<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Conovich%2C Tony (1876-1918).jpg" style="height:300px; width:225px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Biloxi Cemetery</span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>CONOVICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Anthony 'Tony' John Conovich (1876-1918) came to America in 1903 from Croatia. He lived at Biloxi and Handsboro. Tony sought American citizenship in 1918.<em>(The Daily Herald, March 20, 1918, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Circa 1906, Tony J. Conovich married Cora Lee (1872-1943). They were the parents of two children: <strong>Albertha Conovich</strong>&nbsp;m. Anthony S. Jelusich (1905-1949) and <strong>Anthony L. Conovich</strong> (1909-1976) m. Agnes E. Swetman (1901-1963) and Inez Borries Cavalier (1912-2008).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Tony Conovich died at Biloxi on October 31, 1918. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">Cora Lee died on January 13, 1943 and their corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi Cemetery.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>CHILDREN</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Albertha Conovich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Albertha Conovich married Anthony S. Jelusich (1905-1949), the son of John Jelusich (1871-1945) and Josephine Mikeletich, on January 5, 1926.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Anthony L. Conovich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Anthony L. Conovich () married Agnes E. Swetman in Harrison County, Mississippi on December 16, 1931.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px">On september 30, 1963, Anthony L. Conovich married Inez B. Borries (1912-2008), the widow of Gus Cavalier Sr. (1909-1948). She was the daughter of Borries and . Her children with Mr. Cavalier were: Elwood A. Cavalier (1934-2011); Barbara 'Beno' Cavalier (1936); and</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Servian </strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">[sic]&nbsp;</span><strong>wants to be an American”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">, March 20, 1918.</span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Jelusich-Conovich”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">, January 5, 1926.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“”</strong>, 19.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,<strong>“”</strong>,, 2011.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><em>The Sun Herald</em>,<strong>“”</strong>,, 2011.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>COPAITICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">Anthony Copaitich (d. 1902) drowned while oystering on the Pass Christian reefs in late March 1902. He was&nbsp;a hand on the </span><strong><em>Belle Casino</em></strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">, a schooner, captained by Toney Bunicich.</span><em>(The Biloxi Herald, March 29, 1902, p. 8)</em></p>

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<p class="rtejustify">&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>CRONCICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>John F. Croncich </strong>(1868-1927) was born in Dalmatia.&nbsp; Came to USA in 1888 and married Frances Hightower (1878-1963), daughter of George Hightower (1840-1932) and Lucinda Perry Hightower (1849-1926).&nbsp; John F. Croncich made his livelihood as an oysterman working in the Mississippi Sound.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">John and Frances were the parents of: <strong>John Franklin Croncich</strong> Jr. (1896-1956) m. Ethel May Anglada (1896-1968); <strong>Teresa Croncich</strong> (1898);&nbsp; <strong>Alethia Croncich</strong> (1900-) m. Robert Cassanova;&nbsp; <strong>Lena Croncich</strong> (1902-1978) m. Henry Breal (1903-1961); <strong>Julius Croncich</strong> (1904-1923); <strong>Frances Josephine Croncich</strong> m. Frank John Kirsch; &nbsp;<strong>Esther Croncich</strong> (1911-2003) m. Robert Edward Lee (1904-1988); <strong>Earl Eugene Croncich </strong>(1914-1993)married Olive Bond (1917-1977) and Linnie Lee Hudson Roberts (1914-1984); and <strong>George Frances Croncich</strong> (1919-1925).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>JOHN F. CRONCICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>John Franklin Croncich </strong>(1896-1956) married <strong>Ethel May Anglada</strong> (1896-1968) who was born in Harrison County, Mississippi to Louis Anglada (1871-1955) and Lenora Duggan (1875-1948).&nbsp; They married &nbsp;in Harrison County, Mississippi on May 18, 1916.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 29, p. 37)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">By 1920, the John F. Croncich family was domiciled at 228 Caillavet Street in Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; Two children had been born: Mildred Croncich m. Robert Joseph Howard and Harold E. Croncich.&nbsp; John made his livelihood opening oyster in a seafood factory.(1920 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal census T625_876, p. 12B, ED 42)</span></p>

