First Croatian Building
in America
Amador County, California
By Adam S. Eterovich
Out
of all the mining areas, the Amador Region eventually had the largest
concentration of pioneers. There is no present-day evidence of any major
colonies being left in any other of the mining counties. In 1874, the Slavonic
Illyric Mutual & Benevolent Society of San Francisco built the first
Croatian building to be found in America at Sutter Creek. This was actually a
branch of the Slavonic Society of San Francisco that was organized in 1857 by
Croatian-Dalmatian pioneers. Members of the Slavonic Illyric Mutual Benevolent
Society were:
ANTUNOVICH, JOHN 1904
Amador County Brac
ARNERICH,
ANTONE 1904 Amador County Brac
ARNERICH,
FRANK 1902 Amador County Brac
ARNERICH,
GEORGE 1876 Amador County Brac
BAKULICH,
VIRGIL 1883 Amador County Brac
BATINICH,
NIKOLA 1908 Amador County Dalmatia
BEBAN,
ROKO 1857 Mariposa County Zlarin
BECIR,
PETE 1880 Amador County Konavle
BIELADENOVICH,
NIKOLA 1857 Calaveras County Dalmatia
BRATOVICH,
BART 1881 Amador County Dalmatia
BUDMAN,
JOHN 1870 Amador County Dalmatia
BUDROVICH,
NIKOLA 1857 Tuolumne County Hvar
BUJA,
NIKOLA 1857 Nevada County Hvar
BUJA,
TADIA 1857 Nevada County Hvar
CHARGIN,
JOSEPH 1870 Amador County Brac
DAMIANOVICH,
G 1872 Amador County Dalmatia
DEVCICH,
JOHN 1857 Calaveras County Brac
DEVCICH,
PETER 1857 Calaveras County Brac
DUJMOVICH,
LUKA 1880 Amador County Brac
FRANKOVICH,
ANTONIO 1877 Amador County Dalmatia
GASIVODA,
STEPHEN 1857 Marysville Dalmatia
GOSPODNETICH,
JAMES 1882 Amador County Brac
GOSPODNETICH,
SAM 1900 Amador County Brac
HERZO,
JOHN 1879 Amador County Dubrovnik
HERZO,
JOHN B. 1873 Amador County Dubrovnik
IVANICH,
BLAS 1857 El Dorado County Dalmatia
IVANKOVICH,
JOHN 1857 Calaveras County Lopud
JERCICH,
GEORGE 1883 Amador County Brac
JURKOVICH,
JOSEPH 1880 Amador County Voloska
JURKOVICH,
STEPHEN 1876 Amador County Dalmatia
KOSICH,
JAKOB 1860 Amador County Dalmatia
KOSICH,
NIKOLA 1884 Amador County Dalmatia
KRISTOVICH,
STEPHEN 1879 Amador County Dalmatia
KRSTULOVICH,
JOHN 1870 Amador County Brac
KUSANOVICH,
ANTON 1904 Amador County Brac
KUSANOVICH,
JOHN 1871 Amador County Brac
LELE,
JOHN 1857 Tuolomne County Dubrovnik
LJUBETICH,
MICHAEL 1857 Butte County Brac
LJUBETICH,
NIKOLA 1880 Amador County Brac
LUCICH,
GEORGE 1902 Amador Brac
MAINA,
LOUIS 1854 Amador County Budva
MAINA,
MARCO 1871 Amador County Budva
MARCHINI,
MARIAN 1857 El Dorado County Dubrovnik
MARINKOVICH,
NIKOLA 1904 Amador County Brac
MARINOVICH,
MARTIN 1867 Amador County Dubrovnik
MARINOVICH,
NIKOLA 1904 Amador County Brac
MARKET,
NICHOLAS 1884 Amador County Mljet
MARKOVICH,
ANTONIO 1857 Tuolomne County Hvar
MARKOVICH,
JOHN 1857 Mariposa County Dalmatia
MATULICH,
ANTON 1857 Amador County Brac
MATULICH,
ANTONIO 1857 Amador County Brac
MATULICH,
GEORGE 1876 Amador County Brac
MATULICH,
JOHN 1876 Amador County Brac
MATULICH,
NIKOLA 1882 Amador County Brac
MATULICH,
SIMUN 1880 Amador County Brac
MILATOVICH,
ANDREW 1857 Marysville Dubrovnik
MILATOVICH,
VINCENT 1857 Marysville Dubrovnik
MITROVICH,
CHRIS 1865 Amador County Dalmatia
MLADINICH,
I. 1885 Amador County Brac
MOSICH,
PETER 1904 San Francisco Brac
NIZETICH,
LORENZO 1867 Amador County Brac
OSTOJA,
JOHN 1902 Amador County Brac
PENDO,
JOHN 1866 Amador County Konavle
PETRINOVICH,
GEORGE 1918 Amador County Brac
PIEROVICH,
JOHN 1880 Amador County Dubrovnik
RADICH,
N.G. 1878 Amador County Dalmatia
RADOVICH,
JOHN S. 1882 Amador County Dalmatia
RADOVICH,
NIKOLA 1857 Amador County Dalmatia
RAICH,
ANDREW 1858 Amador County Dalmatia
ROSOVICH,
JOHN 1893 Tuolomne County Istria
SALAMUNOVICH,
ANDREW 1879 Amador County Brac
SLAVICH,
GEORGE 1887 Amador County Vis
SUTICH,
MITCHEL 1857 Calaveras County Dalmatia
TOMICICH,
JOHN 1857 Tuolomne County Hvar
UCOVICH,
CHRIS 1857 Amador County Zastolje
UCOVICH,
JOHN 1857 Amador County Zastolje
VISKOVICH,
JOHN 1857 Sierra County Dalmatia
VITAICH,
JOHN 1860 Solano County Brac
VLADISLAVICH,
ANDREW 1876 Amador County Brac
VLADISLAVICH,
GEORGE 1879 Amador County Brac
VLAUTIN,
PAUL 1857 Amador County Gabrili
ZARO,
JOHN 1882 Amador County Brac
ZARO,
PETER 1885 Amador County Brac