SJKatelin@aol.com wrote: > > Hi! I was hoping maybe someone could help me with this--I found a record that > I believe to be my husbands Grandfather on the Ellis Island site but am > unsure of some of the details. Name is "BOZO SENTOVIC' " ( was known in > America as "CHRIS" ). The year and age(1907, 19 years) is right as is the > destination(Lead, South Dakota) but the name BOZO is not one we ever heard > talked about by family. Is BOZO a common Croatian name? Any english > equivelent? Also we thought he was from Dubrovnik--but it shows residence as > "Knezica Dalmatia". Where is this town located? I tried to find it on maps > but could not. Can anyone help? I am also trying to find any info on the > family "SENTOVICH" both in Croatia and in America. Is anyone familiar with > this name??? Thanks...Jen Sentovic in California Bozo (Croatian) Natalis (L) Natale (I) Nathaniel, Nathan (E) Christopher, Chris (E) Christophorus (L) Kristóf (H) Christo (I) Kristo (Croatian) There is a Knez^ica located in Bosnia & Herzegovina , 122 miles NW of Sarajevo. Located near Bosanska Dubica in Bosnia and south of the Sisak county Croatian border. I don't find the surname Sentovic' associated with Dubrovnik. v Frank Kurcina
It's not much of a stretch to translate Noel, which is about what Natalis / Bozo would be in English English, as Christmas or as Christopher / Kristo. Especially given where he was going, why not try to find him listed on the 1910 census? The name is distinctive and if you find him listed where you want him to be, you could then look for naturalization papers or intent papers in the same area, which if you turn them up, at that time, would almost certainly list town of origin and parents too. If you are looking for a town anywhere in eastern Europe, try this site. http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ When you click on it, and it loads, scroll down to where it says "towns" and click on that. On the new page, type in your town name and select "Croatia" for the state. When you get the latitude and longitude, you can then click again and Mapquest will come up with a graphic map, which can be zoomed in and out to compare locations to bigger towns. I like it a lot for finding obscure places...places I've never heard of. ( Most of eastern Europe ) Ashley >SJKatelin@aol.com wrote: >> >> Hi! I was hoping maybe someone could help me with this--I found a >>record that >> I believe to be my husbands Grandfather on the Ellis Island site but am >> unsure of some of the details. Name is "BOZO SENTOVIC' " ( was known in >> America as "CHRIS" ). The year and age(1907, 19 years) is right as is the >> destination(Lead, South Dakota) but the name BOZO is not one we ever heard >> talked about by family. Is BOZO a common Croatian name? Any english >> equivelent? Also we thought he was from Dubrovnik--but it shows >>residence as >> "Knezica Dalmatia". Where is this town located? I tried to find it on maps >> but could not. Can anyone help? I am also trying to find any >>info on the >> family "SENTOVICH" both in Croatia and in America. Is anyone familiar with >> this name??? Thanks...Jen Sentovic in California > > >Bozo (Croatian) >Natalis (L) >Natale (I) >Nathaniel, Nathan (E) > >Christopher, Chris (E) >Christophorus (L) >Kristóf (H) >Christo (I) >Kristo (Croatian) --
My Aunt name is Christina though she never even knew it. All her life her family called her Bessie. She believes it's because of the world for Christ in Croatian what is that? By the way I had a great uncle Bozo and my Great Grandmother was Katherine ( Kate' ) in Croatia. My aunt was named after her. Michelle