<p><strong>CHILDREN</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Harold E. Croncich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Harold Elbert "Mickey" Croncich Sr. (1919-2013) was born at Biloxi on November 2, 1919. &nbsp;He married June Terrill Sullivan (1928-1988) and Joan Ryan. &nbsp;Mickey was the father of Suzanne C. Brown and Betty C. Plummer of Clermont, Florida and Harold E. Croncich Jr. of Navasota, Texas. Mickey lived at Minneola, Florida and passed at Clermont, Florida on December 27, &nbsp;2013. &nbsp;He was a US Navy veteran of WW II and a member of the Knights of Columbus and Elks Club.(The Orlando Sentinel, December 27, 2013)</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Mildred Croncich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Mildred Croncich </strong>(1919-1995) married Robert J. Howard on July 10, 1939. &nbsp;She later married Richard L. Schroeder (1922-1994). &nbsp;Mildred had lived in New Orleans since 1955. &nbsp;She passed on July 12, 1995 at NOLA and her corporal remains entombed in the Greenwood Mausoleum wit those of Richard L. Schroder who died ilate May 1994. &nbsp;Mildred was survived by stepdaughters, Rosalie Talbot Grasso and Camille Talbot; stepsons Richard Schroeder and Michael Schroeder; brother, Harold E. 'Mickey' Croncich of Minneola, Florida; and two sisters, Thelma C. Suponic (b. 1921) of Sarasota, Florida and Doris C. Penn (1924-2004) of Biloxi.(The Sun Herald, July 16, 1995, p. C-2)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Thelma A. Croncich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Thelma A. Croncich </strong>(1921-) married John M. Suponic (1919-2003), native of Cleveland, Ohio.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Doris Croncich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Doris Helen Croncich </strong>(1924-2004) married Charles F. Penn (1923-1994).</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>JULIUS CRONCICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Julius Croncich </strong>(1904-1923) never married.&nbsp; He was born November 21, 1904 and worked in the local fishing industry.&nbsp; On November 22, 1923, Julius fell from the schooner <em>Anais</em> off Gulfport, Mississippi and drowned.&nbsp; His body was found on December 9, 1923 on the east end of Horn Island.&nbsp; After burial on the island, his corporal remains were brought to Biloxi for internment on December 14, 1923 in the Biloxi Cemetery.(The Times-Picayune, November 26, 1923, p. 6, December 12, 1923, p. 20 and December 14, 1923, p. 4 and Bradford-O’Keefe Burial Book 12, p. 266)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>EARL E. CRONCICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Earl Eugene Croncich </strong>(1914-1993) married Olive Bond (1917-1977) on December 28, 1944.&nbsp; He married Linnie Hudson Roberts (1914-1984)</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, ‘Suponic- Croncich’, March 8, 1943.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, ‘John F. Croncich’, January 2, 1956.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, ‘Mrs. Olive Bond Croncich’, December 7, 1977.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Orlando Sentinel, 'Harold E. Croncich Sr,' December 27, 2013.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">The Sun Herald, ‘Mrs. Linnie&nbsp; Croncich’, May 21, 1984.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sun Herald, ‘Earl E. Croncich’, April , 1993.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sun Herald, ‘Charles F. Penn’, June 21, 1994.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sun Herald, ‘Mildred Croncich Schroeder’, July 16, 1995.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sun Herald, ‘Doris Helen Croncich Penn’, January 2, 1956.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sun Herald, ‘Mrs. Linnie Croncich’, May 21, 1984..</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, ‘Biloxi Kiwanians fight proposed river spillway’, November 26, 1923.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, ‘Body of drowned lad believed found’, December 1, 1923.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, ‘Mother identifies dead lad’s clothes’, December 14, 1923.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, ‘’,&nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">____________</span></span>______________________________________________________</p>

<p class="rtejustify">&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Devicich%2C Toma (1882-1918)_0.jpg" style="height:200px; width:150px" /></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Toma Devcich-Biloxi Cemetery</span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>DEVCICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Toma </strong>[Thomas] <strong>Devcich</strong> (1882-1918) was born at Podlapaca, Zadar-Knin County, Croatia in 1882.&nbsp; Resided in Biloxi, Mississippi for eighteen years and lived at 138 Delaunay Street where he expired on November 30, 1918. &nbsp;Thomas was a well-known &nbsp;boatman.(The Daily Herald, November 30, 1918)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Thomas Devicich </strong>[sic]&nbsp;<strong>is dead”</strong>, November 30, 1918.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Jelusich%2C John (1871-1945).jpg" style="height:239px; width:300px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Biloxi Cemetery</span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>John Jelusich </strong>(1871-1945) was an 1895 Croatian immigrant probably coming from Starigrad, Hvar.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>'Collier-Jelusich'</strong>, January 13, 1917.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>'John Jelusich dies'</strong>, July 3, 1945.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sun Herald, <strong>'Rita Gill'</strong>, December 22, 1999.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, <strong>'Car-bus crash claims two lives</strong> [Anthony Jelusich and George Hough]<strong>'</strong>, January 18, 1949.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>KASOVICH</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>&nbsp;[KEZOVICH and KESCOVICH]</strong></span></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Kezovich (Kasovich).jpg" style="height:144px; width:300px" /></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">6th Addition-Biloxi Cemetery</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Alexander Kasovich</strong>(1860-1929), the son of Gabriel Kasovich and Mary Brazevich, and <strong>Sophia Otherlovich</strong> (1870-1950), the daughter of Joseph Otherlovich and Jeanette Otherlovich, were both Croatian immigrants to America and Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; They were the parents of: <strong>Mary Kasovich</strong> m. Peter Lesso (1893-1920+); <strong>Lena Kasovich </strong>(1905-1920+); and <strong>Gabriel Kasovich</strong> (1909-1975) m. Doris M. Ferguson (1913-1999).&nbsp; In 1920, Alexander Kasovich made his livelihood at Biloxi as a rigger in a shipyard. The family was domiciled at 412 Copp Street. He died at Biloxi, Mississippi on March 6, 1929.(1920 Harrison Co., Mississippi Federal Census T625_</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>MARY KASOVICH</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Mary Kasovich</strong>(1899-1920+) married <strong>Peter Lesso</strong> (1893-1920+), probably the brother of Sam Lesso (1887-1966), a native of the village of Kukljica on the Island of Ugljan in the Zadar Archipelago off the Croatia coast.&nbsp; Peter Lesso arrived at Biloxi, Mississippi before November 1914, as at this time, he contributed money for the relief of ill and disabled Austrian soldiers and their families.&nbsp; Their nuptials occurred on January 5, 1919 at N.B.V.M. Catholic Church at Biloxi, Mississippi.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 30, p. 483 and The Daily Herald, January 13, 1919, p. 3)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Circa 1905, Peter Lesso came to America on the <strong><em><u>Eugenia</u></em></strong>, an Austro-American passenger ship that landed at New Orleans.&nbsp; He planned to file a petition for American citizenship before June 1, 1920.(The Daily Herald, November 17, 1914, p. 9 and March 4, 1920, p. 4)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Lena Kasovich</strong></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Gabriel Kasovich</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Gabriel Kasovich </strong>(1909-1975) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on May 10, 1909.&nbsp; He married Doris M. Ferguson (1913-1999), the daughter of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ferguson and ,&nbsp; on March 20, 1938 in the Catholic Church at Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; They were the parents of three children: Gabriel Kasovich (b. 1941); Gerald Alex Kasovich (b. 1944) &nbsp;m. Mary Jo Marinovich and Margaret Suzanne Hankins; and Darlene Maggie Kasovich m. Melvin J. Landry II.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 48, p. 483; MRB 137, p. 222 and 2<sup>nd</sup> JD Circuit Court MRB 11, p. 344; and 2<sup>nd</sup> JD Circuit Court MRB 4, p. 597)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Relief Fund for Austrians grows”</strong>, November 17, 1914.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Marriage Licenses”</strong>, January 13, 1919.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Americans from troubled Dalmatia”</strong>, March 4, 1920.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Alex Kasovich”</strong>, March 6, 1929</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Sophie Kasovich”</strong>, March 12, 1950.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Gerald C. Kasovich”</strong>, March 1975.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Doris Kasovich”</strong>, February 25, 1997.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><em>__________________________________________________</em>____________________</p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">LESSO</span></span></strong></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Lesso%2C Sam FOUNDER STONE.jpg" style="font-size:12px; height:197px; width:300px" /></p>

