Re: Kauzlarich's in Fuzine,Croatia and Illinois
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Re: Kauzlarich's in Fuzine,Croatia and Illinois
brian beauban 9/06/02
Brian, my dad, Anton, worked in the mines in Rathbun. I know that he had cousins by the name of Buban. There was a Julia Buban who lived on the south side of Chicago. We would visit them on Sundays. This is was a long time ago - I am 73 years old. I am a retired Roman Catholic Priest. My older sister, Eleanor was born in Centerville, IA, in 1926. My folks then moved to Chicago around 1928 and lived there until they died.
My father immigrated to this country in 1906 when he was 17. He worked the mines in Iowa and also the copper mines in Jerome AZ - I think about 1910. I visited Fuzina years ago - my uncle, dad's brother, was a priest who ended his years as pastor there.
I only have a very sketchy knowledge of my parents' families, although I did visit Croatia in 1962(?) when my mother's sister and brother were still living. I would hear from my aunt's family there periodically, Christmas, Easter, but have not heard from them in many years. Don't know any more about them. My mother was related to the Buyans in Rathbun. She had one cousin, Joe Buyan, who lived here. We would see him and his family regularly. He had two sons Phillip and George who are living in the area, but I have not seen them since their father's death.
I am sure that we are related somehow, but again am very unclear about the relationships. My mother would always talk about many relatives - somehow assuming that we could sort them out but we were very young.She died at 92 in 1992. I knew her aunt, Mary Pecharich, - were farmers in Illinois - and her uncle, Tony Buyan, who lived in Las Vegas and would see them periodically, but both have been dead many years. I wwent to Las Vegas to bury uncle Tony. He never married. You, I am sure, can fill in more details than I. God Bless
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