CROATIAN HERALDRY
By Adam S. Eterovich
KRAMARIC--KRAMARICH
KRAMAR
Kramar
means shopkeeper, retailer, grocer or haberdasher. Name variations include
Kramarich, Kramarec, Kramarcic and Kramarsic.
The
Kramaric clan is very large in Croatia with the most families located at Budin,
Bratina, Jurjevac, Osijek, Osojnin, Polonjc, Staro Petrovo Selo, Staro Selo,
Stipernica, Sinkovica, Bednjanska, Velika Horvatska, Velika Jamnicka and
Zagreb.
Arms
were granted to Michael Kramaric on February 17, 1707 by King Joseph I of
Austria.
The
horizontal lines are blue; dots, gold; lines left, green; white is silver. The
shield includes wheat and grapes.
The
Arms are on file at Library Reg. XXVII, 258 in Zagreb.
Bob
Kramarich late of Pennsylvania and in keeping with the meaning of the name as
retailer-shopkeeper, made his fortune in booming San Francisco and was
considered a tycoon amongst the local Croatian colony.
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.