<p><strong>Sam Lesso</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Sam Lesso </strong>(1887-1966) was born March&nbsp;&nbsp; 1887 in the village of Kukljica on the island of Ugljan in the Zadar Archipelago, Croatia.&nbsp; In late April 1905, he arrived at New Orleans from Trieste aboard the <strong><em>Caroline</em></strong>.&nbsp; In January 1918, Sam Lesso filed his Declaration of Intention to become an American citizen.&nbsp; He was described as being: 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, with light brown hair and blue eyes.&nbsp; He was domiciled at 322 Elmer Street and married.(Southern District Court-Mississippi, Declaration of Intention, No. 389, January 16, 1918)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>&nbsp;In January 1917, Sam Lesso had married in Harrison County, Mississippi to Jeanette Philomena Gabrich</strong>(1897-1957), the daughter of Ivan ‘John’ Gabrich and Aeoline Pavolinni.&nbsp; They were the parents of six children: <strong>John S. Lesso</strong> (1917-1919); <strong>Mary ‘May’ L. Lesso</strong> (b. 1920) m. Morris C. Arguelles Sr. (1920-2005); <strong>Rudolph Anthony Lesso</strong> (1921-1990) m. Gloria Melba Wilson (1925-2007); <strong>Sam August ‘Polly’ Lesso</strong> (1923-1995); <strong>Joseph Berblin Lesso</strong> (1924-2010) m. Lucille Adams and Barbara Ann Middleton (1938-2006); <strong>Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Lesso</strong> (1927-2004) m. Edwin L. King Sr. (1922-1981); and <strong>Shirley R. Lesso</strong> (1927-2003).(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 29, p. 213)</span></span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Beirut, Lebanon</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In May 1956, two vessels, <strong><em>Jackson Creek </em></strong>and <strong><em>Red Creek</em></strong>, owned by Dantzler &amp; Herring Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi were seized by the American Embassy at Beirut during the rioting that was occuring. &nbsp;The boats were chartered to Western Geophysical and doing seismic oil exploration work in the Persian Gulf and had come to Lebanon for supplies. &nbsp;They were used to evacuate American citizens from the dangerous situation at Beirrut. Among the crews were locals: Sam Lesso, Joe Lesso (1924-2010), George S. Trochesett, Nelo Koskela; Peter Barhonovich, and Joe Scholtes.(The Daily Herald, May 15, 1958, p. 1)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Peter Lesso</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Peter Lesso (1893-1920+) arrived at Biloxi, Mississippi before November 1914 as at this time, he contributed money for the relief of ill and disabled Austrian soldiers and their families.&nbsp; Peter Lesso came to America on the <strong><em><u>Eugenia</u></em></strong>, an Austro-American passenger ship that landed at New Orleans.&nbsp; He planned to file a petition for American citizenship before June 1, 1920.(The Daily Herald, November 17, 1914, p. 9 and March 4, 1920, p. 4)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Peter Lesso married Mary Kasovich (1899-1920+), the daughter of Alexander Kasovich (1860-1929) and Sophia Kasovich (1870-1920+), at N.B.V.M. on January 5, 1919.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 30, p. 483)</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Relief Fund for Austrians grows”</strong>, November 17, 1914.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Marriage Licenses for week”</strong>, February 3, 1917.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Marriage Licenses”</strong>, January 13, 1919.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald</em>, <strong>“Americans from troubled Dalmatia”</strong>, March 4, 1920.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Sam A. ‘Polly’ Lesso”</strong>, October 22, 1995.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Betty Lesso King”</strong>, September 13, 2004.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Morris C. Arguelles Sr.”</strong>, August 20, 2005.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Barbara Ann Middleton Lesso”</strong>, June 28, 2006.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Gloria Melba Lesso”</strong>, November 8, 2007.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Joseph B. Lesso T.C.”</strong>, May 25, 2010.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“Rudolph A. Lesso III”</strong>, August 12, 2013.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald,</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14px"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>“Fishing-law suit heard by Court”</strong>, </span>August 4, 1951.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>“Mississippi vessel is held in Beirut”</strong>, May 15, 1958.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">LUXICH</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">John J. Luxich (1809-1884) and Mary Catherine Johnston (1824-1910) were the progenitors of the large Luxich family at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Children</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">John J. Luxich</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>John J. Luxich </strong>(1852-1911), a carpenter, married <strong>Armance Favre</strong> (1859-1908). &nbsp;Children: Teresa Luxich (b. 1879); Alfred Luxich (b. 1884); Rodney Luxich (1886); Henry Luxich (b. 1888); Willis Luxich (b. 1891); and Lillian Luxich (1898-1942).[1900 Hancock Co., Mississippi Federal Census R808, p. 1A-ED 28)</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">MOZARO-M</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">AZARA</span></strong></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Mozaro%2C Lucas and Annie_0.jpg" style="height:212px; width:300px" /></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">['Old' Biloxi Cemetery-Section H. Image made July 2013]</span></p>

