Greetings, I quizzed my grandmother a little yesterday to see if she could remember anything she hadn't already told me about her parents from Croatia. She told me that her father had once told her that his father had taken the wife's surname at their marriage because she had come from a more affluent family than his. It seems to make sense since my great-grandfather listed his parents with the same surname on his social security application, and there is a note beside his mother's name that says "mother's name same before marriage." Has anyone ever run into this sort of thing before? Thank you, Jackie Researching: ~~~~~~~Poland~~~~~~~ ADAMOWICZ - BANASZEK - BURDA CHOJNACKI / HOJNACKI MIKULSKI / MIKOLSKY CIEBIEN~ - MAZIK - KROL / KRUL ~~~~~~~Croatia~~~~~~~ OCVIRAK / OCVIRK - SNEPERGER

Several instances among my cousins of a male on marriage taking his new wife's family name. In one instance, his wife was the last survivor of her extended family and wanted the name continued and he agreed. In most instances, some property was involved, the wife being a property owner and the husband assuming the name and probably assuming management of the property. Several of these people used a double barreled last name, not just one surname but two, as many English ( of England ) families do, the Smith-Crumley sort of name. In the instances of these several cousins, both names were rather uncommon, so the reason to use the new name wasn't to get away from being a Kovak or a Bauer. Reading about the older families in Split and Dubrovnic, many families there had cadet lines, over several centuries, where something similar occurred. Instead of just being a Smith or a Smythe, you became the Smith - Apples or the Smythe - Car's. And then when your kids moved away, they might be the Smythe - Car - Riejeka line, with the lineage sort of outlined in the name pattern, and sometimes even the towns lived in. Ashley >Greetings, >I quizzed my grandmother a little yesterday to see if she could >remember anything she hadn't already told me about her parents from >Croatia. She told me that her father had once told her that his >father had taken the wife's surname at their marriage because she >had come from a more affluent family than his. It seems to make >sense since my great-grandfather listed his parents with the same >surname on his social security application, and there is a note >beside his mother's name that says "mother's name same before >marriage." > >Has anyone ever run into this sort of thing before? > >Thank you, >Jackie >Researching: >~~~~~~~Poland~~~~~~~ >ADAMOWICZ - BANASZEK - BURDA >CHOJNACKI / HOJNACKI >MIKULSKI / MIKOLSKY >CIEBIEN~ - MAZIK - KROL / KRUL >~~~~~~~Croatia~~~~~~~ >OCVIRAK / OCVIRK - SNEPERGER --

Hello Jackie, Perhaps this is an example of the practice known as domazet = home son-in-law. There were cases where there were no male heirs, many times the property would pass to the eldest female if her bridegroom would take her family name to keep the family name going. Tom Ninkovich has an article about this practice, which he discovered this past winter while doing archival research in Croatia. http://www.croatia-in-english.com/gen/social.html#inher Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Cleveland, Ohio http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie (nee Adamowicz)" <wordsmith@att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 11:01 PM Subject: [CROATIA-L] a common practice? > Greetings, > I quizzed my grandmother a little yesterday to see if she could remember > anything she hadn't already told me about her parents from Croatia. She > told me that her father had once told her that his father had taken the > wife's surname at their marriage because she had come from a more affluent > family than his. It seems to make sense since my great-grandfather listed > his parents with the same surname on his social security application, and > there is a note beside his mother's name that says "mother's name same > before marriage." > > Has anyone ever run into this sort of thing before? > > Thank you, > Jackie > Researching: > ~~~~~~~Poland~~~~~~~ > ADAMOWICZ - BANASZEK - BURDA > CHOJNACKI / HOJNACKI > MIKULSKI / MIKOLSKY > CIEBIEN~ - MAZIK - KROL / KRUL > ~~~~~~~Croatia~~~~~~~ > OCVIRAK / OCVIRK - SNEPERGER >

At 01:31 AM 5/18/2002, you wrote: >Tom Ninkovich has an article about this practice, which he discovered this >past winter while doing archival research in Croatia. > >http://www.croatia-in-english.com/gen/social.html#inher Robert, Thank you for the link. I noticed your signature line on your email. Where is the Croatian Heritage Museum in Cleveland? I grew up in Cleveland and that is where my Croatian relatives settled. I'm coming for a visit at the end of June and would love to stop by. Best, Jackie Researching: ~~~~~~~Poland~~~~~~~ ADAMOWICZ - BANASZEK - BURDA CHOJNACKI / HOJNACKI MIKULSKI / MIKOLSKY CIEBIEN~ - MAZIK - KROL / KRUL ~~~~~~~Croatia~~~~~~~ OCVIRAK / OCVIREK - SNEPERGER