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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Rukavina Family History |
| Date | n.d. |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | IHRC2317, Box 1 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | Rukavina, Joseph Thomas Papers |
| Description | History of the Rukavina Family who emigrated from Croatia, including photographs, illustrations and certificates. Includes a family history, a family tree, copies of military records, Second World War correspondence and other miscellaneous family records. |
| Biographical Note / History | The Rukavina family history and genealogy documents the family of Thomas Rukavina (1877-1952), who emigrated to Chicago, Ill., in 1900, where he joined his brother and other Croatians from the Lika area. Thomas did a variety of work, travelling to wherever he could find employment, but settled in Chicago where he became a successful saloon keeper. After his marriage to Lucy Basic (1885-1929) in 1913, the couple moved to the Iron Range of Minnesota, where Thomas worked as a miner. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Motives for Emigration |
| Country (from) | Croatia |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Perusic, Lika, Croatia; Chicago, Illinois, Kansas, United States |
| Ports | Bremen, Germany; Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Nationality | Croatian; European |
| Ships | Kiln |
| Keywords | immigration, family, military, army, economics, conscription, railway, education, family records, death certificate, marriage certificate, birth certificate, baptism, newspaper, navy, Second World War |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Immigration History Research Center Archives catalogue. |
| Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of Steven Rukavina. |
