1914 Clatsop County, Oregon, Voters Born in Finland Who Were Naturalized or Declared Their Intent in Other Counties

Compiled by Liisa Penner

The following material is from two Register of Electors books from 1914 at the Clatsop County Courthouse in Astoria, Oregon, one labeled "Astoria", and the other, "County". The books list all the eligible voters in the county: those who had declared their intent to become citizens and those who had completed the process. (In 1914 those who had taken the first steps toward naturalization were allowed vote.) The list below is only a portion of the total electorate. I abstracted out only those voters whose declaration of intent or naturalization had taken place in a location not in Clatsop County. The reason for abstracting these is to help researchers locate naturalization records for Clatsop County residents that can be found in other counties. There may also be some records in Clatsop County. It might be wise to check both places. The original books contain more information than what is given here, such as street addresses in town, and township, range and section numbers out in the country. Also the political party was listed. Register of Elector books can be found every two years from 1900 to 1914 at the Clatsop County Courthouse.
 

The usual abbreviations for states replaced the originals. Whether the women were born in the United States or not, their citizenship appears to have been dependant upon the status of their husband's citizenship. The men or their fathers were probably actually in the county listed across from their names at one time, but some of the women may never have been in the county listed. In many cases the clerks did not mark whether or not the naturalization had been completed. It appears that the clerks made some errors, as seen in some cases where there is a disrepancy in the information for husband in wife. The handwriting was often difficult to read, so other errors may have crept into this transcription. Some original spelling errors were left in.

Roughly, the Astoria precincts are located as follows: Precinct 1 was at Smith Point at the western tip of Astoria. The precinct numbers increase to the east. Pct. 2 encompassed Astor, West Bond, Flavel, Alameda, etc. and 1st Street. Pct. 3, 2nd to 7th streets and 200 numbers on named streets. Pct. 4, 8th to 9th streets, and 300 numbers. Pct. 5, 10th to 11th and 400 numbers. Pct. 6, 11th and 12th streets and 500s numbers. Pct. 7, 12th to 14th streets and 550s. Pct. 8, 14th and 15th streets and 600 numbers. Pct. 9th, 17th to 20th (?) and 700 and 800 numbers. Pct. 10th, 27th to 31th streets and 1200, 1300 and 1400 numbers of name streets. Pct. 11, 33rd to 37th streets and 1500 to 1800 numbers on named streets. Pct. 12 is in the Alderbrook area with streets from 38th to 53rd streets and numbers from 1850s to 2600 in the named streets.
 

Places in which Clatsop County Finnish Voters in 1914 Had Declared Their Intent or Were Naturalized

(Not counting Clatsop County and counting only one spouse) 

Precincts That Clatsop County Voting Finns, Naturalized in Other Counties Than Clatsop County, Lived

There is a definite trend with concentrations of Finns in the western part of Astoria and the area on the east side of Scow Bay. The Finns in the western part of Astoria worked mainly in the canneries and those in the east worked in the sawmills.