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Helena Djakovich

Helena Djakovich

Posted: 4 Aug 2001 6:29AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 21 Jul 2004 1:06AM GMT
Surnames: DJAKOVICH, CABUNAC
Looking for information on Helena/Helen Djakovich m. Bronko Cabunac. Helena came to America in 1912 through Ellis Island with their daughter Kosta. They had a son Gustav but may have arrived in America with Bronko around 1910. Helena had a brother George Djakovich.

Bronko, Helena and George all settled in the Milwaukee, WI area.

Re: Helena Djakovich

James (View posts)
Posted: 20 Mar 2004 3:59AM GMT
Classification: Query
My name is James May. My grandfather was George Djakovich. He was born May 6, 1897. He came to America in 1916 or 1917 through Ellis Island by his older brother - not sure of his name. Older brother returned to Yugoslavia to bring back other siblings was stopped by the first world war. My grandfather passed away in October, 1984. My Mother is still living but no other children alive. I think my grandfather's brother was named Drago? not sure. Please reply to may@piggott.net - Thank you

Re: Helena Djakovich

Kristie Setser (View posts)
Posted: 20 Mar 2004 5:55AM GMT
Classification: Query
Since my first posting I have had contact with family in Croatia. George and Helena had other siblings, Soka, Ljuba.

George and Helen came to America together with her daughter Kosta. As far as I know no other family members traveled with them.

Name: Dzakovic, Djuro
Ethnicity: Hungary, Croatian
Place of Residence; Gaciste, Croatia
Date of Arrival: April 07, 1912
Age on Arrival: 18y
Gender: M
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Neckar
Port of Departure: Breman, Germany

Name: Cabunac, Helena
Ethnicity: Hungary, Croatian
Place of Residence: Gaciste, Croatia
Date of Arrival: April 07, 1912
Age on Arrival: 26y
Gender: F
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Neckar
Port of Departure: Breman, Germany

Name: Cabunac, Kosta
Ethnicity: Hungary, Croatian
Place of Residence: Gaciste, Croatia
Date of Arrival: April 07, 1912
Age on Arrival: 2y 6m
Gender: F
Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Neckar
Port of Departure: Breman, Germany

Re: Helena Djakovich

Nevenka Crnojevich (View posts)
Posted: 27 Nov 2004 7:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
This George Djakovich, whose sister Helen married Branko (that would be the correct spelling, not "Bronko"...the pronunciation only makes it sound like it should be spelled that way to an English speaker) Cabunac, is my grandfather. You really should talk with my mother if you need information on the family. She's 83 years old but still remembers a lot. She was born in 1921 above the grocery store Helen and Branko ran in Milwaukee on S. 2nd St., just north of National Ave., which was only a few blocks from the original St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church. Helen's actual Serbian name was "Jelena" (pronounced: "YEL-e-nah"). My grandfather died in 1968. I also found a posting of yours from 2002 asking about the pronunciation of "Cabunac". The correct Serbian pronunciation, according to my mother, is "tsah-BOO-nahts". Slavonija is a region in Croatia to the east of Zagreb and directly south of Hungary. The largest town there now is Osijek. It was populated by many ethnic Serbs starting in the 1690's after about 36,000 Serbian families had to leave the Kosovo region to avoid the Ottoman Turkish army's wrath because the Serbs were supposed to fight for the Turks, since they were a part of the Ottoman Empire, but instead, they sided with the Austro-Hungarians. It was called The Great Migration and was led by the Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Arsenije III Crnojevich. A priest with the last name Djakovich served as the go-between for negotiations with the Austro-Hungarian Empire on behalf of the Serbs because he could speak German. The Hungarians gave the land to the Serbs in exchange for protection from the Turkish Empire. The area was known as the Military Frontier. Before then, it was hard to get people to live there because of it constantly being attacked by the Ottomans as they were trying to move into Europe, even though it was fertile farmland. Slovenia is a totally different entity. It is between Austria and Croatia and Slovenians speak a separate language that is not Serbo-Croatian. They are Slavs, but their culture has a slightly Austrian flavor to it and they were the first republic in Yugoslavia to declare independence. Croatian was the next republic to declare independence in 1991. After that happened, a lot of the Serbs in Slavonija were forced to leave...but that's a whole other story...

Re: Helena Djakovich

Nevenka Crnojevich (View posts)
Posted: 27 Nov 2004 8:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
My mother never heard of Helen and George having sisters named Soka and Ljuba who had remained in Yugoslavia...but didn't discount the possibility. Where did you find this information? Do you know anything about their descendants? Thank you.

Re: Helena Djakovich

Kristie Setser (View posts)
Posted: 30 Nov 2004 4:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
Nev, contact me through my private email cnt0712@aol.com and I will give you a name of a direct descendant of one of Helena's siblings. I have contact with them daily and many other Cabunac family members in Croatia.

Re: Helena Djakovich

Posted: 4 Jan 2008 1:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: cabunac
Hallo !

I am from Gaciste, Croatia
I am student at Osijek University.. I am making a Wikipedia page about a village ( it would be on croatian language, sorry )- so I look on Internet everything about Gaciste and find your message.
I am so glad. There is still somme members of Cabunac family in Gaciste

So, hope to hear with you !

All the best ,


Sinisa Karapandza

P.S: kalimero_mali@yahoo.com
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