Passport Application: Emil Kuratli

I Emil I Kuratli, a native and loyal citzen of the United States, hereby apply to the Department of State at Washington, for a passport for myself, accompanied by my wife, namely Mathilda Kuratli, born at Kandergrund, Canton Bern, Switzerland on the 28th day of August, 1869. I solemnly swear that I was born at New York City, in the State of New York on December 16th, 1866; and that my Father is a citzen of the United States; that I am domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Hillsboro, in Washington County, State of Oregon, where I follow the occupation of Real Estate dealer and Fire Insurance agent; that I am about to go abroad temporarily; and that I intend to return to the United States with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein.

1900 Census: Emily Kuratli

1900 Census: Washington County, Oregon

Kuratli, Emil I. - head - born Dec 1866 - age 33 - married 5 years - born New York - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland - farmer

Kuratli, Mathilda - wife - botn Aug 1869 - age 30 - married 5 years - 0 children - born Switzerland - father born Switzerland - mother born Switzerland - arrived 1889 - in US 11 years


*Mathilda Grossen Kuratli is the sister of Rosina Grossen Burkhalter, mother of LA Burkhalter

Profile: John Alfred Burkhalter

1869 September 28: Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland

         Parents: Unknown

1890: Resident of Leele, Switzerland

1890 March: Immigrated to the United States, arrived in New York on the ship S.S. La Bourgogne

1890 - 1892: Moved from New York to Minnesota to Oregon

1893 April 3: Married Rosina Lidia Grossen at St. Joseph's Church, Tillamook, Oregon

1900 April 3: Became citizen of the United States; Resident of Tillamook, Oregon

1900: Resident of Fairview, Tillamook County, Oregon

1910: Resident of  Menlo, Pacific County, Washington

 



 
1915: Traveled to Vermont; Purchased 12 Brown Swiss Dairy Cows for farm in Menlo; Cows were the first variety of Brown Swiss in the Valley
 
1920: Resident of Menlo, Pacific County, Washington
 

 

1922: Retired; Farm taken over by son Louis Alfred Burkhalter
 
1922: Moved to Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
 
1926: Died in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
 
 
Children:
     Louis Alfred (1894 - 1974)
     Lida (1896 - 1899)
     Hulda (1897 - 1970)
     Edward (1898 - 1899)
     Elizabeth E (1900 - 1966)
     Rosa Klara (1903 - 1924)
     Bertha Magdalena (1909 - 1987)
     John Vernon (1915 - 1975)

Happy 4th of July!

John Alfred Burkhalter: I am not an anarchist

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Western District of Washington

In the Circuit Court of United States, Western District of Washington

I, JOHN ALFRED BURKHALTER, aged 38 years, occupation Dairyman, do affirm that my personal description is: Color white, complexion light, height 6 feet 2 inches, weight 181 pounds, color of hair brown, color of eyes brown, other visible marks ____________; I was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, on the 28th day of September, anno Domini 1869; I now reside at Menlo, Washington.

I emigrated to the United States of America from Havre, France, on the vessel "S.S. Bourgogne"; my last foreign residence was Leele, Switzerland.

It is my bone fide intention to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly to Switzerland, of which I am now a citizen; I arrived at the port of New York, in the state of New York on our about the 3rd. day of March, anno Domini 1890; I am not an anarchist; I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America, and to permanently reside therein: SO HELP ME GOD.

John Alfred Burkhalter

Subscribed and sworn before me on the 5th day of September anno Domini ??.

John Alfred Burkhalter (1880s)

mid 1880s

John Alfred Burkhalter

1869 - 1926

previously posted June 1, 2010

John Alfred Burkhalter

John Alfred Burkhalter

1869 - 1926