Law / Polish Citizenship by Descent Question - Polish Citizenship Acts [36]

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USA declared alien status c.a. 1919 and Poland's citizenship

I have an obscure technical / legal question regarding the citizenship of aliens who immigrated to the US prior to 1919, who were naturalized after 1919.

Prior to 1919, to the US Government, Polish aliens were either Russian, German or Austrian. In my case, one branch came from the German side, three came from the Russian side.

If an immigrant who arrived before 1919 was not yet naturalized after the establishment of the second Polish Republic, did the US consider them Polish, or did they retain their original citizenship?

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

I'm puzzled by this one.

My Great grandfather never made it to the United States. Both his sons emigrated, then after he died in Poland in the early 1920's, the oldest son returned to Poland and brought his mom back to live with them (tragically the son died shortly after they returned.) When my Great Grandmother died a few years later, her husbands name was listed as: John Niepomocyn Wychocki. or at least that is what Family Search says that it was listed as. I haven't obtained a copy of the actual document from the county yet, because they want $17 apiece for them, and I will very quickly wind up spending a lot of money.

anyway....I tried looking up his middle name and came up with "unhelpful person"

What gives?

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

interesting. But as far as I know, they were nowhere near the Czech border. They were from Służewo, or more accurately, the nearby rural area of Aleksandrow

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

I'm sorry to say that I'm not familiar with him. Thank you for the information.

As far as I know, they were devout catholics. There is at least one nun and one priest in the various branches of my family.