----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] another first name > on 5/19/02 6:30 PM, Robert Jerin at rjerin@adelphia.net wrote: > > > Dragutin = Charles > > > > Variants could be Drago, Dragek > > > > PAVOKOVIC is found in the part of Croatia where Marie was from. However > > Ravokovic is not found anywhere in Croatia. I found none of the names at > > Ellis Island that you mentioned! > > > > Robert Jerin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> > > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 6:48 PM > > Subject: [CROATIA-L] another first name > > > > > >> I have been trying to find other relations of my grandmother, Marie Fanta > >> (Pavlekovic) and using the spelling Pavokovic I located two of her > > brothers > >> - Luka and Andrya - listed as Ravokovic - arriving in 1910 on the > > Lusitania. > >> But I also found my uncle, my mother's brother (9). I thought his name was > >> Charles but it was listed as Draguhir - I think. Does anyone know the > >> meaning of this name? Is it Croatian for Charles? > >> The other thing I don't understand is when I do a search for Fanta at EI I > >> can't find his passenger record. > >> Mary Hegarty > >> > Thank you Robert, > The way I found them is I searched for Pavokovic and found a Lou from > Vivovidica. The passenger record had him listed as female. When I looked it > up I found it was Luka and male. Then I noticed right above Andrya Ravokovic > and Dragutin Fanta below. I believe that Ravokovic must be misspelled. He > was going to his mother-in-law and Luka was going to his sister my > Grandmother with Dragutin. Andrya's mother-in-law's last name begins with > Coje and I can't make out the rest but it looks like the same name as #2 on > the manifest which I still can't figure out. > Mary > Hello Mary, If you go to Stephen Morse search site for Ellis Island and enter Coje, you will find several Cojetcanin or some variation of that surname, inc. # 2 on manifest you mentioned. http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html The if you search Croatia phone books of names beginning with Coje you find no name like this. However if you search Google.com, nothing is found but it suggests CVJETICANIN you will find info, as well the Croatian phone book lists 135 with that name. The canin ending of this name is not uncommon in Croatia. http://imenik.hinet.hr/?lang=1 Robert Jerin