 croatian arrivals from dubrovnikmilian miljan and kulivan croatian arrivals from dubrovnikmilian miljan and kulivan osarep mon 12312012 1339  kulivan family  lr beatrice charlet gibert kulivan 18841959 mike kulivan 18751944 and marie kulivan randazzo 19021974 courtesy of david kulivannolaapril 9 2014  kulivan the name kulivan appears more irish than croatian in researching the name i discovered  kuljevan  and in particular a marco kuljevan  age 17 years and resident of ragusa austria   who left hamburg germany on august 27 1892 aboard scandia bound for the port of new york and baltimore there are some interesting facts that suggest that marco kuljevan and michael mike kulivan  18751944 may be the same person the most obvious is their identical birth year date of 1875 and close similarity in spelling of their surname also in the 1940 harrison county mississippi federal census mike kulivan lists his year of immigration as 1892 the same year that he left germany and landed at the port of new york    ragusa is now called dubrovnik croatia and is the seat of government of dubrovnikneretva county croatia on april 8 1901 at new orleans michael mike kulivan 18751944 a dalmatian fisherman married beatrice charlet gibert 18841959 a native of new orleans louisiana and the daughter of alfred c gibert and louisa fatter gibert mike s name on the marriage certificate appeared as michele kuglievan very similar to kuljevan the kulivans lived at 1431 east howard avenue in biloxi mississippi mike was the capitan of several biloxi schooners and in 1918 was employed by the dunbardukate company  biloxi trading and packing company in september 1920 mike kulivan became an incorporator of the biloxi packing trading company the organization was composed of many of his fellow croatian immigrant fishermen jake rosetti vincent rosetti vlocho milion    grego anticich mrs mary anticich john skrmetta and john mavar frank bosarge was the only noncroatian in the company of these immigrant fishermen john mavar would become the most successful the daily herald september 18 1920 p 4 the biloxi trading and packing company was capitalized with 25000 in stock with a par value of 1 its mission was to own operate lease factories and canneries and package vegetables fruits oysters fish and shrimp the daily herald september 18 1920 p 4 in september  grego anticich   mary skrmetta anticich  and  mijo anticich  incorporated the  anticich canning and packing company  at biloxi the company evolved from the  the biloxi packing trading company  which had been incorporated on september 20 1920 at new orleans from the deed records of harrison county mississippi it appears that the anticich family took control of the  biloxi trading packing company  between august 1924 and august 1925 and began operating as the  anticich canning and packing company  harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 53 p 571   probably bilaz milian   18811946 a native of dubrovnik croatia and became a resident of biloxi in 1901 he became an american citizen on february 18 1914 at biloxi mississippi blaz milian married sedonia perria 18821968 the widow of john nadalich 18801919 in may 1920  children marie kulivan   19021974 m frank s randazzo 18991975  joseph alfred kulivan  19041973 m mathilda d massaro 19111992  louise kulivan  19071980 m anthony fabian taranto 19061975  frances beatrice kulivan  19081940 m arnold seidule 19031944  alfreda katherine kulivan  19111996 m frederick carl weiss 19081967  marjorie kulivan  19131994 m joseph a corso 19071954  floris mary kulivan  19162008 m james mosline savarro 18991967  bernice kulivan  19171976 m joseph ewing 19121999  caroline kulivan  19191988 m louis w wetzel 19111988  alfred michael kulivan  19212003 m gladys simpson 19131980  lucille kulivan  19231984 m tincu troyou and walter c dewitt  wilda mae kulivan  19252008 m samuel lucky sitren 19232003  alfred michael kulivan alfred m kulivan 1975 biloxi shrimp king alfred mike kulivan and gladys simpson kulivan his wife  courtesy of david kulivan of nolajune 1975  alfred mike kulivan  19212003 age 81years of biloxi died sunday october 19 2003 in biloxi mr kulivan was a native and lifelong resident of biloxi he was a us navy veteran of wwii he was a retired shrimper and owner of the boat mark anthony he worked on the biloxi schooner and the research vessel tommy munro he was the 1974 shrimp king mr kulivan was a member of the slavic benevolent association of croatia he was a member of st michaels catholic church and volunteer at biloxi seafood and maritime museum he was preceded in death by his wife gladys kulivan parents michael and beatrice kulivan brother joseph kulivan 7 sisters marie randazzo caroline wetzel lucille dewitt louise taranto beatrice seidule bernice ewing and margie corso survivors include 2 daughters  patti wooten and husband mark of pearland texas  charlene reed  19472017 and husband steven of milan illinois 2 sisters floris savarro of biloxi wilda mae sitren of ocala florida 5 grandchildren and 6 greatgrandchildren visitation will be from 68pm wednesday october 22 2003 at howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home  children charlene kulivan reed    charlene kulivan  19472017 was born february 6 1947 she received her degree as a medical technician and worked many years in the field of phlebotomy earning her the affectionate title the vampire she was an avid reader and animal lover she spent her later years actively volunteering at homeless veteran shelters charlene married steven j reed  who preceded her in death charlene expired at milan illinois on 20 november 2017 she was survived by her three children 4 grandsons 2 greatgrandsons her sister a nephew many cousins and their families respectively cremation services were handled by wheelanpressly funeral and cremation home the family requests any donations made in her name be made to charities that benefit the homeless and veterans the sun herald on dec 17 2017  references  the daily herald   charter of incorporation of the biloxi packing and trading company   september 18 1920 the daily herald   randazzokulivan   september 24 1923 the daily herald   mrs seidule dies   august 27 1940 the daily herald   mrs seidule buried   august 29 1940 the daily herald   mike kulivan dies   september 21 1944 the daily herald   mrs gladys simpson kulivan   december 10 1980 the sun herald   mrs caroline wetzel   april 29 1988 the sun herald   joseph ewing   march 4 1999 the sun herald   marjorie kulivan corso   july 6 1994 the sun herald   alfred mike kulivan   october 21 2003 the sun herald   wilda mae sitren kulivan   november 2 2008 the sun herald      the timespicayune   corso   july 4 1954 the timespicayune   weiss   september 16 1967 the timespicayune   kulivan   july 15 1973 the timespicayune   wetzel   march 11 1988 the timespicayune   alfreda katherine weiss   september 22 1996  milian miljan  bilaz milian  18811946    was born on april 20 1881 at dubrovnik croatia and became a resident of biloxi in 1901 he became an american citizen on february 18 1914 at biloxi mississippi blaz milian married sedonia perria 18821968 the widow of john nadalich 18801919 in may 1920 they had a son george edward milian 19201979 in 1930 blaz called viloho and sedonia p nadalich milian were domiciled at 510 bohn street in biloxi he made his livlihood as  references  the daily herald   application for naturalization   bilas miljan     november 20 1913 the daily herald   federal court at work   february 18 1914 the daily herald    marriage licenses   may 18 1920 the daily herald    blaz milian dies   april 19 1946 the daily herald     883 views  