Would like assistance to find answers to this question:
Background:
My mother was born in Newfoundland in 1910.
She moved to the U.S. around 1929 to join a convent and become a nurse.
Left the convent 9 years later prior to taking final vows.
Worked as a nurse at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.
In late 30s, U.S. threatened to deport her because she was a citizen of a "belligerent" nation (Newfoundland - which was already participating in WW II). Her only alternative to remain was to become a naturalized U.S. citizen - which she did.
I have 7 brothers and sisters. I was born in January 1948. I believe my mother was naturalized by 1940.
I do not know if the U.S. forced her to renounce her citizenship (which I think at that time was Newfoundland, which was not officially part of Canada).
Question 1:
I know my mother was a US citizen when I was born.
I don't know if my mother officially renounced her Newfoundland citizenship to Newfoundland authorities.
How do I determine if my mother renounced her Newfoundland citizenship to the proper authorites in Newfoundland once she became an American citizen?
I do know that by current Canadian law I cannot receive a citizenship certificate if she renounced her citizenship to Canadian authorities. I f she did not - I would be eligible to obtain a certificate. If she did - I would not.
Question 2: My siblings tell me our mother confided to them she was threatened with deportation unless she became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Could Canadian authorities take this into consideration if I apply for a Citizenship Certificate, if she had been "pressured" into renouncing her Newfoundland citizenship? Or is it a black and white rule that exceptions are permitted?
Background:
My mother was born in Newfoundland in 1910.
She moved to the U.S. around 1929 to join a convent and become a nurse.
Left the convent 9 years later prior to taking final vows.
Worked as a nurse at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.
In late 30s, U.S. threatened to deport her because she was a citizen of a "belligerent" nation (Newfoundland - which was already participating in WW II). Her only alternative to remain was to become a naturalized U.S. citizen - which she did.
I have 7 brothers and sisters. I was born in January 1948. I believe my mother was naturalized by 1940.
I do not know if the U.S. forced her to renounce her citizenship (which I think at that time was Newfoundland, which was not officially part of Canada).
Question 1:
I know my mother was a US citizen when I was born.
I don't know if my mother officially renounced her Newfoundland citizenship to Newfoundland authorities.
How do I determine if my mother renounced her Newfoundland citizenship to the proper authorites in Newfoundland once she became an American citizen?
I do know that by current Canadian law I cannot receive a citizenship certificate if she renounced her citizenship to Canadian authorities. I f she did not - I would be eligible to obtain a certificate. If she did - I would not.
Question 2: My siblings tell me our mother confided to them she was threatened with deportation unless she became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Could Canadian authorities take this into consideration if I apply for a Citizenship Certificate, if she had been "pressured" into renouncing her Newfoundland citizenship? Or is it a black and white rule that exceptions are permitted?
