In the one of my Slovak Language lessons, it says, an animate masculine plural personal noun, when used a direct object the ending will be changed to ov. Possibly, Putrih or Putric could be changed to Putrihov depending on how it is used in a sentence. I took a few lessons a few years ago and I am not good at Slovak Grammar. I am not good at English grammar. John J. Kubla Bursic(k), Vinski from Maletic and Mlacak(Mashak) from Sveticko Hrasce, Croatia Frank Kurchina wrote: > Ashley Tiwara wrote: > > > > Frank, or anyone who might know the name, > > My cousin thinks I speak Croatian which I don't. Could someone > > respond to her question to me, and I will forward it to her? See below: > > > > I may have asked you this before, but will again since I can't > > remember. Do you know if "Putrihov" is a different spelling of Putrich, > > > > as is Putrih, and Putric? Elaine > > > > Her husband's family is also from northern Croatia, which is how we > > connect. Thanks for your help, > > Ashley > > Am not sure whether this is a language or a surname question ? > > The 3 surnames spelled Putric' and Putrich and Putrih appear in Croatia. > Normally Croatian surnames end in the diacritic letter c' = ch. > > Putrihov I don't know ? > > Many immigrants changed their names after arrival in the U.S.

"John J. Kubla" wrote: > > In the one of my Slovak Language lessons, it says, an animate masculine plural > personal noun, when used a direct object the ending will be changed to ov. > > Possibly, Putrih or Putric could be changed to Putrihov depending on how it is > used in a sentence. > > I took a few lessons a few years ago and I am not good at Slovak Grammar. I am > not good at English grammar. > > John J. Kubla > > Bursic(k), Vinski from Maletic and Mlacak(Mashak) from Sveticko Hrasce, > Croatia Are you sure your mean Slovak ? Slovak is similar to Czech and the official language of Slovakia. Spoken by 5.6 million people. Ako sa maté ? (How are you ?) Rozumiem. (I understand ) Slovenian is similar to Croatian and the official language of the Republic of Slovenia , formerly part of Yugoslavia. Total about 2.2 million speakers (2 million are in Slovenia) Kako ste ? (How are you ?) Razumen. (I understand ) In 1983 there were 80,000 Slovaks living in former Yugoslavia. Some who seek Slovenija (Slovenia) think it is the the same country as Slovakia (Slovensko) Slovenia was a part of former Yugoslavia in Eastern Europe. Slovakia was a part of former Czechoslovakia in Central Europe. If you write to Slovenia and don't use Slovenija, the letter probably gets mailed to Slovakia. If you use Slovensko for Slovakia the letter probably ends up in Slovenia ? U.S. Postal Service only recognizes these 2 countries under "Slovenia" and "Slovak Republic". The word 'putrihov' does appear in the Slovenian language but not as a surname. > Frank Kurchina wrote: > > > Ashley Tiwara wrote: > > > > > > Frank, or anyone who might know the name, > > > My cousin thinks I speak Croatian which I don't. Could someone > > > respond to her question to me, and I will forward it to her? See below: > > > > > > I may have asked you this before, but will again since I can't > > > remember. Do you know if "Putrihov" is a different spelling of Putrich, > > > > > > as is Putrih, and Putric? Elaine > > > > > > Her husband's family is also from northern Croatia, which is how we > > > connect. Thanks for your help, > > > Ashley > > > > Am not sure whether this is a language or a surname question ? > > > > The 3 surnames spelled Putric' and Putrich and Putrih appear in Croatia. > > Normally Croatian surnames end in the diacritic letter c' = ch. > > > > Putrihov I don't know ? > > > > Many immigrants changed their names after arrival in the U.S.

In the 1910 census my g grandfather had several boarders. Most of them appear to be family but there are 2 men John and Jack Pertoza that I do not recognize John is 29 and married jack 23 and single. There was also a Powell Antic which I assumed was the brother( Paul) of Barbara Loncaric nee Antic, but I found out Paul did not come to the US till 1913 so this has to be another relative. Does anyone know these people and who they might be to my family. Thanks Michelle