Wish 156

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Contents 1 The Wish 2 Elf Notes 2.1 Information from existing and (possibly) new records 2.2 Actions

The Wish

I would really like some help researching my Croatian ancestors. Mike Umiljenovich (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Umiljenovich-1)was a miner in Park City, Ut. He has some siblings in Park City too. He was born in Ostra, Croatia and immigrated in the early 1900's. His parents are listed on the death certificates of the kids. I would really like to find out more about Mike's Parents Frank and Ika Majerovic Umiljenovich. Make a solid link "across the pond".

Profile: Michael (Umiljenovich) Byer (1881-1924)

Elf Notes

Existing trees on Ancestry.

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120141248/person/140197032143/facts
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/169124346/person/262198819774/facts

Details for Mike and siblings:

• Mike Umiljenovich: 24 September 1881 Ostra, Croatia – 7 November 1924 Park City, Utah
• Lucy or Lucja (Lucy) Umlenjovich) Pezely: 15 May 1885 Croatia - 2 August 1968 Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Yosip (Joe) Umiljenovich 1892 Croatia– 15 January 1914 Park City, Utah
• Dujo (George) Umiljenovich 1889 Gospic, Croatia – 1 April 1920 (birth location "Gaspic" on death record)

Information from existing and (possibly) new records

• 1904 passenger record for Mike shows 23-yr old Mile described himself as a resident of Ostra. He planned to join a friend in Salt Lake City. He was listed next to a NIkola Majerovic, 19, also from Ostra, who was traveling to join his brother Stipe Majerovic in SLC. ^[1]
• 1911 passenger record for Yosip showed age of 19 and residence as Ostra. For person in place that he came from, he named his mother Ika in Ostra, Hungary. He was going to join his brother Mile in Park City. ^[2]
• The 1920 census shows Mike, Matilda and children in Park City. A 56-yr old cousin Thomas Umiljenovich lived with them ^[3]
• An article about Yosip's death mentions several cousins in the Park (Park City) [1]. I was only able to find one, Thomas.
• Ancestry trees show Frank Umiljenovic's parents as Mille Umiljenovic and Paulina Kossovich.
• A 31 Mar 1849 baptism from Gospić, Lika-Senj, Croatia. was found on familysearch, along with 4 likely siblings for Francis. The other siblings were baptized in Lički Novi rather than Gospic, but the two towns are close to each other (~6 km). The father's name most often appears as Michael Umiljenovic and the mother Paulina Kosovich. This location within Croatia is consistent with Dujo's reported birth location. Although the birth year differs from the estimate in the profile, it isn't unreasonable. Frank would have been 31 when his first (recorded) child was born and 42 when his youngest known child was born.

Actions

• Created profiles for Frank's possible father, Michael Umiljenovich (abt.1815-), mother Paulina (Kosovich) Umiljenovich (abt.1820-) and their other children.
• Researched cousin Thomas Umiljenovich, hoping for death record that named his parents. A possible arrival record showed entry at Michigan, but only index information available. A daughter, Ana, came to the U.S. are married. Tree profiles were added for Thomas Umiljenovich (abt.1864-), his wife, daughter, and son-in-law.
• Was not able to connect Thomas with either of Frank's potential brothers, Jacob or George.
• Found a Jacob Umiljenovich b. ~1890 from Ostra, with father named Jacob: [2]. His passenger manifest shows his birth as Ostra and parents Jakob and Maria.[3]. He might have changed his name to Jack Manovich, according to this ancestry tree: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/11104266/person/-524964777