and the church of St. Marko in Croatia’s capital Zagreb in the middle, with its famous roof with Croatian Coat of Arms.
Croatian Heritage, the web site developed by Adam.
| Adam Eterović My first contact with Mr. Adam Eterovich falls in arround 1996, just about a year after I started with my web-site www.croatianhistory.net in April 1995. I never met him in person, but after dozens of his relatively frequent telephone calls from the USA, we became very close to each other, although living on different sides of the Globe. He was full of interesting information, and also very often called asking for help, close to his research interests. He is probably best known for his monographs dealing with old Croatian Heraldry. Mr. Eterovich published his extensive, lavishly illustrated monograph, when in Croatia (until 1991 within communist Yugoslavia), it was practically unthinkable to do a serious research on these matters. This is why some of rare those in Croatia who possess his book about Croatian Nobility, keep them as special trasure. I was pleased with several booklets that he sent me over the past 15 years, with enclosed old maps indicating the names so obviously related with Croatian mariners. One among them is the name of an island from the 16th century, near today’s Panama, that was called OTOQUE. In Croatian OTOK means an island, so the conclusion is pretty obvious. The name was given by Croatian mariners. Some of Mr. Eterović’s conjectures and conclusions were indeed brave, and I occasionaly had a feeling that he is exaggerating. An example that I will never forget was a book that he mentioned to describe the life of Joseph Haydn, published in 1897 in England, entitled A Croatian Composer
Notes Towards The Study of Joseph Haydn He mentioned the name of an auhtor that I never heared of – William Hadow. He told me that he has a copy of the American edition of this book, published in 1972. I told him in disbelief, that he must have misunderstood something, because I thought it would be impossible for me not to be informed about such a book. He answered, a little bit offended, “But I have the copy of that book at home!”, and continued in Croatian “Ali ja imam taj knjiga doma. Mogu Vam, ako želite poslati taj knjiga by post!” I liked his Croatian explanations enormously, especially his mixture of Croatian and American English. Of course, I told him that I would be extremely happy if he could send me his copy of the book. |
| Adam Eterovich (1931-2013) peacefully passed at his home in San Carlos, CA, at the age of 82. He was born in San Francisco, and his both parents Ana and Ivan Eterovich were immigrants from Croatia. Adam graduated from San Francisco State University, obtaining degrees in History and Business. He served four years in the US Army during the Korean War, becoming Sergeant First Class. He was a historian and author of several books, articles and studies on Croatian-Americans which had tremendous historical value. He was also a long-time member of SMBS – Croatian Cultural Center and Croatian Fraternal Union. He is survived by his beloved wife Danica of 54 years, his daughter Karen and son-in-law Anthony Palladino Sr. Adam was a devoted grandfather to his grandchildren Stephanie Palladino (Jess), Anthony Palladino Jr., Christina Palladino (Adam), and great-grandchildren Wyatt and Stella. He is also survived by his sisters Winnie Biocini (George), Katie Eterovich, Francis Bulanti (Charlie), his brother John Eterovich, his brother-in-law Tom Kralj (Marica) and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to visit and attend a Memorial Service on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 1:00PM at the Chapels of Valente Marini Perata and Company, 4840 Mission Street, SF. Source www.legacy.com |
| Adam Eterovich’s authobiography I was born in San Francisco. My parents came from the island of Brac on the Dalmatian coast, my father in 1910 and my mother in 1920. My father was the oldest son, of thirteen. Four died before they were one year old because of no doctors. Nothing. There was one doctor on an island for 14,000 people. As a young man, my grandfather was thrown in jail in the old country because they said he was a socialist. This was under the Austro Hungarian crown. My father was sent to Australia at age sixteen to follow the Australian Gold Rush in the 1890s. O.K., so he arrived in Australia. Then he travelled 3000 miles across the country to work in the gold mines in west Australia. When he got there the English wouldn’t hire him. Discrimination. Papa couldn’t read or write. So he had to cut wood in the bush. Alone. Every month he’d take the wood to town. My grandfather joined him later and they worked together for a few years, and then my grandfather said, ‘let’s go home.” But my father met an old Dalmatian who told him, “Don’t go home, go to California.” This was 1910. And that’s how he ended up here. Now how could a man who couldn’t read or write, come here and open restaurants and coffee houses? I’ll tell you how. He knew how to add. Anybody who lives on rock, like the islands on the Dalmatian Coast, and can squeeze out a living for 2000 years, when they came here to California, this was like gold.  Mr. Adam Eterovich
My father was a bootlegger from 1919 to 1931. Made his own booze. We had a ten foot basement down below. He supplied everything to the Croatian owned saloons and restaurants. I’m convinced that our people actually originated California cuisine as it’s known in San Francisco. You know, the open fire grill and so on. Good examples of this cuisine are the Croatian owned restaurants Tadich’s, opened in 1849, and Mayes Oyster House operating from the 1860s. |
