Croatian Heraldry

DUJMOVIC---DUJMOVICH

Dujmovich is found in all parts of Croatia with great numbers concentrated on the Islands of Krk, Cres, Hvar and Brac; on the mainland at Covici, Dobropoljana, Grabovac, Opuzen, Primorski Dolac, Prozor, Otocac, Ricice, Seoca, Split, Studenci and Zagreb.

Dujmovic is considered from the Old Croatian Nobility and came with the King to Dalmatia in 1241. They were also Lords and Nobility in the Poljica Republic.

Sacramento, California was the starting point to the California gold country. George Dujmovich owned the pioneer Alabama Chop House restaurant and the Alabama Saloon in Sacramento during the 1860’s. He probably came from Mobile Bay, Alabama where many Croatians settled in the 1830’s. George Dujmovich up in the Amador goldmining region was arrested by the sheriff for selling whiskey to Indians at his saloon. George was from the Island of Brac. Los Angeles oldest restaurant, the Goodfellows Grotto, owned by Mateo C. Dujmovich, born on the Island of Brac, Dalmatia founded Good Fellows in 1905. Mateo owned a restaurant, oyster saloon and saloon in pioneer San Francisco during the 1880’s. The elder Dujmovich ran a gambling hall and variety show in Phoenix, Arizona.  Another Dujmovich had a boarding house in the Amador gold mining region in 1877 while Luka Dujmovich was out in the foothills seeking his fortune in the gold fields. Luka was a member of the Old Slavonian Society. Jerry Dujmovich, a patriotic Croatian Sokol, volunteered and went to the Balkan Wars to free his Croatian homeland in 1915. Jerry lived in Sacramento, California and was from the Island of Brac.

Courtesy of the Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, 2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, California, 94070. Phone: 650-592-1190; E-Mail croatians@aol.com; Web www.croatians.com. Adam S. Eterovich.