Welcome / Dobrodosli Ljubicici!
I created this board to help other Ljubicici learn more about their family history. Feel free to post in English or Croatian.
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Re: Welcome / Dobrodosli Ljubicici!
Thank you Ivan,
Until the year 1860 my great-great-grandparents lived in the area of Lika in Croatia. The towns of Gospic and Slunj, as well as the river Mreznica, were mentioned to me by my grandparents. Sometime in 1860-1870, the family migrated northeast to what was the state of Austro-Hungaria at the time. They settled in the villages of Zabalj and Gardinovci, in the region of Banat in the area of Vojvodina. After the WWI they moved to the city of Novi Sad where they still live. I was born there in 1946.
I was told that there were two separate Ljubicic's family groups that migrated from Lika in Croatia. The first one settled in Vojvodina (northeast) and the second one settled in Uzicka Krajina (east) in Serbia.
I was told that all members of the above two mentioned Ljubicic families were of a Christian Orhodox religion.
Based on the above, do you or any of this site visitors have any specific knowledge or information about this particular Ljubicic family?
I invite all Ljubicics to contribute to the knowledge data base on this site.
Thank you
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Re: Welcome / Dobrodosli Ljubicici!
Thank you Milan for being the 1st person other than me to post of this Ljubicic board.
Unfortunately, I do not think I can help you out. Before your post I was not even aware that there used to be Orthodox Ljubicici in the Lika area. I am only familiar with the Ljubicic families from the Sinj, Imotski, Livno and Tomislavgrad areas. To my knowledge all these Ljubicici families are of the Roman Catholic faith.
Ljubicic is a common surname in Serbia so let's hope someone out there will be able to help you out soon.
Good luck and thanks for posting!
PS If you have any information about the history of the Orthodox Ljubicic families I would love to read about it.
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Reply to Ivan's response!
Hello Ivan,
It's been a while since I visited the Ljubicic's site last time in January and am surprised that execept you and me no one else signed in. Hopefully, one nice sunny day, some one may join.
Thank you for the response and information. It is interesting how, in a relatively short time (100 years or so), the people (like me) cannot establish the origin of their roots for sure. As far as I know, (in line with your statement), there are lots of Ljubicic families in Croatia and Serbia. Those who moved out and settle worldwide had to immigrate from somewhere. Too bad no one has, besides the two of us, contributed to the Ljubicic's site.
As for their presence in the North-American continent, I personally do not know of existance of any Ljubicic families.
Again, thank you for responding so promptly. Best regards.
Milan
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My mother's maiden name used to be Ljubicic, she was born in the village of Gardinovci near Titel. She is Serbian Orthodox and their patron saint - slava is St. John the Theologian, October 9. My great great grandpa had a brother Petar who lived in Novi Sad, Milan is this your family?
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Re: Welcome / Dobrodosli Ljubicici!
Hi,
If not a problem, I'll reply in Serbian.
Moji prastari su iz Like, okolina Gospica. Mislim da se selo zvalo Ljubicici, na reci Mreznici. Pre nekih 200 godina odatle su se raselili u Srbiju... neki na sever u Vojvodinu, a neki na jug u Uzice. Potom, dalje su se raseljavali po belom svetu... kao i ja koji sam sada u Kanadi. Zanima me kako je nastalo prezime LJUBICIC. Ako neko ima kakvu ideju, ili nesto zna, ili je cuo od svojih starijih, molio bih da napise. Inace, "Ljubicic" bi u engleskom prevodu mogao da bude "Kisinger"? Sta mislite o tome? Kisindzer prezime je dosta rasprostranjeno u severnoj Americi i u svetu, a jedan Kisindzer je bio dugo godina savetnik u vrhu Americke administracije. Mozda ga se secate?
Pozdrav svima, Milan
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Aleksandra,
Thank you for your response.
This is very interesting, because my father's family last name is Ljubicic and they, as well as my gandmother, hail from the village of Gardinovci, near Titel. When I was born, they already lived in Novi Sad.
My grandma's (Draginja) maiden name was Gardinovacki. She had a brother in the village of Zabalj, whom we called "deda Nova", and he had wife Djurdjinka, plus two children. At the time, when I was at the age of 5, my grandpa, Stevan, used to take me there every year durng the wheat collection season ("moba" or "vrsidba").
Our "slava" is still on October 9, "Sveti Jovan Zlatousti" (St.John Goldenmouth). I married my wife on that day too.
My grandpa Stevan had two brothers, Svetislav (Cveta) and Milan (emigrated in Hungary, Budapest, before WWII). Stevan and Cveta moved to Novi Sad before the WWII and set up a fashion shop-saloon there, (for fine gentlemen, as they used to say), just accros the Orthodox church in the centre of the town (accross Vladika's residence), today str. Jovana Jovanovica-Zmaja 25. They were both tailors and at the time emloyed some 5-6 people. My father's name was also Stevan. He was a civil engineer, schooled in Novi Sad. So, I cannot recall anyone in my family by the name Petar. However, this should not mean that we are not related. We just may not know enough to come up to a conlusion on this.
