S-073 · naturalization file

Ludwig Einstein declaration and petition for naturalization

Repository
National Archives and Records Administration / Ancestry
Reference
Declaration no. 105958; petition no. 78265; Ancestry collection 3998, records 3687222 and 3687224, images 005197531_01213 and 005197531_01215
Date
March 31, 1943
People
Ludwig Einstein
Places
Stuttgart, Württemberg, San Francisco, California

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Ludwig Einstein, born 26 July 1880 in Stuttgart, was a son of Emil Einstein and Karoline/Caroline Schweizer and therefore a brother of Auguste Einstein Saalfeld, Melita Einstein Levy, and Josephine Einstein Schwarzschild Stone.

Ludwig's naturalization file and draft card establish the same Stuttgart-born man, with the exact birth date 26 July 1880, at 3897 Clay Street. The 1940 and 1950 censuses directly call him Melita Levy's brother, and the 1950 census also calls Josephine Stone their sister. C-019 independently bridges Melita to Auguste, while C-009 establishes Auguste and Josephine as daughters of Emil Einstein and Karoline/Caroline Schweizer. The California death index matches Ludwig's exact birth date and reports his mother's maiden name as Schweitzer and father's surname as Einstein. Ludwig's 1939 manifests also name cousins in the Laupheim Einstein network and at 3800 Washington Street in San Francisco. Josephine independently named the same San Francisco cousin, Corinne Koshland; Corinne's signed passport uses the maiden name Schweitzer, and the likely Laupheim cousin Benno Nördlinger was a son of Pauline Einstein. This convergence makes the parentage and sibling relationship highly likely.

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