<p><strong>LUCAS MOZARO</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Lucas </strong>[Luka] <strong>Mozaro </strong>(1861-1910) was born at Lopud, County Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1861. &nbsp;</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">He married Annie Zelz (1864-1945), also a Croatian immigrant, possibly on Lopud.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Children: <strong>Mary A. Mozaro</strong> (1889-1956) m. Charles D. Medanich&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(1881-1934)</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">; </span><strong>Anthony M. Mozaro </strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(1892-1971); </span><strong>Helena Margarite Mozara</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> (1895-1954) m. Marco G. Glavan (188-1957); </span><strong>Romana Frances Mozaro</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> (1897-1921); </span><strong>Annie L. Mozara</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> (1901-1979) m. Anthony M. Kuluz (1892-1956); </span><strong>Herbert Mozaro </strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(1903-1995); </span><strong>Walter J. Mozaro </strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(1904-1957) m. </span><strong>Eva M. Talianicich </strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(1912-1990);&nbsp; and Volta Mozara (b. 1905).</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Children </strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[from Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi (1991)-p. 216, p. 233, and p. 234]</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Mary Antonia Mozarra </strong>born October 12, 1889&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; f. Luck m. Anna</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Samuel Lukas Mozara </strong>born May 28, 1892&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; f. Lukas&nbsp;&nbsp; m. Annie Zitz</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>?sa Marguerite Mozara </strong>born February 5, 1895&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; f. Lukas&nbsp; m. Annie Zetz</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Samuel Lukas Mozara </strong>born May 28, 1892&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; f. Lukas&nbsp;&nbsp; m. Annie Zitz</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Helena Margarite Mazerat </strong>born April 16, 1896&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; f. Luke&nbsp; m. Annie Zelz</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Romana Gabrielle Mozara </strong>born March 24, 1899&nbsp; f. Lucas&nbsp;&nbsp; m. Annie Zitz</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Children</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[from 1900 Harrison County, Mississippi Federal Census]</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mary Mozarra&nbsp;&nbsp; born October 1889</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Tony Mozarra born May 1892</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Elina Mozarra born April 1896</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Romana born March 1899</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10px"><strong>Mozaro Children Biographies</strong></span></p>

<p><strong>Mary Antonia Mozaro</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Mary Antonia Mozaro </strong>(1889-1956) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on October 12, 1889.&nbsp; On April 4, 1907 at Biloxi, Mississippi, she married <strong>Charles D. Medanich</strong> (1881-1934), the son of John Medanich and a native of Pula, Istria County, Croatia.&nbsp; Pula is a large winemaking and shipbuilding center in the Istrian region of northern Croatia.&nbsp; Charles was employed in New Orleans at the time of their nuptials.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, April 4, 1907, p. 2 and Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB&nbsp; 19, p. 51)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Charles D. Medanich was born on November 4, 1880.&nbsp; He left Glascow, Scotland aboard the </span><strong><em>SS Aina</em></strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> and arrived at New York City on June 16, 1899.&nbsp; When Charles submitted his application to become an American citizen in April 1911, he related that he lived at 3222 Oak Street in Biloxi, Mississippi and made his livelihood as a ship carpenter.&nbsp; His height was given as 5 feet 2 inches.(Declaration of Intention No. 93-Southern District Court of Mississippi-April 1911)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Charles D. and AnnieM.&nbsp; Medanich were the parents of: <strong>Nicholas A. Medanich </strong>(1908-1987) m. Dessa Leona Medanich (1904-1962); <strong>Margaret Medanich</strong> (b. 1912); <strong>Elizabeth Medanich</strong> (b. 1914); <strong>Charles Paul Medanich</strong> (1917-1984); <strong>Frank J. Medanich</strong> (1921-2009) m. Jean King; and <strong>John Medanich</strong> (1928-1983).</span></span></p>

<p><strong>Anthony M.&nbsp; Mozara</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Anthony 'Tony' M. Mozaro</strong>&nbsp;(1892-1971) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on May 28, 1892. &nbsp;He made his livelihood as a commercial fisherman and resided at 329 Pine Street on Point Cadet. &nbsp;In late December 1919, <em>The Daily Herald</em> reported that <strong><em>"Tony</em></strong> <strong><em>Mozaro became violent for the third time Tuesday morning and it was necessary fo</em></strong>r [Police] <strong><em>Chief Bills to take charge of him until transportation can be secured to carry him to Jackson where he will receive treatment." &nbsp;</em></strong>(The Daily Herald, December 24, 1919, p. 3)</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Tony Mozaro may have been the family member that <strong>changed the spelling of the family name to Mazara' from 'Mozaro'</strong>. Tony died on October 26, 1971 in the Howard Memorial Hospital at Biloxi where he had been a patient for 36 days. &nbsp;His corporal remains were interred in the Biloxi Cemetery.(The Daily Herald,&nbsp;October 26, 1971, p. 2)</span></p>

