Anton Rudolf Defranceski

…every time. A British Carr in Kvarner in the 1940s would be extraordinary; a Croatian Car would be unremarkable, and the search moves from the wrong country to the right one. The woman is Uršula Kovačina, born about 1890, married to Anton Rudolf Defranceski. And her situation makes the story entirely possible: this archive records Anton Rudolf as having died in 1943, which would leave her a widow of about fifty-three with the war still on. But here the archive has to admit a contradiction of its own,…

…David. Ivan Defranceski 1925 – 1995 Crikvenica → Pfullingen → Senj doc Taken to work in the Reich at sixteen; went home, married, and is buried on his own coast under «IVAN DEFRANČESKI». Anton Rudolf Defranceski 1890 – 1943 Klenovica h.22 → Pfullingen doc Josip Defranceschi 1863 – 1951 Gračišće → Crikvenica doc Antonio Defranceschi 1825 – 1894 Gračišće…

…should be diffed, not trusted twice. /senj-line/· /crikvenica-house/ 10 Sept 2026 correction Anton Rudolf, dead in 1943 and certified in 1950 A claim taken back This archive said Anton Rudolf Defranceski, born 20 January 1890 at Klenovica house 22, died in 1943 — recorded here «per the family». The same page also has him on the Pfullingen list of foreigners in 1947 and certified by that town's mayor in 1950. What is Those cannot…

…relearning: a date that appears twice in an archive should be diffed, not trusted twice. 10 Sept 2026 Anton Rudolf, dead in 1943 and certified in 1950 serious /crikvenica-house/· /direct-line/ Anton Rudolf Defranceski, born 20 January 1890 at Klenovica house 22, died in 1943 — recorded here «per the family». The same page also has him on the Pfullingen list of foreigners in 1947 and certified by that town's mayor in 1950. Those cannot both be…

…N° 22». Kljenovica is the older spelling of Klenovica. (doc.) ⚠ And that changes a fact about the direct line. This archive's Crikvenica page already says, of a photograph of Klenovica: «House 22 is somewhere in this line of roofs — Anton Rudolf Defranceski was born in it on 20 January 1890.» His mother Anna was born in the same house, twenty-six years earlier. The archive has held «house 22» at both ends for months and never joined them, because it had misread the name at one end. ⚠ A second thing…

…klesar sada tvorničar — skilled stonemason, later a factory worker josip-defranceschi Kalanj, at the Blažević Archive https://daviddef.github.io/TheBlazevic/kalanj/ external n Anton Rudolf Defranceski born 20 January 1890, baptised 9 February died Klenovica, house 22 → Pfullingen documented Entry 9 of the Klenovica baptisms for 1890: Anton Rudolf, legitimate, son of «Josip…

…pfullingen Pfullingen Pfullingen diaspora 48.4667, 9.2333, Below the Swabian Alb, near Reutlingen — where the German leg of David's own line came to rest after 1947. Anton Rudolf Defranceski appears on the Pfullingen list of foreigners in 1947 and was certified by that town's mayor in 1950. Pfullingen, Reutlingen, Neuhausen an der Erms, Metzingen and Bad Urach are one small district, and the family's German years happen inside it. This is…

…pluća» — and buried on 6 February 1906 by Carl Aleksander, parish priest. Her elder sister Marija Stjepanka had died on 29 September 1905. This child was born about three weeks after that and given her name., Anton Rudolf Defranceski 20 January 1890 1943, per the family Ursula, born Kovačina about 1890 ursula-kovacina ursula-old Pepe 1911, at Crikvenica Photographed in…

…is very likely a daughter or granddaughter of this household — but the marriage entry that would prove it has not been found, and the link is inference, not record. What to ask for: the Crikvenica marriage register for the 1900s and 1910s, for Anton Rudolf Defranceski and Ursula Kovačina; and the Crikvenica birth register around 1890 for a daughter of Petar Kovačina and Uršula Stojčić. Draga in the kotar of Sušak is a new place for this archive — nobody in the family has come from there before.…

…transcriptions above are from those photographs, and where a stone is worn or read at an angle that is said. Which of them the Partisans took, and what the papers actually say The family remembers that it was Anton — Anton Rudolf Defranceski, born 1890, the father — who was taken by the Partisans. The documents this archive holds put it on his son. Both things happened in the same year, in the same household, and it is not hard to see how the two became one memory. Here is what each record…

…The documents this archive holds put it on his son. Both things happened in the same year, in the same household, and it is not hard to see how the two became one memory. Here is what each record says. The parentage is right Anton Rudolf Defranceski, born 20 January 1890 at Klenovica house 22 and baptised on 9 February, married Ursula Kovačina, and their children were Josip «Pepe» (1911), Petar (1913), Zdravko (1921), Ivan (1925) and Anka. He is the father of the three brothers, exactly as…

