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Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.
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Document: One page: front and back of a World War I draft registration card (Form No. 1), scanned sideways, with a heading added by the booklet compiler.
Language: English
Transcription conventions: on printed forms, pre-printed text is set in roman and handwritten entries in \italic\; wholly handwritten registers and lists are set in roman. Square brackets mark editorial matter: [?] follows an uncertain reading, [illegible] marks unread text, [blank] marks an unfilled field, and bracketed descriptions record stamps, marks, and annotations. Spelling, abbreviation, and capitalisation follow the original; nothing is corrected. On census and register pages that carry many unrelated entries, the page heading and the target household or entry are transcribed in full; the extent of what is and is not transcribed is stated on each page.
[Typed heading added by the compiler:] World War 1 Draft Registration Card
Front: REGISTRATION CARD
| Printed field | Entry |
| SERIAL NUMBER | 5362 |
| ORDER NUMBER | 547 |
| 1 (Name) | George Washington Wesemann |
| 2 PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS | 5715 No. 4th St (No.) (Street or R.F.D. No.) Phila. (City or town) (County) Pa (State) |
| 3 Age in Years | 42 |
| 4 Date of Birth | January (Month) 1 (Day) 1876 (Year) |
| RACE: 5 White / 6 Negro / 7 Oriental / 8 Citizen Indian / 9 Noncitizen Indian | ✓ (White) |
| U.S. CITIZEN: 10 Native Born / 11 Naturalized / 12 Citizen by Father’s Naturalization Before Registrant’s Majority | ✓ (Native Born) |
| ALIEN: 13 Declarant / 14 Non-declarant | [blank] |
| 15 If not a citizen of the U. S., of what nation are you a citizen or subject? | [blank] |
| 16 PRESENT OCCUPATION | Journeyman [word illegible] Hat Finisher [?] |
| 17 EMPLOYER’S NAME | John B. Stetson & Co |
| 18 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS | 5th & Montgomery Av (No.) (Street or R.F.D. No.) Phila. (City or town) (County) Pa (State) |
| NEAREST RELATIVE: 19 Name | Mrs. George W. Wesemann |
| 20 Address | 5715 No. 4th St Phila. Pa |
| I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE VERIFIED ABOVE ANSWERS AND THAT THEY ARE TRUE | George Washington Wesemann (Registrant’s signature or mark) |
P. M. G. O. Form No. 1 (Red) [form number illegible] (OVER)
Back: REGISTRAR’S REPORT
[Stamped, upper right:] 31-1-21 C [?]
| Printed field | Entry |
| DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT — HEIGHT: 21 Tall / 22 Medium / 23 Short | ✓ (Medium) |
| BUILD: 24 Slender / 25 Medium / 26 Stout | ✓ (Medium) |
| 27 COLOR OF EYES | Gray |
| 28 COLOR OF HAIR | Brown |
| 29 Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disqualified? (Specify.) | None |
| 30 I certify that my answers are true; that the person registered has read or has had read to him his own answers; that I have witnessed his signature or mark, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: | [blank] |
| (Signature of registrar) | Paul Schumacher |
| Date of Registration | Sept 12-1918 |
[Stamp of the Local Board:] Local Board for Division No. 43, City of Phila., State of Penna. 35th District Police Station
Transcriber’s notes
The occupation line is partly illegible; “Hat Finisher” fits the 1900, 1920 (hat finisher, hat factory), and 1930 (hatter, hat factory) censuses, and the employer is the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia’s hat works at Fourth/Fifth and Montgomery.
The nearest relative, Mrs. George W. Wesemann, is Mary Matilda Knoll, his second wife.
Grade: PRIMARY.