<p><strong>Ella M.&nbsp; Mozara</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Ella Marguerite Mozaro</strong> was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on February 5, 1895.&nbsp; She married Marko George Glavan&nbsp;(1885-1957). &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Marko G. Glavan was born March 25, 1885, in Privlaka, a fishing village on the Dalmatian Coast about twelve miles northwest of Zadar, Croatia. It was from Zadar that Marco G. Glavan immigrated to America landing at New Orleans, Louisiana.&nbsp; On January 20, 1915 he applied for naturalization papers at the U.S. District Court in Biloxi.&nbsp; Mr. Glavan resided at 118 Jackson Street.(</span><em>The Daily Herald, January 21, 1915, p. 2)</em></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Marco and Ella M. Glavan settled at 199 Oak Street in Biloxi.&nbsp; Here they reared their five children: Eurylda Glavin aka <strong>Sister Joseph Frances Glavan</strong> (1915-2002); <strong>Sylvia Rita Glavan</strong> (1918-2004); <strong>Mary Ann Glavan</strong> (1921-1997) m. John Konish; <strong>Herbert Anthony Glavan</strong> m. Toni Darlene Ellis (1944-1970); and <strong>Marco G. Glavan II</strong> (1923-1986) m. Fern McCaleb (1930-1994).(<em>The Daily Herald, March 12, 1954, p. 12)</em></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Annie L. Mozaro</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Annie Lukrecia Mozaro </strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(1901-1979) was born at Biloxi on October 18, 1901.&nbsp; Annie married Anthony ‘Tony’ Kuluz (1892-1956) in Harrison County, Mississippi on January 30, 1922. &nbsp;In 1930, Tony Kuluz and his two brothers organized the Kuluz Brothers Packing Company on Point Cadet.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Walter J. Mazara</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Walter J. Mazara</strong>(1904-1957) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi December 12, 1904.&nbsp; He married <strong>Eva Marie Talianicich</strong> (1912-1990) in Harrison County, Mississippi on December 19, 1939.&nbsp; Children: Brenda Joyce Mazara (1941-1941); Sherry Mazara (b. 1942) m. James A. Vollmuth; and Anthony Michael Mazara (1944-1989) m. Carol Rene Porterfield m. Paul Edward Vaughn.</span></span></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Mozaro_Steve_Biloxi.jpg" style="height:200px; width:150px" /></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>STEVONO [STEPHEN] MOZARO</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[Tombstone with wrong death date in 'Old' Biloxi Cemetery-Section H]</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Stevono Mozaro </strong>(1862-1899) was born circa 1862.&nbsp; He died in on September 6, 1899 at Biloxi, Mississippi after an illness of several months. &nbsp;His funeral and internment in the Biloxi Cemetery was under the auspices of the Spanish Benevolent Association from the residence of L. Mozaro on Jackson Street.(The Biloxi Herald, September 7, 1899, p. 8)</span></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Mozaro_John.jpg" style="height:301px; width:250px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[Biloxi Cemetery 7th Addition-Block 41-Lot 10]</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong>JOHN MOZARRO</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>John Mozarro </strong>(1883-1951) married Viola ‘Katie’ Kasovich (1893-1929) on May 13, 1912 in Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; Children: Mary A. Mozaro (1915-1942) m. Delbert 'Country' J. Franklin (1914-1987) and Stephen A. Mozara (1915-1998) m. Clarice Elizabeth Fountain (1918-2005). &nbsp;</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mary A. Mozaro</span></strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:12px">Mary A. Mozaro (1915-1942) married Delbert J. Franklin (1914-1987) in Harrison County, Mississippi on September 20, 1935. &nbsp;They were the parents of John L. Franklin (1937-1999) m. Rita Mae Krieger (19-2003) and Patricia Franklin m. Mr. Lambert.</span></span></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Mozaro%2C Stephen A. (1915-1998) and Clarice Fountain (1918-2005).jpg" style="font-size:12px; height:300px; width:225px" /></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Stephen A. Mozaro and Clarice E. Fountain</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[courtesy of Ronnie Fountain-August 2013]</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Stephen A. Mozaro </strong>(1915-1998)<strong>&nbsp;</strong>married Clarice Elizabeth Fountain (1918-2005), the daughter of Walter Fountain and Winnie Diaz Fountain, in Harrison County, Mississippi on December 26, 1937.&nbsp; In 1938, Stephen and Clarice F. Mozaro relocated from Biloxi to Galveston, Texas where he was the captain of a yacht.&nbsp; Here he and Clarice reared their four children: John Stephen Mozaro (1938-1938); Carol Ann Mozaro (b. 1941) m.&nbsp; Mr. Case; Professor Stephen A. Mozaro Jr. (b. 1942) m. Karen M. Kovacevich (b. 1951); and Captain Ronald Gregory Mozaro (b. 1952) m. Mildred R. Simon (b. 1961).</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Biloxi Herald, </span><strong>“”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Biloxi Herald, <strong>“Local and Personal”</strong>, September 7, 1899.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Biloxi Daily Herald, <strong>"A New Order"</strong>, October 12, 1899.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Biloxi Daily Herald,<strong>"Medanich-Mazzarra&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[sic]<strong>"</strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, April 4, 1907.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>"Luca Mozarra</strong> [sic] <strong>commits suicide"</strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, May 10, 1910.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>"Naturalization Papers"</strong>, January 21, 1915.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>“Died </strong>[Romana Mozaro]<strong> Friday morning”</strong>, March 21, 1921.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>“Son to Mazaros”</strong>, December 30, 1938.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>"Mrs. Mozzara </strong>[sic]<strong> dies"</strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, January 22, 1945.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>"Mozara death"</strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, February 19, 1951.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald,<strong> "Mrs. Glavan</strong></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">[Ella Mazaro]&nbsp;</span><strong>expires"</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, March 12, 1954.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, </span><strong>“Anthony M. Kuluz”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, January 25, 1956.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, <strong>“Walter Mozaro”</strong>, September 10, 1957.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<strong>"Marco Glavan death"</strong>, December&nbsp;26, 1957.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, </span><strong>“Anthony Mazara”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, October 27, 1971.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, </span><strong>“Annie L. Kuluz”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, February 13, 1979.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Dallas Morning News, </span><strong>“Frank J. Medanich”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">, April 7, 2009.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Dallas Morning News, <strong>“Frank J. Medaich, TCU halfback used bond career to aid students”</strong>, April 8, 2009.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Sun Herald, <strong>"Delbert 'Country' Franklin"</strong>, May 24, 1987.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Texas City Sun<span style="font-size:10px">,</span></span><span style="font-size:10px"><strong>“Clarice E. Fountain Mozara”</strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:10px">, S</span>eptember 17, 2005.</span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">NICOVICH</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Nicovich%2C Rose.jpg" style="height:300px; width:225px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Rose G. Nicovich</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">St. James Catholic Cemetery-2012</span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:12px">Marco Joseph Nicovich (? to October 1, 1893) and Rose Gondroun (1859-1952) were the progenitors of this Mississippi Coast family. Marco J. Nicovich, an 1859 Austrian immigrant, died in the Cheniere Caminada Hurricane of October 1, 1893. He had become an American citizen at New Orleans on June 16, 1885.&nbsp; Mr. Nicovich’s body was found on Johnson's Island with that of Charles Gondreau [Gondroun?] and Captain Louis Romero and interred there. These men had been fishing in the Chandeleurs aboard the </span><strong><em>Rosalie</em></strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:12px">, a schooner, sailing from Mississippi City.</span><em>(The Biloxi Herald, October 7, 1893, p. 1, The Sunday Daily Herald, July 19, 1908, p. 5 and </em><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:12px">Declaration of Intent No. 391-Eastern District of Louisiana-New Orleans-June 1885)</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Following the 1893 Hurricane, <em>The Biloxi Herald</em> related the condition of the Nicovich family of Mississippi City as follows:&nbsp; <strong><em>‘The most heartfelt sympathies of the community is with Mrs. Marco Nicovich whose husband perished in the gale at Chandeleur.&nbsp; He was the whole support of the family, consisting of his wife and several little children.&nbsp; With husband gone and several little children and schooner destroyed the lot of the widow and orphans is a hard one, but the warm hearts of the countrymen of the deceased will not allow them to suffer while their own countrymen hold out and it is hoped that on the general movement for relief that theses isolated cases will not be forgotten.’ </em></strong><em>(The Biloxi Herald, October 21, 1893, p. 8)</em></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">By 1910, Rosa G. Nicovich, a Louisiana native, was widowed and a resident of Mississippi City, Harrison County, Mississippi. She was the mother of at least five sons: <strong>Joseph M. Nicovich</strong> (1883-1961) m. Camilia Rosa Anglada (1892-1977); <strong>August S. Nicovich</strong> (1887-1960) m. Louise Josephine Frichter (1887-1948); <strong>Rose C. Nicovich</strong> m. Leo J. Lizana (1881-1940); <strong>Philip Nicovich</strong> (1891-1968) m. Adriana Henrietta Toso (1895-1975); <strong>Charles S. Nicovich (1892-1918</strong>); and <strong>Marco J. Nicovich</strong> (1894-1944) m. Marguerite Elizabeth Barthes (1897-1958).(1910 Harrison Co. Ms. Federal Census T624_744, p. 3B, ED 36)</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>CHILDREN</strong></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Joseph &nbsp;M. Nicovich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Joseph Marco&nbsp;Nicovich (1883-1961) was born in Louisiana, probably NOLA. Circa 1915, he married Camelia Rose Anglada (1892-1977), the daughter of William Anglada (1869-1945) and Laura Bosarge (1875-1937). In 1910, he and August Nicovich, his brother, were fish dealers and residents of Mississippi City. In 1918, Joseph Nicovich worked as a machinist for the Gulfport Packing Company and resided at 944 Division Street in Biloxi.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">By 1920, the family had moved to Reynoir Street and Joseph M. Nicovich worked as a fisherman. Their children were: <strong>Marco W. 'Buck' Nicovich</strong> (1916-2002); <strong>Emma Jeanette Nicovich</strong> (1919-2008); <strong>Althea Nicovich Harbison Gleason</strong> (1921-1996) m. Ora Reynold Harbison (1917-1988); <strong>Dorrell D. Nicovich</strong> (1925-1996) m. Jeffie Faye Ladner (1930-2004); <strong>Dora E. Nicovich Auerbach</strong> (1925-1983) m. Herman L. Auerbach; <strong>Annie Mae Nicovich</strong> (1926-1926); <strong>Mildred Justine Nicovich </strong>&nbsp;m. Billy J. Edwards; ; and <strong>Marguerite L. Nicovich</strong>&nbsp; (1928-1993) m. Leo U. Renaud (1932-2007).(1910 and 1920 Harrison Co. Ms. Federal Census T624_744, p. 3B, ED 36 and T625_876, p. 17A, ED and <em>The Sun Herald, February 4, 2008, p. A4)</em></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Children</span></span></strong></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Nicovich%2C Marguerite-March 1945.jpg" style="height:150px; width:94px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14px">Marguerite Laura Nicovich</span></strong> [March 1945]</span></p>

