Petition of Sproule

Mary Edith Sproule, to whom we shall refer as the petitioner, has filed a petition for naturalization under the provisions of section 4 of the Act of September 22, 1922 ( 42 Stat. 1021 -1022), as amended by the Act of July 3, 1930 ( 46 Stat. 854 , § 2 (a) 8 U.S.C.A. § 369 ), which reads:

She is a native of'Canada, a subject of Great Britain, born in Van Camp Mills, Canada, January 19, 1867, of alien parents: She claims to have resided in the United. States continuously since September, 1912. She migrated with her' parents and. other members of her family to the United' States in 1883, settling in Pembina county, Dakota Territory. On May 9, 1888,' she married Ezra Sproule, a native and citizen of Canada, at Drayton, N. D. Shortly after the marriage, they removed to Canada, returning to the territory of North Dakota in September, 1888. They returned to Canada in the fall of 1890, and there took up their permanent domicile, returning to Los Angeles, Cal., in September, 1912, where the petitioner has resided ever since.

The husband has never been naturalized in this country. The applicant states that he died in 1923, but has been unable to produce evidence of his death. The…