Mary Hegarty wrote: > > on 5/13/02 6:32 PM, Sauter, Vicki L. at vicki.sauter@umsl.edu wrote: > > > I don't know if Catherine is Croatian generally, but my husband's > > grandparents came from Croatia and named their youngest daughter Katherine > > (with a K not a C). So, at least some people think it is. > > > > vicki sauter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mary Hegarty [mailto:mhegarty@cybertron.com] > > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:23 PM > > To: CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [CROATIA-L] first name > > > > > > On my grandmother, Marie Fanta's passenger record her mother's name is > > listed as, what looks like Cath. Pavlekovic. I was wondering about the Cath. > > It looks like an abbreviation for Catherine but that doesn't sound like a > > Croatian name. Does anyone have any thoughts on what it could be? > > Thanks! > > Mary Hegarty > Thanks Vicki. I'm going to the FHC tomorrow so every bit of information > helps to narrow the pool. > Mary Katica (Kate) (Croatian) Catherine (Kathy, Cathy, Kate, Katie, Katy, Kay, Kitty) (E) Catharina (L) Katherine, Katharina, Catharina (G) Katalin (Kata, Kato, Kati, Katka, Kiskata, Nina, Tina) (H) Caterina, Cattarina (I)

That th sound is definitely not Croation. I remember what a tough time my mother had trying to sound American with words that had that sound. Donald Marinkovich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Kurchina" <frankur@worldnet.att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] first name > > > Mary Hegarty wrote: > > > > on 5/13/02 6:32 PM, Sauter, Vicki L. at vicki.sauter@umsl.edu wrote: > > > > > I don't know if Catherine is Croatian generally, but my husband's > > > grandparents came from Croatia and named their youngest daughter Katherine > > > (with a K not a C). So, at least some people think it is. > > > > > > vicki sauter > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mary Hegarty [mailto:mhegarty@cybertron.com] > > > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:23 PM > > > To: CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [CROATIA-L] first name > > > > > > > > > On my grandmother, Marie Fanta's passenger record her mother's name is > > > listed as, what looks like Cath. Pavlekovic. I was wondering about the Cath. > > > It looks like an abbreviation for Catherine but that doesn't sound like a > > > Croatian name. Does anyone have any thoughts on what it could be? > > > Thanks! > > > Mary Hegarty > > Thanks Vicki. I'm going to the FHC tomorrow so every bit of information > > helps to narrow the pool. > > Mary > > Katica (Kate) (Croatian) > Catherine (Kathy, Cathy, Kate, Katie, Katy, Kay, Kitty) (E) > Catharina (L) > Katherine, Katharina, Catharina (G) > Katalin (Kata, Kato, Kati, Katka, Kiskata, Nina, Tina) (H) > Caterina, Cattarina (I) >