Gorski Kotar / Lika families in the American Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan – Upper Peninsula – & Missouri).
Čop — Chop, Chopp, Kop, Kopp, Tschop, Tschopp — Kupa River Valley & Slovenia
Milošević — Milosevich, Milosevitch — Lič
Šojat — Shoyat — Lič, Podkobiljak & Senj
Rodić — Rodish — G.K.
Starčević — Starchevich, Starchevitch — Lič
Most came to USA between 1880 & 1920. Many employed in coal mining (Iowa) & iron ore mining (northern Minnesota & U.P. of Michigan).
Main areas of settlement:
Iowa — Centerville (St. Mary’s Catholic Church & cemetery), Des Moines, Melcher-Dallas (as well other small towns nearby which no longer exist, are too small for most maps or were temporary mining camps), & Waterloo
Minnesota — Eveleth, Virginia & other cities in the “Iron Range” — iron ore mining & lumber (wood cutting)
Wisconsin — Scattered small towns from Superior to Hurley — mining & lumber
Michigan — All across the U.P. from Ironwood, Lake Gogebic to Houghton & other small towns — mining & lumber
Missouri — Kansas City (Strawberry Hill neighborhood & adjacent areas in Kansas) & Independance — I’m not sure about their occupations
My family is from Iowa & we are descended from the following families: Turk, Čop, Štimac, Tomac, Ožbolt, Molnar & others from Požar (near Turke on the Kupa River)
& other villages in G.K. & Milošević, Šojat (very uncommon but a few families around Lič, Senj & Gospić, maybe Rijeka & Zagreb, too), Radošević, Starčević & others from the Lič, Lokve, Fužine, Senj & Gospić areas.
My mother is a very accomplished genealogist & I help her with the Croatian side — my Dad’s mother’s family — Ja govorim malo, malo hrvatski jezik. Ja mogu slabo čitati.
My lineage on the Turk side:
Myself (Matt Wolfe) rođ. 1967 god.
My father (Rex Wolfe) rođ. 1947
His mother (Antonija Turk) 1915 – 1983
Her father (Anton Turk) 1885 – 1955 (approximately) born Požar, HR, died Des Moines, Iowa, USA
His father (Matija Turk) 1860 -1950 (approx.) born Požar, buried Turke
His father (Stjepan Turk) rođ. 1835 (approx.) lived in Požar
His father (Bartolomeo Turk) 1805/15? (approx.) lived in Požar
That is as far as I can trace back…about 1800 – 1810. I have looked at the matične knjige for the parish of Turke & they are very complete back to 1800.
I only discovered your website today. I’ve been researching our family for about 10 years & have made a lot of progress.
Let me know if we can help with any information about Gorski Kotar families who immigrated to Iowa. All the best!
Matt Wolfe
Ron Vojticek / 11-1-2014 / ·
The original name is Grdic. Variants are Grdish-Grdich-Grditch-Grodic
Gerdish-Gerdich-Gerditch-Gordich-Gardich. Also on 1920 U.S. census Goodrich.
Delores Cisewski / 4-1-2016 / ·
Krizmanic – Krizmanich George Ironwood, Michigan, from Luovdol parish, 1869-1934
Laurie / 5-19-2016 / ·
Could Smallock be Americanized version of Croatian surname?
Katie Anderson / 9-16-2016 / ·
Krpan changed to Karpan. Migrated from Sveti Rok,Lovinac,Lika and settled in and around Chicago, Illinois and Melcher-Dallas, Iowa. mid1800s-present
Bart Triesch / 9-22-2016 / ·
My wife’s family (Sojat) was from Lic and is also directly connected to the names Milošević, Radošević and Starčević.
Maura / 11-13-2017 / ·
My brother recently traced our ancestry back to Dalmatia my Great Grandfather born 1854 Natalie George Colic
Immigration records 1872 show change to Collich
Jeanette (Liker) Morse / 4-23-2018 / ·
My great grandfather came to America from Vrboska, Croatia. His first name was Anton and born around 1877.
I found records of his last name “Likar”.
I was raised as “Liker”.
Traveling to Vrboska end of May.
Any help would be appreciated in finding original surname and living relatives.
