HERALDRY

Adam S. Eterovich

OSTOJIC---OSTOICH---OSTOJA

The largest number of Ostojic’s are at Bodegraji and Ribnjak. Ostoja's are on Blato, Korcula and Brac. The Ostojic clan is very large, with many at Babja, Bijelo Brdo, Imotski, Jelsa-Hvar. Ladevac, Macute-Podravska Slatina, Ostojici-Dvor, Povlja-Brac, Tkon- Zadar, Uble-Split, and Zapadna Plina Metkovic in Croatia.

Color of Arms are red for the verticle lines, gold for the dots and silver for the white. Stefan, King of Bosnia, granted to Peter Ostoich the title of Count for valor in battle against the Turks on April 5, 1458. This clan is also known as Simrakovich and Krizich. They are found in Bosnia, Dalmatia in the Service of Venice, and in Croatia Proper.

John Ostoich operated a restaurant at 6 Leidesdorf St.,near the famed Tadich Restaurant of 1849 in the 1870's in San Francisco. A great number of Ostoja's came from Dol, Island of Brac to Califomia at the tum of the century and most were members of the Slavonic Illyric Society of San Francisco (org. 1857 as the oldest Croatian Society in America.

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.