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There were two sides to every wedding
- the bride's and the groom's - and the tables were laid out
accordingly. In this photograph taken at the dinner reception
at the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn, now a
landmarked building - the bride's family and friends were seated on
the left side of the dance floor in this picture (and photographed
separately - copy not provided), and the bridegroom's section was on
the right and is the focus of this picture, and virtually all the
adults and some of the children were native speakers of
Istro-Romanian.
The guests are named at each table
starting at 12 o'clock and going in a clockwise direction. Please note that
some of the names have been completely changed or altered in
spelling by not only the individuals but more so by each of the
ruling nations that acquired Istria during the 20th and 21st centries.
For example,
the "Yurman" family" (my mother's clan). All those who were born
before the end of World War I and up to the 1930s (circa)
were baptized as "Iurman" which the Fascist regime Italianized
in the mid to late 1930s as
Giormani. Those who emigrated to the U.S.A. before World War II
either spelled their names as the Immigration department deciphered them
(I, Y, or J), whereas those who came after World War II in great part
themselves Americanized therir surnames to Yurman. Those who remained in
Istria (including the later arrivals to the U.S.A.) Croatized their
surnames to Jurman. The pronuniciation of I - Y - J remains the
same their respective countries. For the sake of simplicity (and for the
descendants who don't know their family's history), they are mainly listed here as
Yurman, with a few clarifications.
Sadly, growing up I knew almost everyone in
this photograph by face, if not by name.For those that I did know and where the families moved
away or otherwise became distanced from our
Istro-Romanian community in New York City - including a
collection of relatives - their names were slowly washed away by
the sands of time - but not from my memory, also my mother's. Your help in filling in the missing names would be appreciated.
Marisa Ciceran
Bridegroom's Tables
- Avelina (maiden name?, later
married Vito Teric), Gildo Pezulich, Igea Yurman (b. Giormani), Narciso
Salamon (who later married Igea), Claudia Yurman, the maid of honor
(b. Giormani, m.
Bercarich), Dina Salamon, the bride, and Gino Yurman, the groom (b.
Giormani),
unknown male, Lina Salamon (m. Pezulich), Rino Hilj (or someone
else?), unknown name, unknown Yurman (Pepo?).
- Salvatore Yurman, Slava
Kovacevic (b. Iurman), Silva's husband, Silva (b. Bellulovich), Silva's
daughter, unknown (male), unknown (male), unknown (female), Mario
(Mirco) Yurman, Iolanda Yurman (Mirco's wife, b. Yurman)
- Margherita Yurman (m. Babich),
Luisa (Slava, her mother) Yurman (b. Iurman), Maria (?,
non-Istrian, m. Yurman), Gino Yurman (Maria's husband, son of
Luisa), Lorenzo (Renzo) Yurman (Slava's son), Alberto Yurman
(my uncle, b. Iurman), Joseph
Yurman, unknown male, empty chair.
- Maria Nacinovich (b. ?), (?)
Ielusich (Triestina), her son,
unknown woman (Balacich - Ghergetta?), unknown woman (her
daughter), unknown man, unknown woman,
Dalmatian's other son, Joseph Nacinovich (Maria's husband),
- Antonia (Tonka) Liubich (b.
Iurman), empty seat, unknown
woman, Erminia Pertot (b, Liubich), Sergio Pertot (Erminia's husband), Aldo
Bellulovich, Nella Bellulovich (b. Liubich),empty seat,
unknown male, unknown female, (?) Liubich (husband of Antonia
sitting next to him).
- Enrico Ciceran, unknown male,
unknown male, Livio Bellulovich, Franca Bellulovich (b. ?),
Nevio Coren (son), empty chair (for Liberato Coren?),
Maria Luisa (Marisa) Ciceran,
Bruna Ciceran (m. Anderson), Giovanna (Nina) Ciceran (b. Iurman)
- Bessie (b. ?, Italian) and Antonio
Meklaus, unknown female, unknown male, unknown female (Stoisich
mom), unknown girl (Stoisich sister), (?) Stoisich, unknown female, unknown
male, unknown female (nickname Bagna?).
- Nancy Carlovich (m. Contus),
Joseph Contus (Nancy's husband), Joseph Yurman, Berta Yurman (b. Brancella,
m. Carlovich, Nancy's mother by first husband), unknown female, Gemma (aka Iolanda)
Pezzulich (b. ?, Italian non-Istrian), Sergio Pezzulich (Iolanda's
husband), Graziella (Grace) Bortul (m. ?), Graziella's mom Bortul
(b., fiumana)
- Frank (aka Alberto) Meklaus,
unknown male, unknown, boy (Mikulus?), mom (Mikulus?), girl
(Mikulus?, father Mikulus - Pavlas), unknown male, wife of Alberto
Meklaus (divorced later).
- Cosimo Possidel (at 1 o'clock),
(Celia Possidel, b. raiuha - or on the other side of Diane?)
(his wife - on his right), unknown male, unknown female, Angelia Posidel
(b. ?), Fabio Posidel (her husband), (Celia Possidel, b. Braiuha -
or on the other side of Diane), Diane Possidel (Cosimo's daughter,
next to father)
- empty
chair, Mario Sgagliardic, Romano Sgagliardic, Mario Bercari, Silvia Zgagliardich
(Celestina's sister), Joseph Bellulovich (at 6 o'clock), Maria Foldich (his wife - to his left), Italo Belulovich (to Maria's left),
Celestina Sgagliardic (Italo's wife).
- Elizabeth Babich (later m.
Kenul), Iolanda Tercovich (later m. Lorenzo Yurman), unknown
female, Zarco Tercovich (Iolanda's uncle), empty chair, unknown
male, unknown male, unknown male
- Luisa (/Lisa) Yurman (daughter of
Maria Giormani lu Matela, later married Bruno Babich), Francesco
Carlovich
- Left to right: unknown male,
empty chair, Guerino (/Nino) Babich (now known as John Babich), Renato Babich, Renato's
wife (non-Istrian)
- Unknown female, Maria Balacich (wearing glasses),
unknown female, Maria (Mimi) Balacich (m, Pezzulich), Nino
Malinari[c]
- (all familiar faces)
Bride's Tables
- (given name?) Fable (husband of
Giulia Salamon?) holding their chid (?), Giulia Fable (b.
Salamon), mother of the bride, father of the bride, Guerino
Miconi (formerly Miculus, now Mikulus), unknown woman (Guerino's
mother?), unknown man (Guerino's father?), unknown woman,
unknown man, unknown boy (the last three is one family?)
- Michael Antonio Babich (mouth & chin cut off),
Dorothy [Mitzi] De Franza-Babich in front of Tony
- ?
Hotel St. George,
once the largest hotel in New York City, was located in the heart of
scenic Brooklyn Heights. Today, it is a landmarked building in the first
historically landmarked neighborhood in New York. Its various
constituent buildings, mostly surviving, were built between 1885 and
1929, although it no longer operates as a hotel. It was conveniently
located just one subway stop from Manhattan, atop the Clark Street
station (Numbers 2 and 3 trains). The subway station still operates
inside the Hotel itself, right before the main door leading to the no
longer operating Ballroom and check-in.
Read more on the rich history of the
Hotel at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_St._George |
