Celebrating accomplished people of Serbian ethnicity, outside of ex-Yugoslavia

Дискусије на страним језицима > English language subforum

<< < (2/7) > >>

Бећар:

--- Цитат: Бећар Април 22, 2019, 12:18:53 пре подне ---Stana Katic is a Canadian film and television actress, active in the United States. She is known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett on the ABC series Castle.

Stana Katić was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (April 26, 1978) to Serbian parents. She has stated:
My parents are Serbs from Croatia. I call us Dalmatian because that’s the part of the planet that we are originally from. I have Serb, Croat and even a handful of Montenegrin family members.

Her mother is from around Sinj, and her father is from Vrlika. Can anyone from Društvo Poreklo tell us more about her family Serbian origin in Dalmatia? I think Stana will appreciate more information and we can contact her on her Instagram website or Twitter.

Stana Katic – IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065664/
https://ew.com/tv/2018/01/27/stana-katic-absentia-castle-exit/
https://www.instagram.com/drstanakatic/?hl=en
Stana Katic - (@Stana_Katic) · Twitter
https://twitter.com/Stana_Katic

--- Крај цитата ---

We also learned from Zrno, one of the Editors and big contributor on Poreklo forum, about Katić family and same Ostoia Catich from the area between Crnogorca and Tutuša in Dalmatia. It appears that ancestors of Canadian actress Stana Katic (Achim and Jovan Catich) had a significant agricultural land and ownership of the mill in Garjak village. In 1810, Katić and Kalinić families were the largest in Koljanima and started expanding to other nearby villages.

There is a lot more information about ancestors of Canadian-American TV and film actress Stana Katic. We will be glad to translate more for her if she needs Poreklo help.

But wait ... there is more.

Stan Katic married Kris Brkljac (Brkljač) in April of 2015 in Dalmatia. Kris is raised in Australia but now lives with Stana in Florida. Kris is a native of Sydney, Australia, where he grew up with his two brothers Milan Brkljac and Dragoljub Brkljac. I searched USA emigration records and many Brkljač family members left at about the same time as others from Lika, Kordun, and Dalmatia. First names of 1890-1925 Brkljač emigrants to America were Jovan, Djordje, Lazo, Milan, Jovo, Milka ... hmmm. I see that Brkljač family name is common in Knin, so it is possible that Kris Brkljač is also of Serbian ethnicity. I searched the internet and found this information on Croatian website Acta Croatica: "Surname Brkljač in modern Croatia Brkljač families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area. " You know ... when Acta Croatica claims someone is Serbian than they are absolutely, indisputably, court certifiable Serbian.

The second option for Kris Brkljač origin is the village of Grmuša in Bosnia (Bihać region) which list population in 1971 and 1981 as 97% Serbian. I also see Brkljač family name in Novi Sad. https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grmu%C5%A1a
But the 2015 wedding location for Stana Katic and Kris Brkljac was picked by them to be Dalmatia. http://wikinetworth.com/businessman/kris-brkljac-wiki-age-net-worth-wedding.html

For those of you that do not know Knin location (possible origin of Kris Brklac ancestors) is only 31km (19 mile) from Vrlika (the origin of Stana Katic ancestors). ??? Could this be true? :o Maybe we have a truly romantic story of a couple with Serbian roots in Dalmatia returning to get married in the origin of there families ... very cool Kris and Stana! Very cool!

So, in which Dalmatian Monastery did this private wedding take a place? Need some help please from experts ... anyone who knows more about the wedding or the origin of Brkljač family name. Thank you.

Amicus:
Very interesting story, Бећар! :)

Бећар:
It is hard to watch American Baseball TV updates these days without hearing something impressive about 2018 MVP, Christian Yelich. Now star player of Milwaukee Brewers (Milvoki Pivari), 26 years old grandson of Serbian Stephen Jelić from Gary, Indiana.
Yelich (Jelić) power: https://www.youtube.com/v/L_PbtZYD8Ks

Yelich is a favorite topic of conversation among Milwaukee Serbs. Probably all 4000 of them, based on US census data, and comments from Steve Petrović. Steve is the president of the American Serb Hall on the Milwaukee's southwest side. Mike Uželac, the former president Serb Hall shares that sentiment and adds that all Serbian community is behind Christian. They used an analogy for Brewers sports star as Novak Djoković or Vlade Divac of Milwaukee. The St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, the St. Sava Orthodox School and Serb Hall are important gathering places for Milwaukee Serbians.

