Brief history

Brief History of Patrick and Bridget McIntyre

Patrick McIntyre (c1831-1901) married Bridget Stevens (c1829-1908) on March 3, 1851 in St. Attracta’s Roman Catholic Church, Toulestrane, County Sligo, Ireland. They had eleven known children. The first five were born in Ireland: Edward (1852-1931); Bartholomew (1854-1924); Mary (1856-1934); Dominick (c1860-1932); and Catherine (1861-1914). Patrick, his wife and five children, left Ireland in 1863 sailing on the SS Orient into New York harbor and finally settling in San Francisco, California where the last six children were born: John Dunn (1864-a1908); Elizabeth (1867-1869); William (1869-1879); James (1871-1874); Thomas (c1874-a1931); and Ellen (1879-1963). Patrick and Bridget homesteaded in Oregon in the 1880s. Patrick died in 1901 and Bridget died in 1908. They are both buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.

Patrick's parents, Edward (c1805/6-1881) and Ann McIntyre (c1803/07-1889), both born in Ireland, also came to the US settling in the San Francisco area. From the records, it appears Edward and Ann came a few years before Patrick.


Friday, January 27, 2017

Mercedes McIntyre Artiga and Ricardo Ayala Artiga Naturalization Papers

Mercedes McIntyre Artiga (1896-1978) although born in San Salvador, was an American citizen due to her father, Bartholomew McIntyre (1854-1924) becoming an American citizen when his father, Patrick (c1831-1901) was naturalized in 1869 in San Francisco, California. Although we have Patrick's naturalization date on several documents, due to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, it is believed the actual naturalization records have been lost.

Despite Mercedes being an American citizen, the rules at the time of her marriage in 1921 to Ricardo Ayala Artiga (1894-1987) stated that if an American marries an alien, they lose their American citizenship.

So, it became necessary for Mercedes to "apply" to be naturalized since she had "lost" her US citizenship at the time of her marriage. To enlarge the images below, click once on it.



From the document above you can see Mercedes took the oath of allegiance and was sworn in as an American citizen on November 10, 1941.

Her husband, Ricardo (Richard) Ayala Artiga, also petitioned for naturalization in or around 1939. He also was granted American citizenship on June 29, 1942.



Thank you Joanie Zandona for providing these documents.