| Vladimir Novak o Adamu Eterovichu Često sam s Adamom razgovarao telefonom, jer ja sam živio u Los Angelesu, a on južno od San Franciska. Osobno sam ga upoznao kada sam ga posjetio u njegovom domu, gdje me je i s večerom počastila njegova divna supruga, s kojo se je on vjenčao u Zagrebu u crkvi Sv. Marka. Tom prigodom Adam mi je darovao nekoliko zanimljivih povijesnih fotografija o Hrvatima u Americi, među kojima i jednu značajnu od društva „Zvonimir“ iz 1893. godine, ali koja je potpuno izblijedila, no koju sam ja kasnije uspio restaurirati. Također mi je darovao i dvije prekrasne značke iz 1912. godine kojih je sada slika u mojoj fotomonografiji Croatians in America na 224. stranici. Surađivali smo zajedno tako, da sam ja njemu davao moje fotografije za njegove knjige, (Adam mi je za to odao zahvalnost u njegovoj posljednjoj knjizi oo hrvatskim ribarima i brodograditeljima u Americi) 2000. godine, a on meni dragocjene tekstove za moju buduću fotomonogradiju koja je tek sada spremna za nakladu. U toj knjizi je i njegova slika, no što on zbog prerane smrti nažalost neće vidjeti. Vladimir Novak |
| MARCO POLO – Croatian Adventurer CROATIAN HERALDRY, By Adam S. Eterovich POLO—-PILIC—-DEPOLO The Marco Polo Coat of Arms includes four chickens. In Italian, Polo means chicken or fowl; in Croatian Pilich means chicks or chickens. Accident or coincidence? The Arms are registered in Dalmatia. Henry S. Hart in his book, Venetian Adventurer: Marco Polo, states, “These merchants were Maffeo and Nicolo Polo, sons of one Marco Polo, a descendant of an old Dalmatian Family which had come from Sibenik, Dalmatia, and settled in Venice in the 11th Century.” Hart goes on to say, “The crews of the Venetian ships were freemen, so many of them Slavonians (Croatians) from the Dalmatian Coast that the long dock by St. Mark’s Square was and is known as the Riva degli Schiavoni (Slavonian-Croatian).” Marko Polo was the greatest explorer of all time. More significant than Columbus, he opened to Europe all of Asia, including China, which in turn prompted the discovery of America. Marco Polo had a home on the Island of Korcula in Dalmatia, then a shipbuilding and merchant center of Dalmatia. The merchant and the noble class in Dalmatia did use two names, one Latin-Italian as citizens of Venice and their own Croatian name in their own circles. Bogdanich became Bogdaneo, Mladinich-Mladineo, Arnerich-Arneri and Glavinich-Capogrosso. Some simply used the Latin-Italian meaning of their name, such as Cvietkovich-Florio, Lupis-Vukasinovich or Polo-Pilich. Genealogy The most prominent researcher and historian of Marco Polo, Sir Henry Yule, In his book Ser Marco Polo 1903, John Murray, London drew a genealogical chart of the Polo Families on pages 5O6-507. Marco’s daughter, Moreta, married Dolfln; daughter, Fantina, married Bragadin. Vinko lvancevic in his article “Stone Carved Coats of Arms on Korcula” in Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, No. 381-1978 has the Illustrated Coats of Arms of Dolfin and Bragadin. On the same, the wife of Marino Gradenigo chooses as her executors, “My mother Dona and my uncle (Barba) Ser Marco Polo.” Gradenigo Coats of Arms are also carved in stone on Korcula. She also used the term Barba for uncle, this is Dalmatian dialect for uncle. Zio means uncle In Italian. Bragadin is cited on page 125 In History of Medieval Croatia by Guidescu as a Croatian. Marco’s genealogy also listed a brother married to a Sagredo-this Sagredo is registered in the Dalmatian nobility and states In German: “Welches aus Sebenico stammt” or originated in Sibenik. It is significant in his genealogy the association with Korcula and Dalmatia. The Croatian Census of Population for 1948 lists DEPOLO (De-of Polo) on the Island of Korcula with 40 individuals in 15 families and the city of Drnis, Dalmatia approximately 20 kilometers from Sibenik (the origins of Polo) has over 25 families with more than 130 individuals named PILICH. Polo is found in only two families far to the north. Courtesy of the Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society. Courtesy of the Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society , 2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070. Arms can be purchased in color, 81/2 x 11, Glossy Print for $25.00 including shipping. Six weeks delivery. Sjor Adam S. Eterovich Amerikonac Croatian Heritage Source www.korcula.net |
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WE ALL CARRY AND LISTEN TO CROATIANS By Adam S. Eterovich
ROYAL CRAVATES-10TH CUIRASSIERS CRAVAT-HRVAT-NECKTIE The Royal Cravates were the Palace Guards to King Louis XIII of France. Croatian hussars wore a colorful bandana around their neck. Hrvat means Croatian-Cravat and the NECKTIE WAS BORN. Some of these Guards emigrated to America and Canada. Regimental History: In 1643 created from the remainders of the Croatian regiments in French service which had been disbanded at the time of Louis XIII’s death and named the Royal-Cravates. War record 1805: With the Grande Armee at Austerlitz; 1806-7: With the Grande Armee at Jena, EyIau and Hoff; 1809: With the Armee d’Allemagne at Eckmuehl and Wagram; 1812: Fought at La Moskowa; 1813-4: With the Grande Armee at Leipzig and Hamburg; 1815: Fought at Waterloo.
