Edvard Leonard Gummerus

given name: Edward; surname: Gummerus; last place of residence: Canao; date of arrival: 14 Jul 1902; age at arrival: 22y; ethnicity: Finnish; port of departure: Liverpool, England; port of arrival: New York; gender: Male; marital status: M; ship of travel: Cymric; World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record for Edward Gummerus FHL Roll Number: 1852147, DraftBoard 10 Työnantaja Eastern _ Lumber Co. Multnomah, Portland, Oregon

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DECLARATION OF INTENTION INVALID FOR ALL PURPOSES IN SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE DATE HEREOF United states of America: District of Oregon In the United States District Court of Oregon; I, Edward Leonard Gummerus, aged 38 years, occupation laborer, do declare on oath that my personal description is: Color white, complexion fair, height 5 feet 3 inches, weight 155 pounds, color of hair brown, color of eyes brown, other vivible distinctive marks none. I was born in Oleoborg, Finland on the 11th day of October, anno domini 1880; I now reside at 42, Tremont Street, Portland Oregon. I emigrated to the United States of America from Liverpool, England on the vessel Cymeric; My last foreign residence was Oleoborg, Finland; I am not married; It is my bona fide intention to renounce for ever all allegiance and fidelity for any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly Russia or any independant state within the boundsa of the former Russian empire, of which I am now a subject; I arrived at the port of Boston, in the state of Massachusetts on or about the date of September, anno domini 1912; I am not an anarchist; I am not a polygamist, nor a believer on the practice of polygamy, and it is my ointention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America and to permanently reside therein. SO HELP ME GOD. (sign.) Edward Leonard Gummerus. Subscribed and sworn to before me in the office of the Clerk of said court this 24th day of July, anno domini 1919. G.H.Murch, Clerk of the United States District Court by K.F.Frazer, Deputy Clerk.