
Mr. Hassinger’s
certificate.
I certify that the [following] tabular statement hereon made is correct, and is taken from the naturalization records of the interior department.
Chief Cleric of Department.
Oath of citizen or resident.
No.—.]
Hawaiian Islands, Island of—, District of—,ss:
I, — —, aged ——, a native of —, residing at —, in said district, do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will support the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, promulgated and proclaimed on the 17th day of January, 1893, not; hereby renouncing, but expressly reserving all allegiance to any foreign country now owing by me.
—— ——.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this —day of ——, A. D. 1893.
—— ——
No.—.]
Hawaiian Islands, Island of ——, District of ——, ss:
I, the undersigned, —— ——, do hereby certify that —— ——, aged ——, a native of ——, residing at ——, in said district, has this day taken, before me, the oath to support the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, promulgated and proclaimed on the 17th day of January, 1893.
—— ——.
—— ——, 1893.
Oath of Government officer.
Hawaiian Islands, Island of ——, District of ——, ss:
I, ——, aged ——, a native of ——, residing at ——, in said district, do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will support and bear true allegiance to the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, and faithfully perform the duties appertaining to the office or employment of ——.
—— ——.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this—day of——, A. D. 1893.
—— ——.
No. ——.]
Hawaiian Islands, Island of ——, District of——, ss:
I, the undersigned, —— ——, do hereby certify that —— ——, aged ——, a native of——, residing at ——, in said district, has this day taken, before me, the oath to support and bear true allegiance to the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, and faithfully perform the duties appertaining to the office or employment of ——.
—— ——,
—— ——,
——, ——, 1893.
the hawaiian kingdom.
Record of naturalization.
In the department of the interior. In the matter of the naturalization of ——.
Be it remembered that on this —— day of ——, A. D. 18—, —— ——, an alien; and late a subject or citizen of ——, applied in writing to the minister of the interior to be admitted a citizen of the Hawaiian Kingdom pursuant to the acts of the Hawaiian Legislature in relation thereto, and it appearing by his said application and by other satisfactory proofs that he has resided within the Kingdom for two years next preceding said application and that he intends to become a permanent resident of this Kingdom, and that he is not a pauper nor a refugee from the justice of some other country, and his said application having been approved by the minister of interior, and the said —— ——having, on the —— day of ——, A. D. 18 -, taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance required by law before ——, therefore I do admit the said —— ——, and declare him to be a citizen of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
—— ——,
——of the
Interior.
In re the matter of naturalization of foreigners.
Section 1284 of the civil code requires, “It shall also be necessary to validate the marriage of native female subjects of these Islands with male foreigners coming here to reside, that the foreigners have become first duly naturalized by taking the oath of allegiance.”
This section was repealed by Chapter XXIII of the session laws of 1872. Since then, but few foreigners have taken the oath of allegiance (other than Asiatics) except those holding appointments under the Government, as required by Chapter XLII of the laws of 1874.
Letters patent of denization.
| Name. | Nationality. | Date. |
| Clarence W Ashford | British | July 10, 1883 |
| William Foster | American | Aug. 7, 1883 |
| Wm Russel Austin | do | Oct. 8, 1883 |
| Paul Neumann | American citizen | Oct. 11, 1883 |
| Michael Thompson | American | Nov. 23, 1883 |
| Julius H Smith | do | Apr. 7, 1884 |
| Joseph Sykes Webb | English | May 13, 1884 |
| Geo. Williams Parker | do | Do. |
| Jno. William Pfluger | German | Oct. 4, 1884 |
| Harry E Avery | American | Oct. 6, 1884 |
| James Brodie | British | Jan. 29, 1885 |
| Rolando Kuehn | American | Jan. 15, 1885 |
| Volney V. Ashford | British | Feb. 11, 1885 |
| J. Vanderbilt Simonson | American | Apr. 7, 1885 |
| Elijah Nichols | do | Feb. 11, 1885 |
| Patrick H. W. Ross | British | Sept. 1, 1885 |
| Paul Petrovits | American citizen | Do. |
| Jay H. Reist | American | Oct. 13, 1885 |
