Citizen of the United States of America

My front door has never been painted on the inside. It’s still the nice ugly gray of the primer coat that has been on it for years and years. We keep thinking we want to paint it, but when the time comes, I can’t bring myself to do it. It’s been our “measuring door” for as long as we’ve had it; so there’s quite a bit of family history up the one side, showing the growth of my children over the years. Some of the kids – Jo Ellen’s Bruce and my three – were looking at it the other day, and the question came up, “How tall was Grandpa?” I thought probably about six feet, but I couldn’t remember exactly, so I decided to look it up. Here is a description of Daddy as recorded on his Certificate of Naturalization, pictured here:

No. 6634695
CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION
Petition No. 81584
Personal description of holder as of date of naturalization: Age 37 years; sex Male; complexion Ruddy; color of eyes Grey; color of hair Brown; height 5 feet 11 inches; weight 175 pounds; visible distinctive marks Scar; right side of upper lip; Marital status Divorced; former nationality British * * * * * Be it known, that at a term of the District Court of the United States held pursuant to law at San Francisco on September 24th, 1945 the Court having found that George Walter Scott then residing at Canyonville, Oregon intends to reside permanently in the United States . . . was entitled to be admitted to citizenship, thereupon ordered that such person be and he was admitted as a citizen of the United States of America. C. W. Calbreath
Clerk of the U.S. District Court
By L. Baldwin Deputy Clerk