[Drew68]

Research done on Spiro Agnew from census data and military data indicates that his father, though born in Greece, had become a naturalized American citizen long before Spiro was born.

Here's a 1920 census that lists Agnew's father as an alien.

Spiro was born in 1918.

Fourteenth Census of the United States

Line 72.

[null and void]

1. In 1920, the census taker wrote down that Theodore was an alien who came to the US in 1887.

2. In 1930, the census taker wrote down that he was a naturalized citizen who came to the US (if that’s not the date of naturalization) in 1903.

In 1910, Theodore S. Anagnost (Anagnostopoulos) lived in Schenectady, NY, with and next to relatives (cousins, siblings). See dist. 7, enumeration dist. 186, ward 7, p. 4A.

That document states that he came to the US in 1902 and was naturalized by 1910. So perhaps he was naturalized in 1903, shortly after arriving in the US.

[justiceseeker93]

I believe that's an error on the part of the census taker, or a matter of miscommunication. Theodore Agnew, according to what I've heard from other FReepers, is listed as a citizen in the 1910 census and on his WWI military record.

Also, if he already was in the country in 1910 and had served in the military and married an American citizen, it would be very odd if he had not achieved citizenship by 1920.