Butorac: Steave, Maria, Stefania, Katarina - Croatia>IL, US, 1800s+
Mr. BUTORAC married Patricia RADOSOVICH (Croatia) and they had at least one son, Steave BUTORAC.
Steave BUTORAC married Treasia SPORER (both from Croatia).They had three daughters: Katarina BUTORAC (1882, Croatia - 1963, IL), Stefania "Stephie" BUTORAC (1894, Croatia - 1936, IL, US), and Maria "Mary" BUTORAC (1896, Sunger, Croatia - 1988, IL, US).
Maria "Mary" BUTORAC came to the US from Croatia on the S.S. LaProvence when she was 11 years old in June, 1908. She accompanied her older sister, Stefania "Stephie" BUTORAC, who was just 14 years old. On the ship's manifest, they list their grandmother, Petra SPORER, in Sunger, Croatia as their nearest relative in the country whence they came. They were going to join their brother-in-law, Ivan VIDAS, in Farmington, Illinos.
Katarina (BUTORAC) VIDAS came to the US from Croatia on the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse when she was 23 years old in December 1904.Katarina was accompanied by her son, Emerich VIDAS (1903-1976). They were from Mrkpolj, Croatia which I am told is near Sunger, Croatia. Their destination was Illinios to join her husband and Emerich's father, Ivan "John" VIDAS/VEDAS.
Katarina BUTORAC (1882, Croatia - 1963, IL) married Ivan "John" (VIDAS) VEDAS (1878, Croatia - 1916, Illinois) in 1902 while still in Croatia.They had three children: Emerich "Emery" VEDAS (1903, Croatia - 1976, Michigan), Therese VEDAS (1912, Illinois - 1991, Michigan), and Carl VEDAS (1914, IL - 1947, VA).After her first husband's death, Katarina BUTORAC (1882, Croatia - 1963, IL) married Kazimir MATKOVICH (b. abt. 1887, Croatia - IL).They had one son: Ladislav "Laddie" MATKOVICH (1919, IL - 2000).
Stefania "Stephie" BUTORAC (1894, Croatia - 1936, IL, US) married Jack VEDAS (1885, Croatia - 1968, IL, US) and they had three children: Joe VEDAS (1911, IL - 1994), Ralph VEDAS (1912, IL - 1964) and Eva VEDAS (1914, IL - 1986).
Maria "Mary" BUTORAC (1896, Sunger, Croatia - 1988, IL, US) married Frank HENDRICK (1893, Croatia/Hungary - 1929, IL, US) and they had five children: Frank HENDRICK, Fannie HENDRICK, Eva HENDRICK, Wencil HENDRICK, and Ralph HENDRICK (1929, IL - 1994). After Frank's death, Mary married Virgil Vernell SNODDY (1907 - 1977, IL, US) and they had four children.
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