Would some of you mind helping me search this name I am trying to determine if Joseph Frances Mokowig/Makowig/Makorvig could possibly be Joseph Matkovic. Here's what I have so far on his SSI application the writing is different from the signature, which looks more like a mark.. it reads Joe Frank Mokow@ig - the first "O" looks like an "a" corrected then the @looks like a corrected and scratched out letter possibly a or e followed by the ig. address listed is 422 1/2 Lafayette St. Sioux City, Iowa (coincidentally this is half a block from my father's home of 512. It states unemployed, 48 (a corrected 9) DOB listed at 10-14-1890, Poland, John Jake Mokowig and Tekla Helen Sheprispa(? lettering is faded and difficult to read) for parents. male white dated 3-16-1939 this signed his writing (Bold and shakey)Jos -then the other writing(clerks maybe?) Makowig which also looks like the "g" is corrected. I'd be glad to send a scan.. also I have a death certificate from Iowa.. on 1-5-48 information obtained shows the following name -Joseph Frances Makowig birthplace - Lithuania dob 10-15-1890 last address of 1625 E. 5th st. Sioux, City Ia. in the us for 25 years, died December 31, 1947 Laborer he was under doctors care from 25 Nov 47 - Dec 31, 47 and died from Tuberculosis of the lungs. I couldn't find him listed in EI , Ancestry, Rootsweb, or Familysearch.. maybe someone has a better technique which will turn up a possibility. Any help appreciated. Dave M.

dave9759@juno.com wrote: > > Would some of you mind helping me search this name > I am trying to determine if Joseph Frances Mokowig/Makowig/Makorvig could > possibly be Joseph Matkovic. > > Here's what I have so far on his SSI application the writing is different > from the signature, which looks more like a mark.. it reads Joe Frank > Mokow@ig - the first "O" looks like an "a" corrected then the @looks > like a corrected and scratched out letter possibly a or e followed by > the ig. > > address listed is 422 1/2 Lafayette St. Sioux City, Iowa (coincidentally > this is half a block from my father's home of 512. > It states unemployed, 48 (a corrected 9) DOB listed at 10-14-1890, > Poland, John Jake Mokowig and Tekla Helen Sheprispa(? lettering is faded > and difficult to read) for parents. > > male white dated 3-16-1939 > > this signed his writing (Bold and shakey)Jos -then the other > writing(clerks maybe?) Makowig which also looks like the "g" is > corrected. > > I'd be glad to send a scan.. > > also I have a death certificate from Iowa.. on 1-5-48 information > obtained shows the following > > name -Joseph Frances Makowig > birthplace - Lithuania > dob 10-15-1890 > last address of 1625 E. 5th st. Sioux, City Ia. > in the us for 25 years, > died December 31, 1947 > Laborer > he was under doctors care from 25 Nov 47 - Dec 31, 47 and died from > Tuberculosis of the lungs. > > I couldn't find him listed in EI , Ancestry, Rootsweb, or Familysearch.. > maybe someone has a better technique which will turn up a possibility. > > Any help appreciated. > Dave M. From the late 1700s until the end of WW I, Poland did not exist as a country. It was divided among the Russian, German (Prussian), and Austrian Empires. These divisions were known as Partitions. Before WW I , the Russian Empire included Poland, Lithuania, Latvia , Estonia, Belarus (Byelorussia), parts of the Ukraine, and Russia proper. In Polish the letter w is pron. v. In most Slavic languages (including Croatian) the letter v is pron. v. The letter w appears only in foreign words. EIR lists about a dozen possible variant spellings for Makowig ? Perhaps the letter g was actually cz ? When was Joseph Matkovic born ? The South Slavic surname affix -ic'/-vic', -ovic' pron. ovich, means 'son of'. Similar to the Polish surname affix -owicz or -owycz, which is pronounced the same in Polish and means the same thing as 'son of' (clan name) in Croatian. This special surname ending also has the same meaning in Russian and which is written in Cyrillic.

Hey Dave, there is almost no way to connect names Mokowig and Matkovic, especially not because your person was born in Lithuania, even if he was Polish. Matkovic is Yugoslav name, at least I believe so (born and raised in Yugoslavia). By the way all of you must be asking yourselves: what is she doing looking for her ancestors here? It turned out that you folks are way more helpfull than people around here. Thank you for that. Good luck with Mokowig ! Rosana ----- Original Message ----- From: <dave9759@juno.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:08 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Surname search- requesting some help! > Would some of you mind helping me search this name > I am trying to determine if Joseph Frances Mokowig/Makowig/Makorvig could > possibly be Joseph Matkovic. > > Here's what I have so far on his SSI application the writing is different > from the signature, which looks more like a mark.. it reads Joe Frank > Mokow@ig - the first "O" looks like an "a" corrected then the @looks > like a corrected and scratched out letter possibly a or e followed by > the ig. > > address listed is 422 1/2 Lafayette St. Sioux City, Iowa (coincidentally > this is half a block from my father's home of 512. > It states unemployed, 48 (a corrected 9) DOB listed at 10-14-1890, > Poland, John Jake Mokowig and Tekla Helen Sheprispa(? lettering is faded > and difficult to read) for parents. > > male white dated 3-16-1939 > > this signed his writing (Bold and shakey)Jos -then the other > writing(clerks maybe?) Makowig which also looks like the "g" is > corrected. > > I'd be glad to send a scan.. > > also I have a death certificate from Iowa.. on 1-5-48 information > obtained shows the following > > name -Joseph Frances Makowig > birthplace - Lithuania > dob 10-15-1890 > last address of 1625 E. 5th st. Sioux, City Ia. > in the us for 25 years, > died December 31, 1947 > Laborer > he was under doctors care from 25 Nov 47 - Dec 31, 47 and died from > Tuberculosis of the lungs. > > I couldn't find him listed in EI , Ancestry, Rootsweb, or Familysearch.. > maybe someone has a better technique which will turn up a possibility. > > Any help appreciated. > Dave M. >