Tim Juratowitch and Joe Marlow Feb 2013
During my research over the past few years, I became aware of Antun Guratovich (Duratovic) who died in Victoria in 1964 and his Uncle Mato who was a sailor and arrived in Adelaide in 1874. Mato married an Australian girl Mary Ann Foale but they
did not have any children. Mato died in 1924.
Antun arrived somewhere between 1910 and 1920 (more research needed) and later returned to Croatia to get married. He married Danica Rasevic in 1926 and returned with her to Australia. They had a son who
we could not find as his name had been changed. In January this year Greg Juratowitch had a call from Joe Marlow. Joe is Antun's son. My wife and I were in Melbourne in February and met Joe with his wife and one of his 4 children.
Ned Duratovic and
his family in Perth, just 2 years ago believed they had no relatives in Australia. First they found a large mob of distant relatives who Ned met in Singleton and now Ned has a 2nd cousin in Melbourne.
I also had contact with Marie Warner from New Zealand
late last year. Her Grandfather Matteo (Mato) Gibens changed his name on arrival in New Zealand. She thinks his name was Antunovic. She has some details of his marriage that suggest he could have been Nikola's nephew. I am not sure we will ever get to the
bottom of this one, but will provide any further information in future updates.
Cousin Tim