Frkašić is a relatively small village to the east of Bjelopolje located at the foot of the mountain range which separates Lika from Bosnia in this immediate area. It sits on the main road that goes south to Donji Lapac.
The difficulty with finding records for Frkašić is that most travellers would have stated Korenica as their place of origin. This page only includes records that specifically uses the village name unless the surname was only from Frkašić according to the 1915 Grujić survey.
Possible Relatives
For the early travellers the stated relationship with the person in the USA is somewhat questionable and can not be relied upon, for example, in the September 1900 arrival, Danilo and Rade, both 35 years old, are respectively nephew and uncle to Mile Ćupurdija. This is highly unlikely although almost certainly these men were related.
There’s a number of immediate family relations in the below records e.g. the older Rade Ćupurdija (born in the 1860s) and the couple Bude and Marija Ćupurdija.
Manifest Records
28 Nov 1899: SS München, Bremen to Baltimore
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rade Ćupurdija | 1864 | Pavel? Žigić – nephew W.25th St, Chicago | likely the same Rade in 1900 below |
13 Sep 1900: SS Barbarossa, Bremen to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Ćupurdija | 1865 | Mile Ćupurdija – uncle 8905 Green Bay Ave, Chicago | friend crossed out, uncle added. |
| Rade Ćupurdija | 1865 | Mile Ćupurdija – nephew 8905 Green Bay Ave, Chicago | brother crossed out, nephew added. |
| Nikola Klašnja | 1867 | Pavel? Žigić – uncle Torrence Ave, Chicago |
23 Nov 1900: SS Bonn, Fiume (Rijeka) to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Ćupurdija | 1867 | name not given – brother 8905 Green Bay Ave, Chicago | Korenica origin stated, but Frkašić. See above arrivals to same address. |
16 Apr 1905: SS Carpathia, Fiume (Rijeka) to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaso Prica | 1887 | Pero Vukadinović – son-in-law 8950 Strand, Chicago | Relationship likely reversed in error given Vaso’s age |
14 May 1906: SS Slavonia, Fiume (Rijeka) to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jovan Ćupurdija | 1888 | Mile Tišma – friend 8926 Strand, Chicago | noted that blind in 1 eye |
| Nikola Ćupurdija | 1889 | Marija? Žigić – friend | |
| Nikola Klašnja | 1871 | Đuro? Žigić – friend 10814 Torrence Ave, Chicago | |
| Đurađ Koruga | 1888 | Rade Orlić – friend 10814 Torrence Ave, Chicago |
departure record 30 Mar 1907: SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Hamburg to New York
| Name | Born | Details | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rade Ćupurdija | 1891 | n/a | |
| USA record Rade Ćupurdija | 15 Mar 1891 | Kinney, Minnesota. locomotive fireman. wife & 2 children | WW1 draft 1917 |
30 Apr 1909: SS Oceanic, Southampton to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sava Ivanišević | 1871 | Pejo Škorić – n/a 1206 Scott St, Joilet IL |
7 Oct 1909: SS President Grant, Hamburg to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bude Ćupurdija | 1870 | Petar Delić – cousin 10814 Torrence Ave, Chicago | Wife Marija in Lika. Previously in Chicago 1902-08. see Jan 1912 arrival below |
17 Jun 1910: SS Graf Waldersee, Hamburg to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rade Ćupurdija | 1862 | Nikola Ćupurdija – son 10814 Torrence Ave, Chicago | Wife Sofija in Lika. Previously in USA 1900-02, possibly Laramie WY. See 1900 arrivals above |
7 Jan 1912: SS La Louraine, Le Havre to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marija Ćupurdija | 1882 | Bude Ćupurdija – husband 10814 Torrence Ave, Chicago | Father Rade in Lika. Korenica origin stated, but from Frkašić |
26 Apr 1912: SS Pannonia, Fiume (Rijeka) to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mihajlo Ćupurdija | 1895 | Mile Tišma – friend 8926 Strand, Chicago | Father Jovo in Lika. |
9 Jun 1912: SS Kaiser Franz Josef, Trieste to New York
| Name | Born | Going to | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragan Adžić | 1884 | Nikola Prica – uncle 445 Washington St, Chicago | Wife Milija in Lika. Previously in Chicago 1902-07 |
9 Jun 1912: SS France Le Havre to New York
| Name | Born | Details | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mile Ćupurdija | 1896 | Ilija Ćupurdija – father 600 East 3rd St, Anaconda, Montana | Mother Sava in Lika. |
| USA record Mile Ćupurdija | 15 Jul 1896 | 10832 Torrence Ave,Chicago works for Petar Delić in grocery store. single | WW1 draft record 1917. Good match to above; birth year, eye colour |
Immigration records yet to be found
USA records
| Name | Events | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mile Jovo Ćupurdija also Jovan Mile | born 16 Nov 1889 Frkašić WW2 draft 27 Apr 1942 Tabernash, Colorado died 26 Dec 1955 Denver, Colorado | cemetery record on findagrave.com |
| Stojan Ćupurdija | born 21 Nov 1886 Frkašić married Mary Drobić, 5+ children born in USA died 31 Oct 1924 Itasca County, Minnesota | cemetery record on findagrave.com |
Lika Ancestors 