Linda
You may recall an exchange of emails. Hope you are still receiving information. You said we weren't related; I think we are.
Anton Poje, born c. 1870 in Prose (aka Preza) 8, Morobitz, Gottschee, Austria was my father's (Josef Poje) father. Anton was the son of Georg Poje and Gertrud Oswald and married Maria Macher on July 22, 1894 in Morobitz, Gottschee, Austria.
Maria Macher, born Abt. 1871 in Niedertiefenbach#42, Morobitz, Gottschee, Austria. She was the daughter of Bartolomeus Macher and 11. Maria Ofak.
Anton and Maria had three children:
(1) Josef Poje, born March 09, 1873 in Altwinkel, Austria; married Magdalena Macher May 22, 1898 in Morobitz, Gottschee, Austria; born December 22, 1875 in
Niedertiefenbach#42, Morobitz, Gottschee, Austria.
(2) Anton Poje, born Abt. 1870 in Prose#8, Morobitz, Gottschee, Austria; married Maria Macher July 22, 1894 in Morobitz, Gottschee, Austria.
(3) Julia Poje, born c 1877 in Altwinkel, Austria 6; married Peter Wolf August 25, 1901 in All Saints' Church, Brooklyn, NY, US; born Abt. 1873.
Notes for Julia Poje: probably went to US on La Normandie in 1898, from Prose. Emigration: September 19, 1898, Ellis Island, NY, US
Please let me know if you get this: I have more info! And I am going to Slovenia next week!
John@altius.org.uk