When asked about great support he gets from Serbian fans, Christain said: "Any time you can have an impact on anybody's life in a positive direction, to bring happiness to the community or a certain group of people, you don't take that lightly as a team, as a player,"

In Milwaukee, Yelich's success stirs Serbian pride https://apnews.com/c746e8453b3043dd9ea2adcd42ec03fc

When Brewers’ slugger takes the field, the stadium goes wild. And Yelich delivers … like Slavsko Žito he delivers that well known sweet feeling of celebration. Last season, Yelich won National League batting title with a .326 average. Christian also hit 36 home runs and had 110 RBIs. He was so good ... so good he just missing the Triple Crown — title last time accomplished seven years ago. The Milwaukee slugger with Y-DNA from Trebinje holds the third-best batting average in the American National League. Now that is something all American, Canadian, Japanese, and Taiwanese baseball fans want to watch.

Бећар:
Christian’s paternal grandfather is Stephen Yelich, now in his eighties and very proud of his grandson Christian. Stephen still lives in Gary, Indiana where he was born to Christ Yelich and Anne Leshanovich. Christ (the great grandfather of baseball sports star Christian Yelich) was listed from Serbia in his 1922 US Emigration records. Mim Bizic (Pennsylvania, USA) and Mike Stojakovic (Canada) have information that leads them to believe that Christ was originally from Orašje or other areas near Trebinje, Hercegovina. FamilySearch.org has records of Krsto Jelić that seems to fit well into this scenario and meaning of the name. Krsto's arrived in the USA in 1908. Later using the name Christ Yelich, his US Census records can be found in 1930 and 1940 (see links below). Most likely he was born in 1888 and had six years older brother, Jovan Jelić (used name John Yelich later).

Krsto Jelić, New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island) 1908 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXPZ-S4H
1922 Naturalisation record https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-GH9R-9?i=3580&cc=1838804
1940 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-J6DZ?i=11&cc=2000219
1930 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R4L-KXN?i=19&cc=1810731
Mrs. Anne L Yelich https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4D-HLNB

It appears that Krsto Jеlić (Chris Yelich) personally new Karl Malden’s father, Petar Sekulovich. Peter Sekulović and Krsto Jеlić, both worked in the same period at Cloverleaf Dairy as milkmen in Gary, Indiana (see an old photo of milk delivery from that time). ??? I wonder if Petar and Krsto debated while drinking milk, whose son or great-grandson will be more famous? Whose nose was bigger was probably not much of a debate. :D

I did not see any evidence that Yelich and Sekulovich arrived together in America. US Emigration records list Peter Sekulović from Bileća above Trebinje in Hercegovina.

Cloverleaf Dairy (see an old photo from that time) http://www.cloverlanddairy.com/images/delladora.jpg
Petar Sekulović (Karl Maldenćs father) records linking him to Bileća, Hercegovina https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFH1-LW5
Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulović) http://www.hercegovinapromo.com/biografije-poznatih-hercegovaca-karl-malden-mladen-sekulovic/

Steven’s mother, Anne was born in New York, the daughter of Luka and Ljubica Lešanović/Leshanovich. Both Luka and Ljubica listed Belgrade, Serbia as their birthplace. Luka arrived first тo Ellis Island, NY in 1909. His wife Ljubica Lesanovic/Lešanović arrived two years later to NY, listed also as Serbian from Belgrade.

Anne Leshanovich and Christ Zelich marriage https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9M-3N9X
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXBY-5YH
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJGG-TJ9

Christian’s paternal grandmother is Rosalie “Rose” Sammy (the daughter of Louis Sammy and Raina/Irene Theodoreoff/Theodoroff). I could not confirm Louis' national origin, some people claim Russian, others Croatian. Raina was of Bulgarian nationality.

Christian’s maternal grandfather is Mineo Dan Oda. Mineo is Japanese.
https://ethnicelebs.com/christian-yelich

Thank you FamilySearch.org for collecting data and to The British Serb Magazine - Britić for investigating the origin (Poreklo) of Christian Yelich and connection to Petar Sekulović. http://www.ebritic.com/?p=684049
Also, many thanks to Mimi Bizic, educator and Serbian cultural icon from the Pittsburg area. https://www.babamim.com/

Да ли се нешто зна о Херцеговцу, Крсти Јелићу? Браћа Јелић (Јован и Крсто) су можда живели у околини Требиња … могуће Орешје Површ а можада и даље западно у Орешје Попово. Њихова емиграција за Америку је била у периоду 1905-1908 године из луке Antwarp, Belgium и луке Le Havre, France.

ДушанВучко:
The New England Patriots used the 77th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft on former Michigan defensive end Chase Winovich, because the physical edge defender knows how to get into the backfield.

But he also has some pretty great, hair, too.

Which didn’t go unnoticed by Nick Caserio, the director of player personnel for the New England Patriots, who had some fun with the hair while speaking to reporters shortly after making the third-round pick.

Caserio and the Patriots, who picked a WR in the first round for the first time under Bill Belichick, are looking forward to getting to work with Winovich.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/04/nfl-draft-patriots-chase-winovich-hair
NFL draft results: Patriots select DE Chase Winovich with the 77th pick

https://www.b92.net/sport/ekipni/football.php?yyyy=2019&mm=04&dd=27&nav_id=1535484

Навигација