----- Original Message ----- From: <Cnt0712@aol.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Austrian draft pre-WW1 > I have searched for almost 10 years trying to locate the ship my husband's > great grandfather came on. I found the ship manifest records at Ellis Island > for his wife and daughter and her brother. However still no luck for > Bronko/Branko Cabunac. Helen Cabunac, Kosta Cabunac, and George Djakovich Did you notice their destination? It was to Milwaukee to Husband, father and bro-in-law Petar CABUNAC (but it looks like there is a dot over U, could it be CABINAC?) not Bronko. Have you looked for Petar? > came in 1912. Bronko came just prior to that with his son Gustav. I am > guessing he came around 1910 or 1911. After reading the email on Le Harve now > I wonder if Bronko did not come that route. Gustav would be around the age of > 4 or 5 years old. My father in law has wondered if Bronko did not leave > Croatia to avoid the war somehow. Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated June 28, 1914 and Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia July 28, 1914. So World War I was still two years away. > > If anyone else has any suggestions please submit them to me. Thank You. Have you checked alternate sp.? There is a manifest for Stefan COBUNAC from the same town as Helen and Kosta, destination Milwaukee May 1907 to friend Bronko PAVLOVIC but right below that is Petar COBINAC destination Milwaukee to friend. I understand that some did arr on other's passports but I have seen far more with minor mis-spellings of names or mis-transcribed names. There are 7 listings in Croatia online phone book for CABUNAC in Virovitica county, where Gaciste is located and one listing in CABUNAC 774183 CABUNAC DANILO GACISTE 62 33410 GACISTE The LDS Family History Center has microfilm church records available locally, which you can rent. They are for the Orthodox church for the years 1872-1882. You can rent them for about $3.50. http://www.familysearch.com/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?dis play=localitysearch&columns=*,180,0 Robert Jerin