Below is a picture of my maternal great-grandfather, Sam Budesa & his wife Anna. He came from Olib, an Island in the Adriatic that is now part of Croatia & spoke 7 languages!.
According to the family story, he met his wife Anna Grandov in a drinking establishment (where she was a bar maid) in Trieste; which was part of the Austrian Empire at the time!
She also came from one of the Adriatic Islands in the same area (No one in the family is sure which one).
These are some of the only pictures that I have of them right now. I believe that this was taken when they were married in Europe.
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They had 11 children 7 of whom lived to adulthood usually into their 60's or 70's. She passed away from pneumonia shortly after the birth of a son named Joseph who only lived 18 months after his mother passed on (the records stated that he died from heart disease).
Any information that can be contributed by anyone about the family of Samuel (Simun) Budesa, who was born on the island of Olib, Austria (now Croatia) in 1881, or his wife, Anna Grandov Budesa, who was born in 1884 on one of the Croatian islands, would be greatly appreciated. E-Mail me at the address below.
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4/23/2001