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Hartel & Donat families in Toluca 1897 to early 1900s

Barthel33  (View posts) Posted: 26 Jan 2005 8:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
Looking for information about Donat family that immigrated 1899-early 1900s from Croatia to Toluca. Antoinette Donat married Louis Hartel (immigrated 1897 from Slovenia) ca. 1899, can't find marriage record. The Hartel family lived in LaSalle ca. 1910. Has anyone come across the surnames "Hartel" or "Donat" in any Marshall County records?
Any guidance on where to search would be appreciated!

Re: Hartel & Donat families in Toluca 1897 to early 1900s

RobertJerin  (View posts) Posted: 6 Oct 2009 12:43AM GMT
Classification: Query
Antoinette would be Antonija or Antonia in Croatian.

Here is arrival info for someone who may be close

Name: Antonia DONAT
Arrival Date: 5 Mar 1899
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Havre
Nationality: Austrian (NOTE Nationality meant citizenship)
Ship Name: La Champagne
Former residence Lepic or Sepic or Sepis

She is single and traveling with Roman DONAT age 7 destination Toluca IL Roman's destination is listed as his father...

Here is a family found 1900 Bennington Marshall Co census

Name Age
Frank DONAT 37
Jula DONAT 32
Roni DONAT 9
Jose DONAT 7
Anna DONAT 4
Mike DONAT 1
Lan? Malacieg 48
Leo Malacieg 18
Mike Dedia 43
Mike Kacad 40
Andij Uersgih 31
John Baugh 28

HARTEL may well have been originally spelled HARTL... and Louis was perhaps Aloisija or Alois.

I am wondering perhaps both families came from Slavonia region of Croatia rather than Louis coming from Croatia. These names would appear to have Bohemian roots and Slavonia region area around Daruvar has Czech settlements that go back a few hundred years. DONAT and HARTL are found there today.

How do you know that Louis arrived 1899?

Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Clevland Ohio

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