Croatian Heraldry

Adam S. Eterovich

JURJEVIC---JURJEVICH

Jurjevich also spelled Jurevich, Yuryevich and Juryevich in America is found in most parts of Croatia.

Jurjevich was granted arms in 1655 in Croatia. This Jurjevich was from the Lika-Krbava region of Croatia.

Private Giovanni Jurjevich was a Louisiana Militia volunteer in Captain Cognevich's Company, Confederate Army of 1861. He volunteered in New Orleans. Corporal Nikola Jurjevich was a volunteer in the Slavonian Rifles, Louisiana Militia in 1861.

Marko Jurjevich was a pioneer goldminer of 1849 in the Motherlode Region of Amador County, California. Lucy and Peter Jurjevich are buried in the Amador.

Roko Jurjevich was a pioneer member of the Croatian Sokols in San Francisco.

Almost all of the pioneer Croatians in America first came to Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. They then traveled up the river to the Midwest or went West into the goldfields of California.

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.