I was born in Novi Sad and attended elementary school there until grade 4. After my father died, my mother took me to Belgrade where I completed schooling. From there, I was frequenting between Africa and YU, Switzerlad, Germany and France, finally to settle in Canada.
I do not know if this info helps you any. I still have a bunch of my great and grand parents (very old) photos (and their families), some of them dating back to before 1900. So, if you are interested in seeing them, I could scan and email to you. You or someone in your family may recognize the people on them.
Otherwise, I speak Serbian (Croatian and Bosnian too) and use both cyrilic and latin alphabet.
I would appreciate hearing back from you.
Best regards,
Milan
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Re: Reply to Ivan's response!
There are numerous immigration records for LJUBICIC family coming to America. As well US Social Security records lists the following
NAME DOB DOD Last Residence
Alexandar Ljubicic 22 Aug 1914 May 1981 Hot Springs National Park, Garland, Arkansas
Filip Ljubicic 1 Apr 1893 Aug 1971 Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Josip Ljubicic 12 Mar 1938 31 Mar 1995 Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Jovo Ljubicic 19 Oct 1887 May 1966 Wakefield, Gogebic, Michigan
Leposava Ljubicic 5 Nov 1905 Sep 1980 Riverside, Cook, Illinois
Ljuba Ljubicic 20 May 1909 May 1986 Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Maria Ljubicic 18 Aug 1903 31 Jan 1999 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Marija Ljubicic 8 May 1918 14 May 2003 Mystic, New London, Connecticut
Mateo Ljubicic 13 Jan 1900 Sep 1979 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Milan Ljubicic 25 Nov 1888 Mar 1977 Buffalo, Erie, New York
Milovan Ljubicic 13 Nov 1923 May 1978
Paul Ljubicic 7 Jul 1907 Aug 1976 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Renato Ljubicic 28 Apr 1937 7 Feb 1999 Flushing, Queens, New York
Toma Ljubicic 8 Oct 1886 May 1965
Zdenko Ljubicic 4 Sep 1950 3 Dec 2006 Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Anthony L. Ljubicich 21 Sep 1943 25 Jan 2006 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Daniel Ljubicich 18 Feb 1928 27 Dec 1990 Warren, Trumbull, Ohio
Eva Ljubicich 27 Sep 1907 8 Apr 1991
Fedele Ljubicich 22 Aug 1904 Feb 1972 Bronx, Bronx, New York
John Ljubicich 5 Sep 1965 12 Apr 2006
Marjorie M. Ljubicich 9 Aug 1925 12 Nov 1999 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Michael Ljubicich 15 Dec 1929 5 Feb 2004 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Philip Ljubicich 16 Mar 1934 21 Dec 1998 Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Sam Ljubicich 25 Jul 1895 Jan 1955
Sophie M. Ljubicich 30 Jan 1922 1 Nov 2003 Niles, Trumbull, Ohio
Tony Ljubicich 3 Jun 1916 6 Jun 1999 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Violet T. Ljubicich 27 Apr 1931 9 Apr 1999 Warren, Trumbull, Ohio
Celestino Lubicich 4 Apr 1917 6 Jan 2005 Union, Union, New Jersey
Deborah Lubicich 7 Oct 1954 15 Oct 2006
John Lubicich 26 Jan 1915 Aug 1978 Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona
John Lubicich 1 May 1902 Sep 1972 East Meadow, Nassau, New York
John Lubicich 24 Sep 1897 Oct 1985 Lynbrook, Nassau, New York
Joseph A. Lubicich 19 Jun 1932 15 Feb 2000 Kissimmee, Osceola, Florida
Joseph Lubicich 15 Sep 1915 7 Jan 2000 Daly City, San Mateo, California
Josephine Lubicich 6 Jun 1895 Jan 1982 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Marco Lubicich 15 Apr 1890 Dec 1973 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Mary Lubicich 9 Mar 1926 6 May 1999
Mary Lubicich 7 May 1892 Sep 1976 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Rose Lubicich 26 Jul 1895 Mar 1982 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Yet the US phone book shows no listings of any of the above variants.
Ivan, when are you going to visit Cleveland again?
Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Cleveland Ohio
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Re: Reply to Ivan's response!
Hi Robert,
Thanks for all the information! I am currently in Croatia on holidays (currently in Split).
I was supposed to come back to Cleveland for a christening back in the end of July but my trip kind of got in the way. Mark my word though, I will be back again soon.
Milka and I got engaged just before I left for Europe so you get bet that I will get to know all the Croats in the Cleveland area very well. I will keep you posted the next time I am in the area.
Hope you and Suzanne are doing well...
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Re: Reply to Ivan's response!
Ivan,
Cestitam to you and Milka! Both of you are lucky people.
We leave for Croatia with 26 people in October and this year Sue is going with us.
Robert
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