Surname Help

I have been trying to research my great great grandfather that came from
Kiev. His name was Nathan Breen and he probably came over before 1900. He

Henry Brownlee...

was

Henry Brownlee...

misinterpretation

MahahaavaAhava...

You mean that no-one ever emigrated from "anywhere" eastwards? I'd like
to remind youall of the emigration of the "communists" of US to the
Soviet after the 1st WW. Many a story was there to be told...

/Petri Ahava
(my family mostly just moved from Russia to Finland to Russia and
back...mostly...)

Henry Brownlee...

Not at all. We are certainly aware of the Germans who emigrated to
Russia. And surely others emigrated "eastward." I was just wondering
how many Irish families emigrated to Russia. And what was the time
period the original poster mentioned? I forget.

died in 1945 of December in Chicago and I'm in the process of getting an
obit on him, but I'm not expecting much to be metioned in the obit. My dad
said what he was ever told the name was never changed. According to my dad,
he probably did not know his birthdate. If any body can help me research
this it would be great because I don't know where to start on this.

MahahaavaAhava...

There was a lot of re-emigration during the russian revolutin from apr.
1017 to 1925 apr... A lot of folks that ahd fled from russia who had
been against tsarism went back thinking that communism was better---
well they found out that--- ie. not so good no?

/Petri

Great grandcousin (what's the correct nomenclature? PA IA was the
brother of my great grandfather...) of Iivo Ahava, Red Russian Captain
1915 -- ?

Joe Pessarra...

Could this be your Nathan Breen.

Name: Nathan Breen
Year: 1925 (Also listed as 1929)
Place: Illinois
Source Publication Code: 3703.2
Primary Immigrant: Breen, Nathan
Annotation: Date and place of filing petition for declaration of intention
or naturalization. Year of birth, type of naturalization document, year of
document, and book and page number of original record are also provided.
Source Bibliography: KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATURALIZATION INDEX 1906-1955.
Geneva, IL: Kane County Genealogical Society, 1991. 187p.
Page: 21

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Meghan Breen...

Yes, it's probably him. Do I need to write to Geneva, IL to obtain
Naturalization records? How much information will the Naturalization record
give me?