CROATIAN HERALDRY
By Adam S. Erterovich
MARKOVIC-MARKOVICH
Markovich
is one of the most common names in all of Croatia. It is found in all
districts. Markovich means "Markson”.
The
Markovich clan has four individual coats of arms. The first arms was granted by
King Rudolf in 1601. The arms were registered in Zagreb and are in the city
archives.
Pvt.
Antonio Markovich served as a private in Captain Cognevich's Company, Louisiana
Militia Volunteers, Confederate Army of 1861 and John Markovich enlisted on
Feb. 13, 1865 in the Union Army at Oroville, California, as a private in
Company A, 1st Regiment of Cavalry.
Nicholas
and John Markovich ran the New Orleans Saloon in San Francisco at the corner of
Commercial and Davis Streets in 1856. They were pioneer members of the Slavonic
Illyric Society. John had the William Tell saloon in Sacramento in 1861 and a
coffee saloon in pioneer Marysville, California in 1855. John also owned a
hotel at Placer, California in 1870. Perhaps another John Markovich owned the
Slavonic Chop House in San Francisco in 1867,
The
Markovich clan also took a fancy to the local girls during the great Gold Rush
as Antonio, a goldminer, married a Californian-Mexican in the 1860's and had
eight children. John married Rose Kane in Sacramento in 1863, she was Irish.
Another John married Catherine McCarthy in San Francisco.
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.