Show CIVIL WAR VAR VETERAN A 90 ASKS FOR citizenship norwegian to settle down A after ate 1 r stormy career tacoma fisli nil all r records ec for or youths who desire to become citizen ot of the united states peter it II funkley olt ninety lety arrived ot tile tho united states clerks office here and ash asked M to take the oath ot of all allegiance glance to the he united states federal officials informed mr air Fu funkley that till this was not the correct I act form in tits his case and it would be rec necessary recess essary nry tor for the epli applicant cleant to take out his bis arst papers and RO go through the tha regular form lie will to do this mr air r funkley or aside ide from ills his years pre senis one of tile the cases n little out ot of tile usual in naturalization mutters matters mr air funkley came to tho the united states from norway when a ind of 0 six years and with tits his parents went to wisconsin then a territory the fatuity settled near madison at lite outbreak ot of the civil war the iho youtie norwegian took up tip the cause of ills his adopted country and entered ns as a volunteer sold soldier ler the eanls of tile lie hoy boys lit in blue at the battle of stone river the boy was nils struck ek by a frog of a shell and badly wounded woun Jed vor or six months lie ho ans out of service anti anil then lien re and nil served four years more in III the after the lie war lie he returned to vla consla and allm runny former cull civil war veterans vet enins went to iowa and fought grasshoppers until starved out it wua was in INO 1900 that mr air funkley decided to follow the lie rush to alberta and take up of the canadian lands to do tills this lie he had to take the anth of allegiance to the british government the dream of riches across the lorder border faded in 1000 1009 and lie returned here |