Grga Defranceschi
Grga Defranceschi, 1931. born Ližnjan (Istra); died Zagreb. Every mention of this name in the archive — 4 across 5 pages.
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- Grga Defranceschi — 1931, born Ližnjan (Istra); died Zagreb
⭐ Minted 8 October 2026 from a document David was sent by a Defranceschi. A «SMRTNI LIST» — a certified «Prepis» (transcript) of a death entry; the original is in private hands and this archive holds the photograph, which is plated on the Ližnjan page. > «U matici umrlih hrvatske Staro-katoličke župe sv. Križa u Zagrebu, svez. I, str. 13, br. 17» > > Died «jedanaestoga novembra, Hiljadu devetstotina trideset i prve» — 11 November 1931 > > «Grga Defranceschi, bravar kod sekcije Držav. željeznica u Zagrebu» — a locksmith/fitter with the State Railways section at Zagreb > > Spouse: «Marija rodj. Lovrencin, supruga mu» > > Born: «Ližnjan (Istra)» · Resident and died at: «Zagreb, Mošćenička ul. 12» > > Religion: «starokatolička» ⚠ His birth DATE is cut off at the foot of the photograph — the row «dan, mjesec i godina rodjenja» sits at the very bottom edge. A second photograph taken on 8 October has the same framing; at the edge what may be an opening «17» shows and nothing more. It is not read, and no birth year is carried here. ⚠⚠ He was an Old Catholic, not a Roman Catholic — a denomination that appears nowhere else in this archive, with its own registers. And the form itself is re-issued: the printed «KRALJEVINA JUGOSLAVIJA … Banovina Savska» is overstamped «Hrv. st. katolička Crkva · Nezavisna Država Hrvatska», and the purpose is printed across the top: «Za regulisanje penzije kod Financijske direkcije». So the copy was taken out under the NDH, between 1941 and 1945, for a pension claim on a death of 1931. (doc.)
This archive holds 4 other pages under what Say Your Name reconciles as the same given name in another language — a Latin register, a Venetian clerk, a Croatian village, a Hungarian office. They are not merged and none of them is claimed to be this person: a shared name is not a shared identity, and the archive will not join one to the other by machine. It is here so that a reader looking for a man the records called Josephus can see where they wrote him Josip.
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Ližnjan
…says «U matici umrlih hrvatske Staro-katoličke župe sv. Križa u Zagrebu, svez. I, str. 13, br. 17» Died «jedanaestoga novembra, Hiljadu devetstotina trideset i prve» — 11 November 1931. «Grga Defranceschi, bravar kod sekcije Držav. željeznica u Zagrebu» — a fitter with the State Railways at Zagreb. Spouse: «Marija rodj. Lovrencin, supruga mu». Born: «Ližnjan (Istra)». Resident and died at «Zagreb, Mošćenička ul. 12». Religion:…
Worklist
…n ⭐⭐ A Defranceschi in the CROATIAN OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH — a denomination this archive has never touched next a session 2026-10-08 Grga Defranceschi, born Ližnjan, died Zagreb 11 November 1931, is recorded as «starokatolička» — Croatian Old Catholic, not Roman Catholic. The word appears nowhere else in this archive. His death is in «matica umrlih…
…u Zagrebu, or with the city registry. (2) Check the Record Atlas for any Old Catholic provider at all. (3) Ask for svez. I entire — one small volume could hold a whole branch. ⚠ Any letter is under the standing hold. n Grga Defranceschi's birth at Ližnjan — the date is cut off the photograph next David — one photograph 2026-10-08 The «Smrtni list» David was sent gives Grga Defranceschi's birthplace as…
…is under the standing hold. n Grga Defranceschi's birth at Ližnjan — the date is cut off the photograph next David — one photograph 2026-10-08 The «Smrtni list» David was sent gives Grga Defranceschi's birthplace as «Ližnjan (Istra)» but the row below it — «dan, mjesec i godina rodjenja» — is below the bottom edge of the photograph. ✔ The cheapest fix is a second photograph of the same sheet,…
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