Useful links for Croatia genealogy
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Re: Relatives in the USA
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Posted: 15 Jun 2009 10:56PM GMT |
Classification: Query
1930 KS census indicates John was from Jugoslavia.
His original surname spelling would have been MARKOVIC' with a mark over the C' giving the sound of CH. This is a patronymic name, that is from the male given name Marko and the IC ending meaning son of, literally Markson.
Given name would not have been John (originally that is) it could have been Johann, Ivan, Ivo, Ive, Janko or Jovo or if the name was Hungarianized it could have been Janos.
Since they most likely would have been of the same ethnicity, I suspect that Mary was not Mary but Maria, Marija and her last name may have begun with BRK, maybe BRKIC or some other name derived from the Croatian word brk, meaning moustache. I find many records in MO and KS for names beginning with BRK... oh and it is perfectly OK for what appear to English speakers as 3 consonants... as the R serves the purpose of a vowel in this case.
Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio
His original surname spelling would have been MARKOVIC' with a mark over the C' giving the sound of CH. This is a patronymic name, that is from the male given name Marko and the IC ending meaning son of, literally Markson.
Given name would not have been John (originally that is) it could have been Johann, Ivan, Ivo, Ive, Janko or Jovo or if the name was Hungarianized it could have been Janos.
Since they most likely would have been of the same ethnicity, I suspect that Mary was not Mary but Maria, Marija and her last name may have begun with BRK, maybe BRKIC or some other name derived from the Croatian word brk, meaning moustache. I find many records in MO and KS for names beginning with BRK... oh and it is perfectly OK for what appear to English speakers as 3 consonants... as the R serves the purpose of a vowel in this case.
Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio