Croatian Heraldry

Adam S. Eterovich

 

VUJEVIC---VUJEVICH

 

Vujevich is found from the coastal area of Dalmatia to Slavonia in Croatia. This clan is found in great numbers at Dobranje, Drum, Galovac, Komin, and Stikovo on the coast of Dalmatia with smaller numbers at other places.

Arms were granted to Gregor Vujevich in 1690 by King Leopold 1. Gregor was part of the Backa Committee in the Vojvodina. Arms are in the Vojvodina and Budapest Archives.

Many of the Arms were granted for valor in battle, usually against the Turks as Croatia was on the Military Frontier. The Vujevich Arms display a Turk’s head on a sword.

The American Vujevich’s were Anthony and John at New Orleans, Louisiana in 1918. They probably were oystermen; Joseph Vujevich was a member of the Croatian Sokols in 1912 in San Francisco, California while Chris Vujevich was a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union in the goldmining region of Amador County, 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.