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From: "Robert Jerin" <>
Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Havernic
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 08:36:43 -0500
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From: "Oda" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:38 PM
Subject: [CROATIA-L] Havernic


> Hello to all list participants,
> I am a new subscriber and would like to introduce myself. I was born
in Kassel, Germany, Married in 1950 and immigrated together with my husband
Horst to Brit. Columbia, Canada in 1953. Our wealth: Three healthy children
and 6 healthy grandchildren.
> I know a lot about my husband's ancestors, and a lot more anout mine.
> My maiden name is HAEVERNICK, also written HÄVERNICK; HEVERNICK;
HEVERNICH; HAVERNIC (with a "v" on top).

Do you actually have documents where your maiden name is written with a v
(diacritic) on top?

The surname HAVJERNIK is found among Slovaks

HAVRANEK is found in Croatia

> I remember my father telling me that the name is supposed to have come
from Serbia-Croatia (?) and means something like watch-tower or watchman - I
just can't remember exactly which. (He never came back from WW2.)
> A few days ago, coming back from a trip to Europe, I sat next to a man
who came from Croatia and I asked him whether the names above, mean anything
in his language. He said the last name (HAVERNIC) did.

And what did he say the name meant?

I can trace my ancestors Haevernick back to about 1620. They lived in Hohen
Sprenz, Mecklenburg and were church custodians, teachers and organists for
several generations.
> I wonder whether there was any "wave" of migration from the Balkan to
northern Germany during the early part of 1600?

Balkans? I don't know about the Balkans but I can tell you that Croatians
did migrate to Burgenland in Austria during the Ottoman invasions. Also
Croatians fought in the south part of Germany in the 30 Years War.

I read up on the histories of Croatia and Serbia - they seem to have had a
most unrestful time over the centuries.
> Can anyone shed some light on this? I know it is a shot in the dark,
but one never knows... A single shot might make my brickwall crumble.

Search Google.com for HAEVERNICK genealogy and you will find 5 links but
only 2 appear to be relevant.

http://www.google.com

Robert

Thank you for reading this.
> Oda in BC
>
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