Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-03-19
Legally Inborn.


THE CURIOUS rREDIcANENT OF A GERMAN
REIpE-A WARNING TO sosIE OF OUR FOR
EIGN CITIZENS.
An instance Of the value of a correct re-
cistration Of the births of children of for
eien parents should these children ever
find their way back TO the mother coun-
try occurred on Wednesday in the Bur
eau Of Vital Statistics. DIR. Nagle re-
coived letter from Mrs. Paulina Rcths-
child, Of No. II Towner strasse, Leipzig,
containing the request that copy of the
record of her two children's birth in New
York city be sent to her without delay.
She writes that not only the happiness,
but the very existence of the family de-
pended on the possibility of obtaining
these documents The daughter, now
girl OF twenty-five years, had found an
admirer and desired to marry, but to the
amazement Of the lovers the German gov
ern;nent fatty refused to allow the cere-
mony to be performed until the fact that
the bride had been born had been Off
cially attested and properly vouched for
BIZ the Registra Of this city. The pro-
duction of the girl in evidence with the
corroborative testimony Of her mother
availed nothing with the methodical
Leipzig officers in the absence of the re-
quisite papers, and the bride was left IN
the uncomfortable position OF being legal
" unborn. to the discontinue of her non
pluseed suitor.
About this time further complication
occurled julius Rotnschlld, the son,
lust twenty years old, was SUNNI oned to
appoar at the sessions for examination
and enrolment in the imperial army In
vain he protested that he was an Amerl-
i,.+ hn StntRa
His ..parers" were demanded i'll proof,
and, failing to produce them, he was or
dere i to appear at the regimental head
ouartcrs. The despair of the mother
NAV be imagined. julius was her only
son and only support. Enrolment in the
army. aside from the hazard of war,
would take him from his employment for
three full years and leave her desolate.
She applied to the American Consulate at
Leiuzie in vain. The proofs that her
statements were true were demanded of
her. In her perplexity the widow Int
upon the expedient of writing TO the au-
tlorities of New York, and her letter
reached DIR. Nagle to-day addressed to
The Reeistrator of New York" DIR.
Naele took immediate steps to help Mrs.
Roth3cLlld out Of her trouble by having
the records searched and within two or
three weeks the family will be once more
made happy, and the German bridegroom
will be relieved from a most perplexing
dilemma
The present case is one out hundred
which come under the notice of DR.. Nagle
in the course Of the year. The German
laws on the subject Of registration Of vital
statistics are uncommonly stringent and
are rigidly enforced to ensure aperfect
census Of the population. The knowl-
edge OF this fact Is widely diffused among
The G, f-.-1B citizens Of this city, and has
caused the birth records of that race to
he far more perfect than that of any other
class Of inhabitants of New York.
The German mail on Thursday brought
to Dr. Nagle, of the Bureau of Vital
Statistics, another letter from Leipzig,
containing second narrative OF the al
fairs of the Rothschild family, who are In
trouble by reason of the absence of any
documentary record of the birth of the
children The daughters predicameni
has been lost sight of in the anxiety over
the son, who must serve i'll the German
army or prove his birth. The letter ruus
as follows:
Dcar M Ndgci:
Ia NV last letter OF the 9th instant,
requested you to send me certificates ot
the birth OF my son Julius and my daugh
ter Please send them as quickly al
possible, so thatthe Will come before the
18th of March, since, If they are not here
then. my son will be made German
soldier. Ii ii is impossible to procur'
these papsrs please send certificates certi
fed to by the German Consul i'll New
York, Mr. koner, that Juliuss father
William Rothschild, was United State
citizen from 1854, and that Julius wa
born August 10, 1860, in New York city
Twenty-sixth street, corner Eighth ave
nue., when he had been a citizen for years
Perhaps the original certificate of citizen
ship of William Rothschild is in tn
>Ansche Chesid Community Of Cleveland
Ohio, as he died there, and he had tn
certificate with him at the time. vii
you please write to Mrs. Dlttlesech secre
tary Of that community, as it is better t
have the original papers. If the origins
cannot be had a copy will do, certified t
by the German Consul of New Yorl
Please send as soon as possible, so as t
be here on the 18th of March. All ey
penses will be paid by Kuhne, II Wi
liam street, New York. My busban
fought for the Union during the entiI
war Of the Rebellion, and think 1t Jul
that these papers should be sent Inc a
l am a widow now and my son is my onl
support. / am sure You will be so kin
as to send these papers at once.
Very respectfully,
PAULISA RoTHsCHILD
One of the first visitors to the Ruroa
of Vital Statistics on Thursday was NJ
Dauscher, notary public, who anxious
sought proof of the birth of daughter
his married sister, Mrs. Neuendorf, DO
in Germany. The child was born III Ne
Yolk on July 81, 1871. In the Austria
town where the family now live the gi
cannot be admitted to school with chi
dren Who unlike herself, are able
prove 10 the authorities that they ha,
been born and exist Unfortunately
this, as in the case of Miss Rothschil
who cannot get married till she has bee
legally proved to have been born, IL
documentary evidence cannot be foun
The affair has caused considerable e
citement among the German populatio
many of whom throng the Bureau
Vital Stntistics TO satisfy themselves til
their children are properly registered
the books of the dcpartment.-Nctc yo
Erniag Past, Fcb. 27h,