[WED]Intention to be naturalized - oaths

[Mary Jackes]

Info from the Declaration oaths from Dubuque County, Iowa.  I don't know
whether there is more detail on the actual forms.  I am disappointed that
there is not more information here.

The first group - I have no idea whether these are the first Somerset
people to arrive, or whether they are completely different.  I include them
because I know Sandi has an interest in Radfords.		
Page	Name 			age	country  arrival date	signing date
575	William Radford	46	England	-		4th August 1847
952	Charles Radford	25	England	-		5th July 1851
952	George Radford	24	England	-		5th July 1851
952	Thomas Robinson	25	England	-		5th July 1851
972	James Radford		38	England	-		15th May 1852
1100	Samuel Radford	45	England   May 1842		9th July 1853
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The following are names of interest to Wedmore area people (or similar
spellings), or the names of those who set up the mini Somerset colony near
St. Charles Minnesota, or they are names signed at the same time as the
known individuals.
					
Page	Name 			age	country  arrival date	signing date
765	James Hill		27	England	-		19th July 1849
765	James Plaister	26	England	-		19th July 1849
829	Augustin Day		44	England	-		25th June 1850
829	John Hill		38	England	-		25th June 1850
829	John Dyer		37	England	-		25th June 1850
829	George B. Gibbs	26	England	-		25th June 1850
829	Alfred Hewlitt	32	England	-		25th June 1850
829	Charles Harricork	37	England	-		25th June 1850
829	George Hasch		25	England	-		25th June 1850
832	John Young		28	England	-		6th July 1850
833	James Dyer		30	England	-		8th July 1850
833	William Talbot	26	England	-		8th July 1850
833	John Nowles(?Vowles)	29	England	-		8th July 1850
858	William Chesterman	50	England	-		30th September 1850
858	Caleb Chesterman	22	England	-		30th September 1850
858	Cilo Chesterman	21	England	-		30th September 1850
908	Charles Chesterman	31	England	-		6th March 1851
919	William Blackmore	44	England	-		6th May 1851
949	Henry Popham		24	England	-		28th July 1851
950	Isaac Cox		44	England	-		9th July 1851
950	John Rogers		40	England	-		9th July 1851
950	Thomas Lomas		29	England	-		9th July 1851
955*	Joseph Roberts	21	England	-		6th December 1851
955*	Henry Gould		23	England	-		10th December 1851
955*	George Parsons	25	England	-		11th December 1851
1103	Arthur Day		43	England	17th May 1850	20th August 1853
1104	Robert Whitting	29	England 	29th May 1848	26th August 1853
1105	Abraham Keen		33	England 	23rd May 1853	31st August 1853
1125	Samuel Pitman		23	England 	27th May 1849	5th January 1854
1125	John Counsell		36	England 	1st May 1849	5th January 1854
1168	William Pittman	22	England 	2nd June 1851	13th June 1854
1226	Richard Baker		26	England 	4th May 1850	6th December 1854
1373	Henry Talbot		22	England 	July 1849	13th October 1855
1429	William Talbot	56	England	16th May 1852	7th April 1856
1480	Daniel Day		21	England	1st May 1849	7th July 1856
* I may have made a mistake on the page no. here

Edmund Rich is there too, but there are no Walls, no Tincknells, no Thornes.
There are very few English people up until 1848, then there's a flurry of
these Somerset  people.  After 1850-1851 people are mostly arriving from
countries other than England. 

Unfortunately, arrival dates are recorded only from page 1075 onwards.
Seems as though May was the preferred arrival time.

If one orders a microfiche, it stays forever, so I can check again if there
are other names.
Mary Jackes
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 0N8, Canada.