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Marija Vukonich, Hreljin, Croatia

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Re: Marija Vukonich, Hreljin, Croatia

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 7:22AM GMT
Classification: Query
I don't know that they're even related, but I found it interesting that the people you're looking for went to Montana. My great-grandmother, Frances (Polic or Polich) Stoken/Stoken was from Hreljin, Croatia. She was the daughter of Joannes and Maria Polic, per Hreljin's birth records. She came to the US in 1906, and joined her husband, Matt Stokan in Butte. They ended up leaving Butte about 1914, when her husband was kicked out of the mines for "black lung." They went to Lincoln Co., MT where they homesteaded. John Vukonich (1874-1947) and his family were also from Croatia (kin?) and went up with them. It has been said they were going to join forces and have a big ranch named Black Hawk or something, but it was alleged that since Matt couldn't read/write in English he apparently accused John Vukonich of not being forthcoming or something, so they ended up getting their homesteads individually. John and Helen Vukonich had a son, John W. Vukonich (1907-1994) who married Helen Tripp, and she died in 2008.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
BarryAnkney 18 Sep 2000 12:07AM GMT 
Joseph (Joe) Marko Vukonich 27 Nov 2000 11:45PM GMT 
Joseph Marko Vukonich 20 Jan 2001 3:56PM GMT 
Jennifer 25 Aug 2001 2:24AM GMT 
deedeenew 30 May 2012 11:18PM GMT 
Owen Merskey 8 Jan 2011 9:08PM GMT 
cvukonic 27 Jan 2011 1:00PM GMT 
jimc879 13 May 2012 6:43PM GMT 
jimc879 13 May 2012 6:34PM GMT 
Guambaby 20 Dec 2013 2:22PM GMT 
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