amy davis wrote: > > speaking of how people translate names...is it possible that vinko may have > become john? or how do most people translate vinko? > > louise, thank you for the information! > > TodeyL@aol.com wrote: First names Vincent, Vince (E) Vincentius (L) Vicko, Visko, Vinko (Croatian) Vincenzo (I) Vincenz (G) Vincze (H) Vincenty (P) No way you could change this name into John. > > Amy > > So far I have not run across an Tadejevic being part of the my Tadej family. > > But I do have a name from Book of Deaths 1906-1918 in Centerville, IA. John > > Todovich and Ella Katich were parents of an infant that had died in 1911. > > Louise

I have a BIG problem and wonder if there is an explanation. My relative left Cherso/Cres and went to Faro, Portugal. On his marriage record in Faro it gives his first name as Lourenco (I assumed Lorenzo). We have gone through all the LDS records for Cherso/Cres for this family and we cannot find a Lorenzo. We find a Vido Alvise born at approximately the same time. Interesting, one of the females of this family is named Stefana Lorenza. Now I don't know if this Vido is actually Lorenzo or what? He did name is first child Lourenco Vital (Vido, I assume). Any explanation appreciated????? Elaine

Elaine Sharp wrote: > > I have a BIG problem and wonder if there is an explanation. My relative > left Cherso/Cres and went to Faro, Portugal. On his marriage record in Faro > it gives his first name as Lourenco (I assumed Lorenzo). We have gone > through all the LDS records for Cherso/Cres for this family and we cannot > find a Lorenzo. We find a Vido Alvise born at approximately the same time. > Interesting, one of the females of this family is named Stefana Lorenza. > > Now I don't know if this Vido is actually Lorenzo or what? > He did name is first child Lourenco Vital (Vido, I assume). > Any explanation appreciated????? > > Elaine Lawrence (E) Laurentius (L) Lovro (Croatian) Lorenzo (I) male Lorenza (I) fem. version Lorencio (Spanish) Lourenco (Portuguese) Vitalis (L) name of several early saints Vitale (I)

Amy, It's not necessarily impossible that he would have changed his name to John even though Vinko isn't a derivative of that name. Many immigrants exchanged their own first names for simpler "more American" names upon arrival and John is the most common name there is. Nadya Markova ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Kurchina <frankur@worldnet.att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] re: first name translations > > > amy davis wrote: > > > > speaking of how people translate names...is it possible that vinko may have > > become john? or how do most people translate vinko? > > > > louise, thank you for the information! > > > > TodeyL@aol.com wrote: > > First names > > Vincent, Vince (E) > Vincentius (L) > Vicko, Visko, Vinko (Croatian) > Vincenzo (I) > Vincenz (G) > Vincze (H) > Vincenty (P) > > No way you could change this name into John. > > > > > Amy > > > So far I have not run across an Tadejevic being part of the my Tadej family. > > > But I do have a name from Book of Deaths 1906-1918 in Centerville, IA. John > > > Todovich and Ella Katich were parents of an infant that had died in 1911. > > > Louise >

My grandfather was called John by many of his friends. My grandmother called him Evo, Then when he passed away we found out his name was Anton. It was actually a mistake he was suppose to be Evo, but when his parent took him to get baptized the priest put Anton on his birth certificate. This was his fathers name so they just called him Evo but never had it changed. When he came to the US they made fun of the name Evo like he was evil, so he went by John. Just thought I'd share