CROATIAN HERALDRY

 

By Adam S. Eterovich

 

 

FRANKOVICH--FRANKOVIC

 

 

Frankovich means the son of Frank. It is a very common Croatian name and is found in all parts of the Croatia. Variations of the name include Franich, Franicevich and many others.

 

Flacius Illyricus or Matia Vlacich-Frankovich was a thelogical professor in Germany (1500 AD)  during the Protestant Reformation and was considered next in line to Martin Luther in the Lutheran religion. A modern day American Frankovich is Mike Frankovich of Frankovich Studios in Hollywood. I believe he was born in Arizona of a mining family.

 

Antonio Frankovich arrived on the stagecoach at Virginia City, Nevada on December 3, 1869 on business from San Francisco. He was in the coffee saloon, fish and fishing business and tried his luck at gold mining in Amador County, California. He was an American citizen and a member of the Austrian Benevolent Society and the Slavonic Illyric Benevolent Society (Org. 1857) of San Francisco. John Frankovich was an oysterman and restauranteur in San Francisco in the 1880’s while Steve Francovich was mining gold and silver during the 1870’s in the foothills of California and Nevada.

 

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.