Registration Affidavit of Alien Enemy John Blank, Stillwater, Minnesota

              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Department of Justice ___________  REGISTRATION AFFIDAVIT OF ALIEN ENEMY   The registration affidavit must be filled in and sworn to in triplicate and accompanied by four unmounted photographs of the registrant, not larger the 3 by 3 inches in size, on thin paper with light background. All four photographs should be signed by the registrant across the face of the photograph so as not to obscure the face, if registrant is able to write. If registrant is unable to write, he must make his mark in the signature space and affix his left thumb print in the space indicated for the same opposite the signature space.  The affidavit need not be filled out before, but must be signed and sworn to before, a registration officer, who will fill in the description and take the finger prints of the registrant. All registration officers are authorized to administer the oath hereto to persons registering as alien enemies. _____________        I, John Blank hereby register as an alien enemy at Stillwater, Minnesota, Wash. County, Minn. and make the following statements and answers under oath:              1.  Name John Blank All other names at any time used none              2.  Present residence Oak Park, Stillwater, Minn.              3.  Length of residence at the foregoing place about 25 years              4.  All other places of residence since January 1, 1914               5.  Born in  Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 15, 1853              6.  Since January 1, 1914, employed by:       Name of place. Date.  Occupation.  Name of employer.       Stillwater, Minn. 1917  Fireman  Frank Tobisch       ?Ç£   1916  Trackman  Twin City Lines       ?Ç£   1915  ?Ç£   ?Ç£ ?Ç£       ?Ç£   1914  Fireman  Frank Berry              7.  I arrived in the United States March, 1883 at the port of Michigan on ship not Known and applied for entry under the name of  John Blank              8.  (a)  Name of father  John Blank  Living No                         Residence of father, if living dead                   (b)  Name of mother  Catherine Blank, nee Krause  Living  No                   Residence of mother, if living  dead