Citizen by Descent/Lost Citizen?

[Dave2000]

I live in New England area of the US and our family have lived back and forth from NH/Maine and New Brunswick over the years dating back to 1700's in St Stephens NB . I am definitely a US citizen and not sure Canadian. I am born before 2009. Never looked into but my son did all this Ancesty.com work and found generations of great grand parents are Canadian so we are interested to understand.

1. My great grandfather, Canadian born moved to US early 1900's to work in New Hampshire Mill town across the border . He is Canadian by birth my grandmother was born in the US so assume that makes her a Canadian first generation foreign born? Her son my father was born in the US and is still alive. So does that pass on Canadian citizenship to me ?

2. I have a second line that lived in NB for hundreds of years and during the great war a great grandfather from St Stephens NB was a carpenter and was recruited under the Emergency Ship Building Act and worked for Shattuck Ship Building in New Hampshire that was started to create wood merchant ships for the war effort. He met his wife and settled in NH.

3. My great grandfather born in Newfoundland move to work in the US and next generation born in the US so does this pass to my mother who is alive and and then to me.

Any understanding helpful. Cheers

 

[forw.jane]

IRCC has a useful tool for determining if you are a citizen:- https://ircc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3pJ5oXgZNBj0r1c?Q_Language=EN
Does it say you are?

 

[Naturgrl]

I live in New England area of the US and our family have lived back and forth from NH/Maine and New Brunswick over the years dating back to 1700's in St Stephens NB . I am definitely a US citizen and not sure Canadian. I am born before 2009. Never looked into but my son did all this Ancesty.com work and found generations of great grand parents are Canadian so we are interested to understand.

1. My great grandfather, Canadian born moved to US early 1900's to work in New Hampshire Mill town across the border . He is Canadian by birth my grandmother was born in the US so assume that makes her a Canadian first generation foreign born? Her son my father was born in the US and is still alive. So does that pass on Canadian citizenship to me ?

2. I have a second line that lived in NB for hundreds of years and during the great war a great grandfather from St Stephens NB was a carpenter and was recruited under the Emergency Ship Building Act and worked for Shattuck Ship Building in New Hampshire that was started to create wood merchant ships for the war effort. He met his wife and settled in NH.

3. My great grandfather born in Newfoundland move to work in the US and next generation born in the US so does this pass to my mother who is alive and and then to me.

Any understanding helpful. Cheers

You are going way back to try and claim citizenship by descent. Your grandparents need to claim citizenship for your parents to claim. Usually your parents have to had claimed Canadian citizenship before you were born.

1. Grandmother would have claim on citizenship so needs to apply for certificate. Needs documentation of great grandfather to prove. Her son most likely doesn’t have a claim but again can claim once has certificate. You do not.
2. No.
3. Same for 1. Grandparent may have claim but you don’t.

Ancestry is a great tool but you will need to file for birth certicates and citizenship cards for grandparents. You seem too far removed, and so do your parents.


https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2009-2015.html

 

[Dave2000]

You are going way back to try and claim citizenship by descent. Your grandparents need to claim citizenship for your parents to claim. Usually your parents have to had claimed Canadian citizenship before you were born.

1. Grandmother would have claim on citizenship so needs to apply for certificate. Needs documentation of great grandfather to prove. Her son most likely doesn’t have a claim but again can claim once has certificate. You do not.
2. No.
3. Same for 1. Grandparent may have claim but you don’t.

Ancestry is a great tool but you will need to file for birth certicates and citizenship cards for grandparents. You seem too far removed, and so do your parents.


https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2009-2015.html

Thank you much appreciated and helpful.

You are going way back to try and claim citizenship by descent. Your grandparents need to claim citizenship for your parents to claim. Usually your parents have to had claimed Canadian citizenship before you were born.

1. Grandmother would have claim on citizenship so needs to apply for certificate. Needs documentation of great grandfather to prove. Her son most likely doesn’t have a claim but again can claim once has certificate. You do not.
2. No.
3. Same for 1. Grandparent may have claim but you don’t.

Ancestry is a great tool but you will need to file for birth certicates and citizenship cards for grandparents. You seem too far removed, and so do your parents.


https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2009-2015.html

Thank you very much for details. Much appreciated

 

[Dave2000]

IRCC has a useful tool for determining if you are a citizen:- https://ircc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3pJ5oXgZNBj0r1c?Q_Language=EN
Does it say you are?

Thank you. Much appreciated. I will give it a go.

 

[scylla]

Tagging our resident expert @hawk39

 

[hawk39]

@Dave2000

Without providing general years of birth and more information such as if your great-grandparents naturalized as US citizens or if any of your grandparents/parents attempted to or successfully claimed Canadian citizenship, I'm going to agree with @Naturgrl that you probably do not have a claim to citizenship by descent for yourself today.