PENKALA INVENTED THE PEN The invention is the “mechanical pencil” whose variant can be found in the pockets of our contemporaries. Both the technical pencil and the fountain pen were invented by the engineer Eduard Slavojub Penkala (b. Sv. Mikulas 1871-d. Zagreb 1919). A typical homo faber of the industrial age, he settled in Zagreb at the beginning of the century. He set up a chemical laboratory and workshops, where he invented and patented about 80 chemistry, mechanical and aviation devices. He was an extremely talented and innovative person, the first to record in 1909, the opera and operetta airs on a gramophone record, He was an amateur pilot and constructed his own aeroplane in 1910. In 1906 he patented a mechanical pencil in Budapest and started its largescale production in various shapes and sizes in Zagreb, shortly after. Penkala soon became a synonym and brand name for the mechanical pencil, the real forerunner of the modern types of technical pencils and pens. There are Penkala’s in Opatija, Rijeka and Zagreb. POST
VUCETIC INVENTED FINGERPRINTING Josip (Juan) Vucetic (1858-1925), a criminologist and antropologist born on the island of Hvar, lived in Argentina. He was one of the pioneers of the scientific dactyloscopy (identification by fingerprints) and occupied the position of the director of the Center for Dactiloscopy in Buenos Aires. His method of identification was in use throughout South America. The police school in La Plata bears his name: “Escuela de policia Juan Vucetic”, as well as the Argentinian Police museum. Juan Vucetic invented fingerprinting. About 250,000 Croatians live in Argentina today.
TESLA INVENTED THE RADIO Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), born in Croatia. He is the father of alternating electrical current technology and the three phase system. He is equally known by his contribution to the high frequency technology and wireless communications. The impact of Tesla’s numerous inventions (more than 700 patents) on the development of modern civilization is immeasurable. The unit for magnetic induction Tesla, was named after him. He refused to receive the Nobel prize which he had to share with T.A. Edison. In 1942 the American Supreme Court decided that Tesla invented the Radio, not Marconi. Source Croatian Heritage |
| Adam Eterovich – selected refreences Gold Rush Pioneers from Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, and the Boka Kotor, by Adam S. Eterovich Croatian and Dalmatian Coats of Arms, by Adam S. Eterovich A Guide And Bibliography To Research On Yugoslavs In The United States And Canada, by Adam S. Eterovich Croatia in the New World: The Verrazano Voyages to America & Canada, 1523-1524, by Adam S. Eterovich A Guide And Index To Croatian Coats Of Arms, by Adam S. Eterovich Croatian Directory of Institutions in America & Canada, by Adam S. Eterovich Croatia and Croatians and the Lost Colony, 1585-1590, by Adam S. Eterovich Croatian Contributions to San Francisco: Dalmatia, Istria Bay of Kotor, Hercegovina: From 1849-1949 to Restaurants, Coffee Salons, Oyster Saloons, Sal, by Adam S. Eterovich Croatia in the New World: Columbus, the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) and Saint Vlaho (Saint Blaise) Patron Saint of Dubrovnik, by Adam S. Eterovich A Guide & Bibliography to Research on Yugoslavsa in the United States & Canada, by Adam S. Eterovich General Index to Croatian Fishermen, Oystermen and Mariners, Shipbuilders, Fish Restaurants in America, by Adam S. Eterovich The Divorce Profile, Differential Social Correlates In 1952 And In 1972, by Kenrick S. Thompson, Adam S. Eterovich Adam Eterovich: Doprinos Hrvata San Franciscu. San Carlos, 2000., 73. Adam Eterovich: Hrvati u Kaliforniji 1849. – 1999. San Carlos 2000., 80, 92, 140, 286, 348, 384, 523. Croatia: Land, People, and Culture, edited by Francis H. Eterovich and Christopher Spalatin. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1964.
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