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My father Stefan Kolarovic, Jr. was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia in 1938. I am searching for family information about his father, Stefan Kolarovic, Sr., 1903-1957. My father recalls that he had 2 brothers, but cannot remember their names. He was married to Elizabeth Nonnemacher, and lived in the Donauschwaben region. He was in the Yugoslavian Army, I believe. I am hoping to find some family connections that were lost during WWII when the family emigrated to the US.
Posted : 19/04/2014 3:08 pm
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Posted : 08/05/2014 11:58 am
What was the religion of your ancestor Stefan Kolarović Sr. born in 1903? Were he and Elizabeth Nonnemecher married in church? If yes, which denomination? What faith were the children brought up in?
Do you know where she was born or her birth date? Have you researched that side of your family in the past and how far back do you have the information?
If Stefan Sr. was in Yugoslavian Army prior to WWII starting in 1941. what forces did he fight with during the war after that army got disbanded?
Please provide more information so that we can help you more.
There is information in Privrednik database on STEVAN KOLAROVIĆ, blacksmith, owning a business in Sremski Karlovci in 1937.
Stevan = Stefan, and Sremski Karlovci are near Novi Sad - could that be your ancestor? If yes, there is more information on that family in that database, including possible names of siblings and earlier generations:
Posted : 16/06/2014 10:24 pm
Nine members of KOLAROVIĆ family are listed as victims of Novi Sad Raid in 1942. Do you have any knowledge if any of your relatives were killed during WWII in Novi Sad?
That family in Novi Sad were ethnic Serbs and they lived on (today) Rumenačka street. Only an eight year old girl survived.
Posted : 17/06/2014 12:55 am
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Stefan Kolarovic Sr. was Greek Orthodox, while Elisabeth Nonnenmacher was probably Lutheran, or possibly Reformed, as her family was German. I do not know if they were married in a church or which denomination. I only have a copy of a posed portrait in wedding attire.
Stefan Kolarovic was in the Yugoslavian Army, and was impressed into the German Army after Yugoslavia was taken, but also also apparently at one point owned a tobacco shop, most likely in NoviSad because that is where my father was born in 1938. My uncle, Felix Kolarovic, was also forced into the German Army around the same time. (He was 10 years older than my father, and his only sibling.) I have not been able to find any more information about the Kolarovic family beyond my grandfather. Both of my grandparents are deceased, and my father does not remember any more than that, as he was a child when the family was uprooted and sent to a displaced persons camp during the war. They emigrated to the US in about 1950.
Elisabeth Nonnenmacher was born in Verbasz, July 26, 1907. Her mother was Elisabeth Schneider, born 1 Mar 1865 in Verbasz. I do not have her father's given name, but I do know that he was a barber/ran a beauty shop in their home in Verbasz.
Thank you for your kind assistance!
Posted : 18/06/2014 2:53 am
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I talked with my father about this; he does not know if they are from his family, but it may be possible. He remembers the Novi Sad Raid, although he was a small child. Perhaps if I had the names it might trigger a memory for him. Thank you for your help!
Posted : 21/06/2014 4:48 pm