…DNA? Because there was never going to be. Autosomal DNA halves every generation, and it halves fast: Ivan his father 50% living, named only Ivan Defranceski Crikvenica → Pfullingen → Senj 25% 1925–1995 Anton Rudolf Defranceski Klenovica, house 22 → Pfullingen 12.5% b. 1890 Josip Defranceschi Gračišće → Crikvenica 6.25% 1863–1951 Antonio Defranceschi Gračišće, house 19 3.1% 1825–1894 Giovanni Battista Defranceschi Gračišće,…

…BLAŽEVIĆ, Hedviga, born 1926 at Senj — in the French zone (Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Reutlingen and Pfullingen) and in any IRO registration, screening or rejection file. Separately: KOVAČINA, Uršula, born about 1890; and confirmation of which Anton Rudolf Defranceski appears on the 1947 Pfullingen list and the 1950 mayoral certificate, since the family records him as dying in 1943. Also, by reference rather than by name: copies from the CM/1 personal file 3.2.1.1, ref 32110000 058.158 (DEFRANCESKI, Petar, b.…

…June 1913, and of further persons), and from T/D case 349.822, ref 06030302.0.349.822, together with a note of what is withheld there and why. Still to be lodged as a second inquiry: Uršula Kovačina (b. about 1895, Crikvenica, died Belgrade 1975); Anton Rudolf Defranceski (b. 20 January 1890, Klenovica house 22 — on the 1947 Pfullingen list and the 1950 mayoral certificate, although the family records him dead in 1943); and Petar Vid Defranceski by reference — CM/1 3.2.1.1, ref 32110000 058.158 and T/D 349.822, ref…

…(Reutlingen / Pfullingen). His brothers Zdravko and Anton resettled to Australia from there in 1949 (Anton's card is stamped «Emigré Australie le 8.3.49»). I am also looking for KOVAČINA, Uršula, born about 1890, and for clarification of the Anton Rudolf Defranceski named on the 1947 Pfullingen list and certified by the mayor in 1950. Non-commercial family research. Two references from your own collections, in case they save you a search: the CM/1 personal file 3.2.1.1, ref 32110000 058.158, «Personal file of…

…and for a note of what is withheld and why. n 17 Sept 2026· case 2026-09-17-60142 err/arolsen-archives-internation-a16cac medium Matični ured Crikvenica / Župni ured Crikvenica The death of Anton Rudolf Defranceski, said by the family to be 1943 — and the surname Car Matična knjiga umrlih Crikvenica 1943; and register entries for the surname Car, 1930s–1950s This archive holds two facts that cannot both be : Anton Rudolf Defranceski,…

…of Anton Rudolf Defranceski, said by the family to be 1943 — and the surname Car Matična knjiga umrlih Crikvenica 1943; and register entries for the surname Car, 1930s–1950s This archive holds two facts that cannot both be : Anton Rudolf Defranceski, born 20 January 1890 at Klenovica house 22, is recorded as having died in 1943 «per the family», and is also on the Pfullingen list of foreigners in 1947 and certified by that town's mayor in 1950. Everything the family remembers about his…

…(https://daviddef.github.io/TheBlazevic/kalanj/) has read it correctly all along. What the misreading concealed is the part worth keeping. This site's Crikvenica page already said: «House 22 is somewhere in this line of roofs — Anton Rudolf Defranceski was born in it on 20 January 1890.» Anna was born in the same house twenty-six years earlier. The archive held «house 22» at both ends of the same family and never joined them, because at one end the village had the wrong name. The correction is…

…gazetteer. The register says KLJENOVICA — the older spelling of Klenovica — and the Blažević Archive has read it correctly all along. What the misreading concealed: this site's Crikvenica page already says «House 22 is somewhere in this line of roofs — Anton Rudolf Defranceski was born in it on 20 January 1890.» Anna was born in the SAME HOUSE twenty-six years earlier. The archive held «house 22» at both ends and never joined them. The correction is on /corrections/. ⚠ And the entry says where they came from:…

…surname; the Vinodol parish books at Rijeka. Ledenice and Crikvenica are eight kilometres apart and the family used both. not known hungarian-littoral ours Uršula Kovačina, born about 1890, married Anton Rudolf Defranceski — our fifth generation, the one taken to Pfullingen. Her own birth record has not been found. She is the nearest wall in the direct line and the only mother in eight generations whose origin is blank. Nothing. She has not…

…descent is not in doubt; his birthplace is not established.</strong gen Antonio Defranceschi b. 20 Sep 1825 – 1894 at gen Josip Defranceschi b. 22 Mar 1863 – 1951 at gen Anton Rudolf Defranceski b. 20 Jan 1890 – 1943 at gen Ivan Defranceski b. 1925 – 1995 at gen Ivan Defranceski d. 2026 at gen D. Defranceski living — named only at…

…→ Reutlingen The two documents this archive already has both come from here. The point of day one is to find what sits behind them. 1a Stadtarchiv Pfullingen book Anton Rudolf Defranceski is on the Pfullingen list of foreigners in 1947 and was certified by the town's mayor in 1950. Those two documents exist; what this archive does not have is the Einwohnermeldekartei — the residents' registration card, which gives every address, every…