Ante Kumarić - Ante Kumarić

Hi Katarina,

I have seen a record of Andrea Kumaric born in Lovran 1705 and he married Margarita Mrak c1730, they had a child baptised 14 January 1733 - Antonia Cumaric<<

If you are referring to Andreas Kumarić this is not a record, but somebody's guess.

You are correct in that Andreas Kumarić and Margarita Mrak did have 3 children in Lovran. But here we're talking about Ante (Antonius) Kumarić and Katarina Sandalj. These are entirely different people.

I have transcribed Lovran BMD book and also have copies of Status Animarum. Between 1730 and 1781 (a few birth records exist before 1730 but they are not complete) 21 people with surname Kumarić were born in Lovran.

The following families lived there:

Andreas + Margarita Mrak Antonius + Matthea Peršić
Antonius + Katarina Sandalj
Mathias (or Mattheus) + Antonia Peršić
There is also one child each of Antonius + Margarita, Antonius + Antonia, Mattheus + Katarina, Mattheus + Helena and Mattheus + Matthea (some of which may be erroneous).

The only Antonius was born 10 Jan 1764 to Mattheus + Antonia Peršić. Consequently it follows that Ante Kumarić could not have been born in Lovran. There is no trace of him in any of the books. I'm going to disconnect him from his parents Antonius and Katarina Sandalj.

A marriage record of Ante with Kate Paurić would help, if you can find it. I had a quick look at Makarska between 1768 and 1773 and didn't see it there.

The death record https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99X-5WWL?i=235&wc... mentions a local origin, not Lovran.

The surname Kumarić is by no means limited to Lovran, it can be found in Split and Hvar and possibly elsewhere.

Surname Paurić does not appear to be present on the Croatian coast at all - https://actacroatica.com/hr/surname/Pauri%C4%87/

Oton