<p class="rtejustify"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(220, 208, 207)"><strong>Marguerite Laura Nicovich</strong> (1928-1933) married Leo U. Renaud (1932-2007) in Harrison County, Mississippi on June 6, 1954. They were the parents of: Robert Michael Renaud m. Nancy Lou Feese Kennedy; Laura Leigh Renaud m. Jerry Wayne Atkinson; Marco Francis Renaud m. Susan Marie Allen; Janet Maria Renaud m. Eugene Patrick O'Grady Sr.; and Carol Ann Renaud m. James Lee Demourelle Jr.; all of Biloxi.(Harrison Co., Mississippi, Circuit Court MRB 98, p. 17)</span></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Nicovich%2C Marguerite-tombstone-Biloxi.jpg" style="height:107px; width:250px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Biloxi Cemetery</span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>August &nbsp;S. &nbsp;Nicovich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">August Samuel Nicovich (1887-1960) married Louise Josephine Frichter (1887-1948) on July 7, 1915 in Harrison County, Mississippi. They were the parents of three children:<strong>Dorothy Nicovich (1916-1996) m. Mr. Adkins</strong>; <strong>Charles Augusta &nbsp;Nicovich m. Alvin Rene Mitchell</strong>; and <strong>Claire E. Nicovich&nbsp; </strong>(1922-1962) m. Albert Layman (1914-1968).</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Rose C. Nicovich</strong></span></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Philip Nicovich</strong></span></span></p>

