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I'm looking for information on my GG
Grandfather. He was born in Buccari Austria 1851 Mateo Guiseppe Albanese. Records show he changed his name prior to marriage to my GG Grandmother in Louisiana 1872 Anatole Metrejean and died in Houston Tx. 1898 using the name of Joseph Smith.
Posted : 29/03/2012 4:22 pm
There is one corresponding surname found in the same area - ALBANEŽE (also spelled ALBANESE and ALBANEZE), in the town of RIJEKA, and in the town of OMIŠALJ on the island of KRK.
Omišalj belongs to the same county as BAKAR (Buccari being the period spelling in the official language at the time)
ALBANEŽE BOŽO, Croatian, was born in Omišalj in 1878. and his father TOMO would have been born around the same time as your ancestor (abt.1850.).
This distribution of a surname on both the meainland and the islands is quite frequent in the coastal region.
You should ask for more information on Istrian and Croatian genealogy websites and message boards, If I run across anything else I will let you know.
Bakar, Rijeka Omišalj location:
ALBALEŽE from Omišalj in public records:
Buccari 1892.:
Posted : 30/03/2012 8:24 am