EXHIBIT C C.
[In the matter of the claim of Andrew Olson against the Russian Government.]
State of California, City and County of San Francisco, ss:
Theodor Tonnessen, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born in Norway in the year 1855. I have been a citizen of the United States since the year 1890. I reside at 29½ Fourteenth street, San Francisco, Cal. I am by occupation a seafaring man. I have known Andrew Olsen from childhood in Norway, and in this country since I arrived here. I know his father. His father’s name was Ole Andreason Ronning, and while he was usually called Andrew Olsen in Norway, yet I have heard him called Andrew Ronning there. I am familiar with the custom of Norway in regard to patronymics. It is a custom in Norway to give the child the last name Olson where father’s first name is Ole. I have heard him generally called Andrew Olson in Norway, although at times they have called him in my presence Andrew Ronning. I know him to be the same person who makes claim against the Russian Government under the name of Andrew Ronning, and I also know him to be the same person who was naturalized in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, March 5, 1888.
I have no interest of any kind or nature whatsoever in said claim, nor am I the agent or attorney of said claimant.
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Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, Rooms 4 and 5, Fourth Floor, Mills Building, San Francisco, Cal.