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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Nicovich%2C Charles S. (1892-1918)2.jpg" style="height:300px; width:237px" /></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">St. James Catholic Cemetery-2012</span></strong></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Charles S. Nicovich</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Charles Stephen Nicovich (1892-1918) was born September 28, 1892 at Mississippi City, Harrison Co., Mississippi to Marco Nicovich, an Austrian immigrant, and Rosa Gondroun (1859-1952), a native of Louisiana. He was a single man and an employee of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Algiers, Louisiana and a resident of 5077 Dauphine Street in New Orleans when he registered for the military draft in 1917. Charles S. Nicovich passed on October 8, 1918 at Camp Merit, New Jersey, a victim of the Spanish influenza. His corporal remains were interred in the St. James Cemetery at Handsboro, Mississippi.<em>(The Daily Herald, October 9, 1918, p. 3, October 14, 1918, p. 3)</em></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sergeant Nicovich was lauded by Major J.I. Sloat, his commander, as follows: <strong><em>“Sergeant Nicovich was an excellent soldier who was universally liked his officers and fellow soldiers, and his untimely death is a source of genuine sorrow to all. His death occurred in the line of duty, and is no less honorable that had it occurred on the field of battle.”</em></strong><em>(The Daily Herald, October 15, 1918, p. 3)</em></span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Marco J. Nicovich</strong></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“The recent Great Storm”</strong>, October 7, 1893.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Biloxi Herald, </em><strong>“Mississippi City”</strong>, October 21, 1893.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Nicovich body arrives tonight”</strong>, October 12, 1918.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Mrs. Leo Lizana dies”</strong>, February 5, 1940.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Mrs. </strong>[Rose Gondraun]<strong>Nicovich dies”</strong>, December 24, 1952.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“August Nicovich rites”</strong>, September 19, 1960.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Local News”</strong>, October 19, 1924.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, </em><strong>“Ocean Springs Locals”</strong>, May 18, 1900.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Progress, </em><strong>“Special-Shoe: Sale!”, </strong>January 16, 1904.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Progress, </em><strong>“Card of Thanks”, </strong>January 16, 1904.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald, </em><strong>"Emma Jeanette Nicovich", </strong>February 4, 2008, p. A4.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Sun Herald</em>, <strong>“Leo U. Renaud”</strong>, June 13, 2007.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em><strong>, “Nicovich”, </strong>September 17, 1960.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>RADOVICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">There is a high degree of certitude that in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, John Radovich, born Austria, married Ella Lingoni (1874-1959), a native of Daisy, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and the daughter of Jack Lingoni (1837-1900+), an 1854 Italian immigrant, and Louisiana Mason (1849-1900+), a native of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. John Radovich died before 1900. Ella L. Radovich then married very likely in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, to James Spencer (1877-1946), a native of Homeplace, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of Louis Spencer (1839-1915) and Mary Spencer (1844-1919). Two Radovich children had been born in Louisiana: Anna F. Radovich (1893-1920+) and Marco Radovich (1895-1927) m. Loretta Ross.(1900 Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T623_576, p. 4A, ED 40)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, the Lingoni and Spencer families lived at Grand Prairie, a fishing village on the east bank of the Mississippi River, opposite Port Sulphur. Circa 1902, James Spencer and Ella L. Radovich Spencer relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi were their children were born: Louis J. Spence (1903-1903); Vernette Spencer (1904-1984) m. Royal Hevenor (1903-1976); Sadie Ellen Spencer (1906-1908); Clement C. Spencer (1909-1979) m. Louise J. Darsse; and James Spencer (1913-1913). They Spencer family was domiciled on Dorries Street and Claiborne Street at Biloxi, Mississippi.(Harrison County, Mississippi T624_470, p. 13B, Ed 33)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Marco Radovich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Marco Radovich married Loretta Ross (1904-1983), the daughter of Denney Ross (1875-1907) and Delia Lamey Ross Walker (1880-1920+), at Biloxi, Mississippi in November 1922. They were the parents of: Doris Helen Radovich m. Patrick Wallace Franko (1923-1994); James Radovich m. Rita Hormanski (1925-2002); and Betty Radovich m. Clinton Tapper. Marco Radovich died in auto accident on June 5, 1927, at Biloxi<em>. (The Daily Herald, November 22, 1922, p. 3, June 6, 1927, p. 1 and </em>Harrison Co., Mississippi MRB 34, p. 347)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">After Marco’s demise in June 1927, Loretta Ross married John Paul Harbison at Biloxi in August 1930.(Harrison Co., Mississippi MRB, 42. P. 408)</span></span></p>

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<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Spencer child dead”</strong>, October 22, 1913.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Mr. and Mrs. Spencer return”</strong>, May 24, 1919.</span></span></p>
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<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Old </strong><strong>[D</strong><strong>ominick Radevi</strong><strong>ch] </strong><strong>Austrian dies”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14.399999618530273px">, May 10, 1922.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald, </em><strong>“Radovich-Ross”</strong>, June 6, 1922.</span></span></p>

<p><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Biloxi automobile accident kills one and injures four”</strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">, June 6, 1927.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“James Spencer dies”</strong>, February 26, 1946.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>“Mrs Ella Sprncer”</strong>, March 25, 1959.</span></span></p>
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<p class="rtecenter"><strong>RERECICH</strong></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/u4/Rerecich%2C casimir (1857-1918) and Antonia (1867-1952)_1.jpg" style="height:188px; width:250px" /></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Biloxi Cemetery</strong> [August 2012]</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Casimir Rerecich</strong> (1857-1918) and Antonia Rerecich (1867-1952), both ‘Austrians’, were the progenitors of the Rerecich family of Biloxi. Federal Census data indicate that they both immigrated to America in 1892 and arrived at Biloxi, Mississippi circa 1896 from Louisiana. Their children were: <strong>Catherine Rerecich</strong> (1893-1914+) m. Frederick LaMarque; <strong>John Rerecich</strong> (1894-1963) m. Margaret Duggan (1896-1981); <strong>Albert R. Rerecich</strong> (1897-1975) m. Stella Garlotte (1907-1998); <strong>Mary A. Rerecich</strong> (1900-1957) m. William E. Lund (1896-1954); <strong>Louis Rerecich</strong> (1903-1962) m. Mae ‘Gee’ Rerecich (1898-2002) m. Arthur A. Christiansen (1904-1972).</span></span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">REFERENCES:</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:13.63636302947998px">The Daily Herald, 'Rerecich-Duggan', November 18, 1913.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, 'Lamarque-Rerecich', December 28, 1914.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Daily Herald, 'Casimero Rerecich dead", February 8, 1918.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:13.63636302947998px">The Daily Herald, 'John A. Rerecich", January 8, 1963.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:14px">The Daily Herald, 'Mrs. Irene Rerecich", August 13, 1964.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:13.63636302947998px">The Sun Herald, 'Stella Rerecich', October 6, 1998.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:13.63636302947998px">The Sun Herald, 'Mae Rerecich Christiansen, March 26, 2002.</span></p>

