For some reason that is not indicated in the available documentation, thus far, Octave completed a second "Declaration of Intention", part of the process of obtaining citizenship at that time. This one is dated Jul. 10 1916, and contains the same basic information as the first one from 1908, except that his address is different, and he has stated that he arrived on the SS Finland on Oct.9, 1907 rather than the SS Zeeland on Oct. 8, 1907. We've seen on the ship manifest for the Zeeland Oct.8 that he did arrive on that ship.
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| Declaration of Intent dated Jul.10 1916 for Octave Gregoire, from ancestry.com. |
Note that in the upper right hand corner of the document, a stamp says "DUPLICATE JUL 8 1921." Not sure what that means exactly, but a later census shows that he became a citizen in 1921, so it had something to do with the final approval status most likely.
The biggest event of 1916 for the Gregoires was probably the marriage of Maurice G. to Lillian Soldati on June 4, 1916 in Manhattan.
Maurice and/or Lillian applied for their marriage license on May 9, 1916 in New York City. Note that Lillian's names is spelled "Edelia P. Soldaty" - the name misspellings could be the clerk or Maurice if he went alone.
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| Abstract of marriage license for Maurice G. Gregoire and Lillian Soldati, from ancestry.com. |
The abstract of from the "Extracted Marriage Index" records the actual date of the marriage.
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| Abstract of marriage record for Maurice G. and Lillian Soldati, from ancestry.com. |
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| Maurice Ghislain Gregoire and Ellelia Peregrina Soldati on their wedding day, June 4, 1916. My grandmother used her "English" name Lilllian usually. |
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