| Show 92 year old oid woman becomes U S citizen mrs sarah C d griffith 92 years old the oldest person on the records of the detroit naturalization office became a united states citizen recently her birthplace is adelaide ont mrs griffith thought she became a citizen years ago because of her husbands service in the union army in the civil war 1 I find his army discharge papers or anything else to prove that he served in the war she said so I 1 just decided to become a citizen anyway in the regular way mrs Gri griffith frith first came to the united states at the age of 14 lived here 10 years then returned to canada her husband james also a canadian served in the civil war then returned to canada and married the couple returned to the united states in 1917 and have lived here since part of the time in port huron and part in detroit the husband died several years ago there are three children living in canada and one son with mrs griffith in detroit |
