 croatian arrivals from soltacecich and garbin croatian arrivals from soltacecich and garbin osarep mon 12312012 1352  cecich joseph jozo cecich 18881965  was born september 4 1888 at grohote a town on the island of solta splitdalmatia county croatia solta is west of brac in the dalmatian archipelago joseph cecich arrived at new orleans on january 28 1905 aboard irene  a vessel that had left the port of trieste in april 1912 he filed his declaration of intention to become an american citizen while domiciled at 1921 decatur street in the crescent city declaration of intention certificate no 953southern district courtsouth mississippi  circa 1912 joseph cecich married bertha marinovich  18911937 the daughter of peter marinovich herself also a 1909 croatian immigrant from brac joseph and bertha were the parents of at least seven children marguerite cecich 19131927 felix cecich 19161918 infant male 19191919 steve cecich 19231929 joseph cecich 19231929 peter frank cecich 19271995 an infant male 19301930 and helen cecich m mr roberson joseph cecich made his livelihood as a fisherman 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r1146 p 24a ed 2 in april 1912 joseph cecich acquired a lot on deer island from eugene ahern the consideration was 150 the daily herald april 20 1912  bertha cecichbiloxi cemetery joseph cecich expired at biloxi mississippi on january 5 1965 bertha marinovich cecich preceded him in death as she died on september 4 1937 peter frank cecich 19271995 their only son to survive to adulthood died in ellisville jones county mississippi on june 8 1995 the daily herald september 4 1937 p 16 and the sun herald june 10 1995 p c2  references  the daily herald   weekly list of deeds filed april 20   1912 the daily herald   mrs cecich dies   september 4 1937 the sun herald   peter frank cecich   june 10 1995  grgur garbin  biloxi cemeteryseptember 2012  garbin grgur grego garbin 18931969 was the progenitor of the garbin family of biloxi mississippi he was born on solta county spiltdalmatia croatia and made his livelihood at biloxi mississippi as a fisherman on june 6 1928 in harrison county mississippi grgur garbin married danich victoria pavlov 19081996 the daughter of peter pavlov 18821951 and anna hire pavlov 18811962 both croatian immigrants the newly weds made their home at 1620 third street on the point danica was a seafood worker and labored for sixty years with the sea coast packing company and kuluz brothers harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 40 p 296 and the sun herald january 3 1996 p c2 grgur garbin and danica pavlov garbin were the parents of five children  peter m garbin  19301963   dr frank george garbin  b 1931 m nitza maria betancourt 19342010  george garbin  1936 m   lora lee poulos b 1942  joseph garbin m lonna dale brady 19402009 and marilyn ann garbin m earl ray carlpenter jr  peter m garbin peter m garbin  19301963 was born at biloxi on september 8 1930 he died at the united states public service hospital in new orleans friday on september 27 1963 peter had made his livelihood as a commercial fisherman fishing out of tacoma washington for the past ten years he attended notre dame high school in biloxi and was a member of st michael s catholic church he was survived by his parents mr and mrs george garbin three brothers dr frank g garbin puerto rico joseph garbin reserve louisiana and george g garbin biloxi and one sister mrs earl carpenter bainbridge maryland his funeral was directed by bradfordo keefe funeral home of biloxi internment in the biloxi cemetery followed his requiem mass at st michael s catholic church the daily herald seeptember 27 1963 p 2  frank g garbin sr   frank george garbin sr  19312018 md married nitza maria betancourt 19342010 a native of rio piedras puerto rico and the daughter of mr and mrs nicholas betancourt of rio piedras puerto rico on january 5 1957 at st michael s catholic church in biloxi mississippi dr garbin attended notre dame high school and was awarded his medical degree from the university of tennessee medical college in 1955 and interned at the st joseph hospital in memphis tennessee nitza maria betancourt received her education in medical technology at sienna college also in memphis dr garbin and his wife were employed at memphis with the oakville clinic and st joseph hospital respectively they lived at 661 alabama street the daily herald january 7 1957 p 8 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 107 p 472 they were the parents of frank g garbin jr nilda garbin m kevin webb donna garbin m james corder sharon garbin m lee klein and paulette garbin m craig dawkins the sun herald april 26 2010  obituary dr frank g garbin sr  19292018 of ocean springs passed away on tuesday november 20 2018 dr garbin was a longtime resident of the mississippi gulf coast he was born and raised in biloxi and graduated notre dame high school in 1947 after graduation dr garbin attended spring hill college in mobile alabama where he earned his bachelor of science degree in 1951 in 1955 he graduated from the university of tennessee college of medicine with his doctorate in medicine he completed a rotating internship at st joseph s hospital in memphis tennessee it was during this time that he met his wife of fiftythree years nitza betancourt following his time in tennessee dr garbin served in the united states air force as a general medical officer from 19571959 while serving dr garbin and his wife nitza had their first two children nilda and donna from 19601964 he completed his general surgery residency at the san juan city hospital in san juan puerto rico while in puerto rico dr and mrs garbin had their next two children sharon and frank jr dr garbin and his family moved back to mississippi in 1964 where he lived for the remainder of his life it was in mississippi that the last two garbin children paul and paulette were born during his free time dr garbin loved to spend his time outside preferably on the water fishing frank was a loving father grandfather and greatgrandfather and he will be missed by all that knew him dr garbin is preceded in death by his wife nitza garbin his parents grugur and danica pavlov garbin and his brother peter deedee garbin survivors include his brothers george garbin and joseph garbin and his sister madelyn garbin carpenter he is also survived by his children nilda webb kevin donna corder james sharon klein lee frank garbin jr faith paul garbin marie and paulette dawkins craig his sixteen grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren the family of dr garbin wants to extend a special thanks to katrina campbell also known as skinny by dr garbin as well as mary lee janice powell janay campbell and lisa rials this army of angels loved dr garbin and he loved them like his own children a mass of christian burial will be held on monday november 26 2018 at 1100 am at holy family catholic church pass christian where friends may visit one hour before the mass bradfordo keefe funeral home 15th street gulfport is in charge of arrangements   the sun herald november 23 to november 25 2018  joseph garbin   george garbin   marilyn a garbin marilyn ann garbin married earl ray carpenter in harrison county mississippi on 2 decembe 1961 bk 120 p 45  references  the daily herald   garbinbetancourt   january 7 1957  the daily herald    peter m garbin   september 27 1963 p 2  the daily herald   grgur garbin   august 8 1969 the sun herald   danica v garbin   january 13 1996 the sun herald   lonna dale brady garbin   april 11 2009 the sun herald   nitza maria betancourt garbin   april 28 2010 the sun herald   dr frank g garbin   november 23 2018novemebr 25 2018 360 views  