United States of America petition for citizenship no. 1105 to the Honorable the District Court of Territory of Alaska 4th Div. at Fairbanks, Alaska. The petition of Catherine Elisabeth Duckering hereby filed respectfully shows my place of residence is College, Alaska, my occupation is housewife, I was born in Amsterdam, Holland on MArch 26, 1880, my race is French. The name of my husband is William Elmhirst Duckering, we were married on July 20, 1933 at Seattle, Washington, he was born was born at Kirton Lindsey, England on January 31 1882, entered the United States at Baltimore, Maryland on or about June 1886 for permanent residence therein and now resides at College, Alaska. I have 3 children Ada Druska Carr born Aug. 10 1905 at Antibes, France, resides Seattle, Yan Francis Carr born Monaco July 10, 1908, resides Los Angeles, Calif. Leslie May Hampton born Yakima, Wash. Feb. 16, 1921, resides Seattle, Wash.. My last foreign residence was Bordighere, Italy I emigrated to the United States of America from Liverpool, England. My lawful entry for permanent residence in the USA was at New York, N.Y. under the name Betsy C Carr April 8, 1910 on the vessel Mauretania as shown by the ceritificate of my arrival attached hereto. I have resided continuously in the USA for the term of one year at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since April 8, 1910 and in the fourth division of Alaska continuously next preceding the date of this petition since September 15, 1933. Signed Catherine Elisabeth Duckering and witnessed by Mary Jo Walker College Instructor and Alfred J Bastress Professor of Chemistry.

Elizabeth Vote was the second wife of William and had a daughter by a previous marriage - A.J.Schiff (married name ?). (Verle2.97)

FS Washington Cty Marriages: William E Duckering marriage 20 Jul 1933 King, Washington, USA to Elizabeth V CARR