| A. Hoffnung | English | Aug. 15, 1885 |
| Geo. E. Gresley Jackson | British | Jan. 16, 1886 |
| Chas. B. Reynolds | English | Nov. 15, 1885 |
| Edw. C. Webb, M. D | American | Nov. 18, 1885 |
| S. E. Craddock, M. D | British | Jan. 13, 1886 |
| Edward Hore | do | Jan. 23, 1886 |
| Geo. Carson Kenyan | do | Do. |
| Jno. Josiah Jones | Jamaica | Jan. 25, 1886 |
| Charles Creighton | American citizen | Feb. 26, 1886 |
| Edmond Wright Norrie | Dane | May 13, 1886 |
| Zeno Kelly Myers | American | Do. |
| John T. Dare | do | May 6, 1886 |
| Allan B. Scrimgeour | British | May 13, 1886 |
| James Clinton Hooker | do | May 31, 1886 |
| Robert J. Creighton | do | June 29, 1886 |
| A. W. Heydtmann | German | Dec. 30, 1886 |
| Frank B. McStocker | American | Feb. 9, 1887 |
| Abraham Rosenberg | German | Mar. 4, 1887 |
| Henry Lardi Thiron | American citizen | Feb. 24, 1887 |
| David McDonald | do | Mar. 22, 1887 |
| Harry Weeks | British | Mar. 5, 1887 |
| Charles Lind | American | Apr. 4, 1887 |
| William Joseph Harris | ||
| John Calway | ||
| Charles N. Spencer | American | May 13, 1887 |
| William John Cox | British | May 17, 1887 |
| Melvin Staples | American | Aug. 11, 1887 |
| John Ritson | British | Sept. 19, 1887 |
| William Hurst Graenhalgh | American | Nov. 19, 1888 |
| William Tufts Brigham | do | Feb. 26, 1889 |
| Hong Yen Chang | American citizen | July 30, 1889 |
| A. Van Clief Gear | American | July 21, 1890 |
| Hugh James Gallagher | do | Do. |
| Philip Sheridan Woolsey | do | Do. |
| John Walter Jones | do | July 23, 1890 |
| Dow Lee Huntsman | do | July 25, 1890 |
| William Woodworth Bruner | do | Do. |
| Paul Hamil | do | Do. |
| William Todd Seward | do | Aug. 2, 1890 |
| George Nelson Armstrong | do | Aug. 5, 1890 |
| Frank P. Hastings | do | Mar. 2, 1891 |
| John Ross | do | Oct. 28, 1891 |
| Henry E. Cooper | do | June 30, 1892 |
| Robert B. Brenham | do | Feb. 12, 1892 |
| Francis M. English | English | Sept. 29, 1892 |
| C. J. Falk | American | Feb. 14, 1893 |
| Theodore C. Porter | do | Mar. 15, 1893 |
| Francis M. Wakefield | British | May 15, 1893 |
Kalakaua, by the grace of God, of the Hawaiian Islands King. To all whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that whereas by section number 443 of our civil code the royal prerogative is expressly reserved to us of granting to any alien resident abroad, or temporarily resident in this Kingdom, letters patent of denization, conferring upon such alien, without abjuration of allegiance, all the rights, privileges, and immunities of a citizen, which said letters patent shall render such denizen in all respects accountable to the laws of this Kingdom, and impose upon him like fealty to us as if he had been duly naturalized according to law; and
Whereas, by petition duly presented to us by—— ——, a native of ——, at present temporarily resident in this Kingdom, the said petitioner solicits of us the issue to him of such letters patent of denization.
Now, therefore, we, reposing trust and confidence in the said—— ——, and believing him to be well affected towards our person and Government, and by virtue of the royal prerogative expressly reserved to and reposed in us by law, as above recited, do, by these letters patent of denization, confer upon the said—— —— without abjuration of his allegiance, all the rights, privileges, and immunities of a native Hawaiian subject, and he, the said—— ——, is hereby declared to be in vested with all such rights, privileges, and immunities as aforesaid, subject, nevertheless, to an accountability to the laws of this Kingdom, and fealty to our throne in manner and form similar to that devolving upon naturalized subjects of this Kingdom.
Witness our hand and the great seal of the Hawaiian Kingdom at our palace of Iolani, this—— day of——, A. D. 18—.
By the King:
—— ——
Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Premier.
Kalakaua, by the grace of God, of the Hawaiian Islands King, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that by virtue of section 433, Article VIII of Chapter VII of the civil code as amended by section 1 of Chapter X of the laws of 1887, and by and with the advice and consent of the cabinet, we do by these letters patent of denization, confer upon—— ——, a citizen of the——, an alien temporarily resident in this Kingdom, without abjuration of allegiance, all the rights, privileges, and immunities of a native subject, nevertheless, in all respects to an accountability to the laws of this Kingdom and the like fealty to our throne as if he had been duly naturalized.
