Ilovik is a small island just to the south of the island of Losinj off the coast of Croatia. Ilovik is refered to by the Italians as San Pietro de’ Nembi. This is the name most often seen in U. S. immigration records. Ilovik is considered a part of the town of Veli Losinj which lies at the southern tip of the island of Losinj.
I intend to present a list of the Ragusin family members who lived in Ilovik as part of the process to identify some of my DNA matches and ultimately, I hope, prove all Ragusins are related. This is called phase 1 because I am only providing what was written in the original records. In 1902 the Catholic priests in Ilovik began a church census. All church members were listed by family with their birthdates. The census was maintained from year to year. In the case of Ilovik from 1902 to 1918. As children were born, people died or couples married notations were added to the census. I do not completely understand the household notation.
It is easy to find all the people named Ragusin and then type up a list and present it. But…. First, maiden names were not provided for any of spouses or widows. Second, widows who had married a Ragusin male were probably not Ragusins, although their children were. Third, some Ragusin women had married men who did not have the Ragusin surname and were listed only by the given name in the census. Fourth, the father for each married Ragusin male was also given and whether the father was alive in 1902, this man’s mother was not given.
Fortunately, I have birth and marriage records for Veli Losinj (and therefore Ilovik) to provide some of the needed information. Unfortunately, the records end in 1857. Thus I do not have any additional information about any person less than 45 years of age when the census began in 1902. This is a majority of the people in the census. Still I will do what I can.
Phase 1: I present the information found in the census.
Phase 2: I will augment the phase 1 information with surnames of male Ragusin spouses, find Ragusin females who were spouses of non-Ragusin males, and find the complete parentage of each Ragusin–mother and father.
After having inserted my typed list I see it is not formatted as I had planned. The small amount of formatting (tabs in a word processor) did not transfer. Still I think the data can be understood. However, I may have to change things around for future phases.
Example: 13/14 (1) Giovanni Ragusin fu Marco 10 Apr 1853 means in household 13/14 (1) lived Giovanni Ragusin son of the deceased Marco Ragusin and Giovanni was born on 10 Apr 1853.
Example: 16/17 (1) Pietro Ragusin di Marco 10 Jan 1859 means in household 16/17 (1) lived Pietro Ragusin son of the living Marco and Pietro was born on 10 Jan 1859.
Example: 28/29 (1) Orsola Ragusin vda Giacomo 19 Mar 1832 means Orsola (maiden name unknown) is the widow of Giacomo Ragusin and Orsola was born on 19 Mar 1832. Men whose wives had died are never identified as widowers.
Aurora Ragusin in household 19/20 (1) is marked with an asterix because I have a proven DNA match to her descendants.
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I have been able to turn my text of the Ragusin family in Ilovik into a PDF. I have replaced my previous file in which I had lost the formatting and then uploaded a PDF of the same information with formatting. This PDF is also easily downloaded. I have made no other changes.
ragusinfamily.com 