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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">SUBAT</span></span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Frank Mateo Subat</strong> (1876-1944) was born October 26, 1876 at Kostrena, Zagreb, Croatia. &nbsp;He left Trieste and arrived at New York City. &nbsp;</span></p>

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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Frank M. Subat married Anna Polovich, a native of New Orleans. &nbsp;Children: <strong>Ralph Frank Subat</strong> m. Venita Post, Marion Seeling and Irene A. Patterson; <strong>Olga Subat</strong>; <strong>Gladys Subat </strong>(1908); <strong>Julius Joseph Subat</strong> (1911-1944); <strong>Wilda Louise Subat </strong>(1915-1976); and <strong>Albert P. Subat</strong> m. Jacqueline Vignes (1927-2002).</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Frank M. Subat was committed to the East Louisiana Mental Hospital at Jackson, Louisiana between 1930 and 1940. &nbsp;he expired here on April 3, 1944.(The Times-Picayune, April 4, 1944</span></p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">CHILDREN</span></strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Julius J. Subat</span></strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Julius Joseph Subat (1911-1944) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi. &nbsp;Before he enlisted in the US Army at Camp Livingston, Louisiana on May&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">REFERENCES:</span></strong></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, 'Subat', .</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, 'Subat', .</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, 'Records of the Day', April 17, 1941.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, 'Subat', .</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, '[Julius Joseph] Subat', November 28, 1948.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, '[Anna Polovich] Subat', February 11, 1967.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, '[Wilda Louise] Subat', April 4, 1976.</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, 'Subat', .</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Times-Picayune, 'Subat', .</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:12px">The Times-Picayune, '[Jacqueline Vignes] Subat', February 7, 2002.</span></div>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>SURDICH</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The progenitors of the Surdich family at Biloxi, Mississippi were <strong>Steffano O. Surdich</strong> (1847-1912), an 1874 Austrian immigrant to Louisiana and <strong>Wilhelmina Emilia Konzelmann</strong> (1857-1929), a native of NOLA and of German parents. They were married in the Crescent City in April 1876. Steffano and Emilia K. Surdich were the parents of twelve children: Wilhelmina Antonette Surdich (1877-1878); Frederick E. Surdich (1880-1880); John Surdich (b. 1880); Steffano O. Surdich Jr. (1881-1883); <strong>George Surdich </strong>(1884-1971); <strong>Matteo Surdich</strong> (1886-1973) m. Anna Lou Brown (1886-1953); Lea Antonette Surdich (1889-1890); Conrad Emile Surdich (1892-1893); <strong>Albert Joseph Surdich</strong> (1894-1965) m. Marilla Clara Fryou and Lottie Giadrosich; and <strong>Irby Surdich</strong> (1896-1970).(1900 Orleans Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T623_572, p. 4B, ED 50)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">From New Orleans, Steffano O. Surdich relocated his wife and four sons to Biloxi, Mississippi before 1910. They settled on West Water Street. In the Crescent City he had been a ship captain.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>George Surdich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">George Surdich was born at New Orleans</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Matteo Surdich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Matteo 'Mat' Surdich (1886-1973) was born at New Orleans on October 5, 1886. He married Ann Lou Brown (1886-1953), a native of Framingham, Massachusetts, in Harrison County, Mississippi on September 10, 1913. At Biloxi. Mat Surdich worked in the fishing industry and in 1913 he was master of the <strong><em><u>Ida May H.</u></em></strong>, a Biloxi schooner.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB 25, p. 416 and <em>The Daily Herald, September 11, 1913, p. 8</em>)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Albert J. Surdich</strong></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>Irby Surdich</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Irby Surdich married Mrs. Bessie Stauter in Jackson County, Mississippi on April 16, 1927.(jackson Co., Mississippi Circuit Court MRB Bk. 17, p. 466)</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Stephen Surdich”</strong>, August 21, 1912.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Surdich-Brown”</strong>, September 11, 1913.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Woman departs in mysterious way to parts unknown”</strong>, November 17, 1915.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Acme Pressing Club”</strong>, June 17, 1916.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Boys will join aviation service”</strong>, December 18, 1917.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Albert Surdich goes up”</strong>, September 16, 1918.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Resigns his position”</strong>, September 22, 1919.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Palace of Sweets makes improvements”</strong>, April 13, 1920.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Surdich's pralines”</strong>, April 17, 1920.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Notice to Public”</strong>, September 21, 1920.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Arrested for fighting”</strong>, May 11, 1921.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Bound over to grand jury”</strong>, May 12, 1921.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Surdich tells of injuries”</strong>, May 13, 1921.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Circuit Court is keeping busy”</strong>, May 26, 1921.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“Surdich-Giadrosich”</strong>, March 7, 1922.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Daily Herald,</em><strong>“”</strong>,</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>,<strong>"Deaths</strong> [Emilia Konzelmann Surdich]<strong>"</strong>, February 22, 1929.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>"Miller Restaurany Supply Company, Inc."</strong>, September 18, 1949.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>"Deaths </strong>[Albert J. Surdich]<strong>"</strong>, November 27, 1965.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>"A. DiMarco rites today"</strong>, March 2, 1981.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>"Edna Surdich DiMarco"</strong>, December 19, 2000.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>The Times-Picayune</em>, <strong>""</strong>,</span></span></p>

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