Sources

French Citizenship Declarations (Optants), 1872

Unknown whether it is the person or not

ARFIDO S.A. Les Optants d'Alsace Lorraine. Série 43. Paris: ARFIDO S.A., 2006. © ARFIDO S.A.

Name: Paul Wiriath
Birth Date: 12 avr. 1867 (12 Apr 1867)
Birthplace: Mulhouse
Age: 5

Claim made 7 Mar 1872
States assisted by father without idenityi

Records in that set, and no ability to interlink

Name Birth Date Birthplace
Paul Wiriath 12 avr. 1867 (12 Apr 1867) Mulhouse
Gaston Wiriath 30 juin 1864 (30 Jun 1864) Morhange
~~Marie Elisabeth Antoine Wiriath 4 déc. 1844 (4 Dec 1844) Landser~~
Antoine Ernest Wiriath 12 août 1831 (12 Aug 1831) Landser
~~Jeanne Wiriath 13 juin 1867 (13 Jun 1867) Morhange~~
~~Anne Célestine Wiriath 6 janv. 1842 (6 Jan 1842) Morhange~~
~~Marie Louis Eugène Wiriath 3 oct. 1829 Schlierbach~~
Joseph Louis Ernest Wiriath 23 nov. 1865 Landser

All Wiriath, struck those declarations from different date, guessing therefore different family