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.