Steven Grevich / 10-25-2018 / ·
Where would the name grevich come from? Im told this is a croatian americanized name but i have no information on any of my ancestry, the spelling atleast would be nice to know
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Gorski Kotar / Lika families in the American Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan – Upper Peninsula – & Missouri).
Čop — Chop, Chopp, Kop, Kopp, Tschop, Tschopp — Kupa River Valley & Slovenia
Milošević — Milosevich, Milosevitch — Lič
Šojat — Shoyat — Lič, Podkobiljak & Senj
Rodić — Rodish — G.K.
Starčević — Starchevich, Starchevitch — Lič
Most came to USA between 1880 & 1920. Many employed in coal mining (Iowa) & iron ore mining (northern Minnesota & U.P. of Michigan).
Main areas of settlement:
Iowa — Centerville (St. Mary’s Catholic Church & cemetery), Des Moines, Melcher-Dallas (as well other small towns nearby which no longer exist, are too small for most maps or were temporary mining camps), & Waterloo
Minnesota — Eveleth, Virginia & other cities in the “Iron Range” — iron ore mining & lumber (wood cutting)
Wisconsin — Scattered small towns from Superior to Hurley — mining & lumber
Michigan — All across the U.P. from Ironwood, Lake Gogebic to Houghton & other small towns — mining & lumber
Missouri — Kansas City (Strawberry Hill neighborhood & adjacent areas in Kansas) & Independance — I’m not sure about their occupations
My family is from Iowa & we are descended from the following families: Turk, Čop, Štimac, Tomac, Ožbolt, Molnar & others from Požar (near Turke on the Kupa River)
& other villages in G.K. & Milošević, Šojat (very uncommon but a few families around Lič, Senj & Gospić, maybe Rijeka & Zagreb, too), Radošević, Starčević & others from the Lič, Lokve, Fužine, Senj & Gospić areas.
My mother is a very accomplished genealogist & I help her with the Croatian side — my Dad’s mother’s family — Ja govorim malo, malo hrvatski jezik. Ja mogu slabo čitati.
My lineage on the Turk side:
Myself (Matt Wolfe) rođ. 1967 god.
My father (Rex Wolfe) rođ. 1947
His mother (Antonija Turk) 1915 – 1983
Her father (Anton Turk) 1885 – 1955 (approximately) born Požar, HR, died Des Moines, Iowa, USA
His father (Matija Turk) 1860 -1950 (approx.) born Požar, buried Turke
His father (Stjepan Turk) rođ. 1835 (approx.) lived in Požar
His father (Bartolomeo Turk) 1805/15? (approx.) lived in Požar
That is as far as I can trace back…about 1800 – 1810. I have looked at the matične knjige for the parish of Turke & they are very complete back to 1800.
I only discovered your website today. I’ve been researching our family for about 10 years & have made a lot of progress.
Let me know if we can help with any information about Gorski Kotar families who immigrated to Iowa. All the best!
Matt Wolfe
The original name is Grdic. Variants are Grdish-Grdich-Grditch-Grodic
Gerdish-Gerdich-Gerditch-Gordich-Gardich. Also on 1920 U.S. census Goodrich.
Krizmanic – Krizmanich George Ironwood, Michigan, from Luovdol parish, 1869-1934
Could Smallock be Americanized version of Croatian surname?
Krpan changed to Karpan. Migrated from Sveti Rok,Lovinac,Lika and settled in and around Chicago, Illinois and Melcher-Dallas, Iowa. mid1800s-present
My wife’s family (Sojat) was from Lic and is also directly connected to the names Milošević, Radošević and Starčević.
My brother recently traced our ancestry back to Dalmatia my Great Grandfather born 1854 Natalie George Colic
Immigration records 1872 show change to Collich
My great grandfather came to America from Vrboska, Croatia. His first name was Anton and born around 1877.
I found records of his last name “Likar”.
I was raised as “Liker”.
Traveling to Vrboska end of May.
Any help would be appreciated in finding original surname and living relatives.
Where would the name grevich come from? Im told this is a croatian americanized name but i have no information on any of my ancestry, the spelling atleast would be nice to know
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