Witness our hand and the great seal of our Kingdom at our palace of Iolani this—— day of——, A. D. 18—.
By the King:
—— ——,
Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
Letters patent of denization.
Liliuokalani, by the grace of God of the Hawaiian Islands Queen, to all whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that by virtue of section 433, Article viii of Chapter vii of the civil code, as amended by section 1 of Chapter x, of the laws of 1887, and by and with the advice and consent of the cabinet, we do by these letters patent of denization confer upon—— ——, a citizen of ———, an alien, temporarily resident of this Kingdom, without abjuration of allegiance, all the rights, privileges and immunities of a native, subject, nevertheless, in all respects to an accountability to the laws of this Kingdom, and the like fealty to our throne, as if he had been duly naturalized.
Witness our hand, and the great seal of our Kingdom, at our palace of Iolani, in Honolulu, this—— day of——, A. D. 189—, and in the —— year of our reign.
By the Queen:
—— ——,
Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
Letters patent of denization.
Liliuokalani, by the Grace of God of the Hawaiian Islands Queen, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that by virtue of section 433, Article viii of Chapter vii of the civil code, as amended by section 1 of Chapter x of the laws of 1887, and by and with the advice and consent of the cabinet, we do by these letters patent of denization confer upon—— ——, a citizen of ——, an alien, temporarily resident in this Kingdom, without abjuration of allegiance, all the rights, privileges and immunities of a native, subject, nevertheless, in all respects to an accountability to the laws of this Kingdom, and the like fealty to our throne, as if he had been duly naturalized, and to our pleasure.
Witness our hand, and the great seal of our Kingdom, at our palace of Iolani, in Honolulu, this —— day of ——, A. D. 189—, and in the —— year of our reign.
By the Queen:
——— ———
Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
Letters patent of denization.
Sanford B. Dole, President of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that by virtue of section 433, Article viii of Chapter vii of the civil code, as amended by section 1 of Chapter x of the laws of 1887, and by and with the advice and consent of the executive council, I do by these letters patent of denization confer upon—— ——, an alien, temporarily resident in these islands, without abjuration of allegience, all the rights, privileges and immunities of a native, subject nevertheless in all respects to an accountability to the laws of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, and the like fealty to its Government as if he had been duly naturalized.
Witness my hand, and the great seal of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands in Honolulu this—— day of——, A. D. 1893.
By the President,
—— ——,
Minister of the
Interior.
Application for naturalization.
To His Excellency—— ——,
Minister of the Interior:
The undersigned, a native of the city of——, district or county of——, state of——, country——, respectfully represents that he has resided in the Hawaiian Kingdom for—— years next preceding this application; that his present place of [Page 1080] residence is ——; that it is his intention to become a permanent resident of the Kingdom; that “he is not a pauper nor a refugee from the justice of some other country,” and he prays that he may be allowed to take the oath of naturalization as provided by law.
We concur,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
—— ——,
Minister of Finance.
—— ——,
Attorney General.
—— ——,
Minister of the Interior.
Approved————, 18—.
Nationality and number of naturalizations for each biennial fiscal period from April 1, 1876, to March 31, 1892.
| Country. | Two years to March 31— | |||
| 1878. | 1880. | 1882. | 1884. | |
| United States | 7 | 23 | 18 | 14 |
| Great Britain | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Australian Colonies | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Holland | 1 | |||
| Russia | 1 | |||
| Iceland | 3 | |||
| Denmark | 1 | |||
| Norway | 2 | |||
| Sweden | 2 | |||
| China | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| East Indies | 1 | |||
| Portuguese Colonies | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Buenos Ayres | ||||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Belgium | ||||
| West Indies | ||||
| France | ||||
| Total for the periods | 25 | 35 | 43 | 33 |
| Country. | Two years to March 31— | |||
| 1886. | 1888. | 1890. | 1892. | |
| United States | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 |
| Great Britain | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Australian Colonies | 2 | 1 | ||
| Germany | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Holland | ||||
| Russia | ||||
| Iceland | ||||
| Denmark | ||||
| Norway | ||||
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | ||
| China | 8 | 4 | 5 | 91 |
| East Indies | 1 | |||
| Portuguese Colonies | 5 | |||
| Nova Scotia | 1 | |||
| Buenos Ayres | 1 | |||
| Italy | ||||
| Belgium | 1 | |||
| West Indies | 1 | |||
| France | 1 | |||
| Total for the periods | 35 | 32 | 46 | 117 |