Canadian Naturalization post 1913 for US born person needed?

[charlotteCH]

In 1913 Inez Cornelia Pilson b. 1897 Minn. USA crossed the border at N. Portal into Sask in the company of her family.  She remained in Canada, living in Sask until 1939, then lived in Ont. and died in BC in 1975.

Would she have needed to be Naturalized ? If so, is it possible to access these records?
What were the rules about this please?

Any advice and help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

charlotte

[Jacquie in Canada]

Here's a link to information about citizenship at Library and Archives Canada:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908.011-e.html

I think if Inez's father applied for and was granted Canadian citizenship while she was still a minor or if she married a Canadian citizen, she would automatically become a Canadian citizen and not have to apply herself.

Jacquie

[charlotteCH]

Jacquie, Thank you.

 Would the age for being considered an adult have been 18 or 21 in say 1920 in Canada?

And being a female ... would that have been relevant?

Thanks again, charlotte

[Jacquie in Canada]

Jacquie, Thank you.

 Would the age for being considered an adult have been 18 or 21 in say 1920 in Canada?

And being a female ... would that have been relevant?

Thanks again, charlotte

I'm not sure about the age. As for being female, yes. A woman who married a Canadian would gain citizenship. A man who married a Canadian wouldn't.

Jacquie

[charlotteCH]

Thank you Jacquie.
 At this point I don't know who Inez Cornelia Pilsen married so don't know if he was a Canadian or not... Who she married is  what I'm trying to find out..

Charlotte

[Jacquie in Canada]

If she married in Saskatchewan you may be able to find a marriage for her if the Saskatchewan Vital Statistics genealogy database is ever completed. Births from more than 100 years ago and deaths prior to 1917 are available. They aren't going to start the marriage database (which will have marriages from more than 75 years ago) until they have completed the death entries. However they still have about 20 years of deaths that aren't in that database and it's been that way for a number of years now.

It's also very expensive to order a certificate in Saskatchewan ($50) and the charges for a search make it even worse.

Jacquie

[charlotteCH]

Jaquie, that you for that cherry piece of news    I'll be dead before the marriage  inexes are online

Would the Sask marriage index/ or other records  be in Ottawa in any form do you think? At the National Archives for instance?   I have a friend there who would look if I knew what to ask about.

Any guidance will be much apprecaited.
Thanks for your help,

charlotte

[Jacquie in Canada]

Sorry, no. Those records are held by Saskatchewan Vital Statistics and going through Vital Stats is the only way to get a certificate.

Jacquie

[charlotteCH]

Thanks Jaquie... I know the woman's maiden name but not the name of the man she married. I also only know the two decades within which she married so trying to get a cert. from Saskt Vital Stats is close to impossible I'd think.

You are in effect saying that a private person cannot go and search thru the Index of Sask marriages, even at their head office or whereever they keep these records?

So I'll just plug on trying to find another way or a person who knows about Inez Cornelia Pilson.
Thank you for your help

charlotte