Marcus Nemanic (1868 - 1940)

Born 17 Jul 1868 in Bozakova, Slovenia

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara Nemanic — married 26 Jun 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1940 at age 71 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Biography

Mark Nemanic has Slavic Roots.

Marcus Nemanic was born 17 Jul 1868 ^[1] and left his home in Bozakova Slovenia about 1889. With his father's death and the requirement for all men to join the Austrio-Hungarian army, it was easy to see why he left his country. He came to the United States about 1890 and traveled to California. He received his naturalization in San Francisco, California in 1899.

Marcus worked as a laborer with no specific skills listed. His brother Anton was a miner in Leadville and later in Utah but this was what Marcus left behind in Slovenia and it appears he did not want to pursue. While in Leadville, Colorado, Anton was married to Margaret Nemanic, a marriage arranged by her father, Marcus Nemanic. Note that Margaret's maiden name was Nemanic but she was from Suhor.

I do not know who suggested it but the family arranged another marriage between Marcus and Margaret's sister Barbara. Barbara was escorted through Ellis Island by her brother-in-law Mark Russ in 1903. Marcus and Barbara married at the Church of the Nativity in San Francisco, California on 26 Jun 1904. Their first of three daughters, Mary, was born in April of 1905.

The 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire destroyed their home. They became refugees on Potrero Hill. As with all San Franciscans of the time they had an earthquake story. The earthquake damaged their home south of Market but the fire destroyed everything. While camping on the hill Barbara got a cinder in her eye. Mark lit a lantern to see to get it out. A soldier came along and ordered the lantern out or Mark would be shot.

By 1910 they were renting on Rhode Island Street on the Hill. Mark was able to buy a house at 741 Rhode Island where they remained and he raised his three daughters, Mary, Anna, and Josephine.

In the 1920's Mark was working on an elevator and suffered a stroke. Mary was still at home, working as a book binder, and took care of her mother and father. When Mary married Frank Rahmer she moved out but only a few blocks away on the Hill.

Marcus died in 1940 at the age of 70. He never returned to his native homeland, he had made San Francisco his home,He was buried in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA.

He told his granddaughter that when he first got off the ship in the US he set his suit case down beside him and someone stole it so all that he had was thanks to America.

Research Notes

I have determined the names of Marko's parents. The Slovenian/Austrian registry shows his father as Georg Nemanic and his mother as Maria Nemanic. I have been unable to locate a marriage record for the parents to determine if Maria's LNAB was Nemanic. Menaic is a common name and there are several marriages between Nemanics. I have noted that his marriage record at the Church of the Nativity in San Francisco lists his parents as Georgii and Mariae. The funeral paperwork also lists his father as George Nemanich. Also note the last name changes. The original Slovenian would have had a mark over the last 'C' making it a 'tch' sound.

Sources

1. ↑ Austrian records of Slovenian regions. Metlika, 04059, Krstna knjiga / Taufbuch, Jan. 1, 1860 to Dec. 31, 1879, page 92 ; Books located online, (https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/slovenia/ljubljana/metlika/04059/?pg=94)

• "1900 United States Federal Census" Online publication, Ancestry.com; Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.; Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 2, San Mateo, California; Roll: 109; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1240109

• Registrum Matrimoniorum, Page 13 Nativitatis Domini (Church of the Nativity), San Francisco, CA, Citation: Die 26 mensis Junii A.D. 1904 ... matrimonium Marcus Nemanich ex loco Metlika, Carniola, fillis Georgii et Mariae, et Barbara Nemanich ex loco Suhor, Carniola filia Maci et Annae. Notation: "Dispensatione obtenta super impedimento consanguinitatis in quarto gradu in linea collater; aequali" latin translates to "Obtaining a dispensation from the impediment of consanguinity in the fourth degree in a collateral; equal" Photo copy of the record held in personal genealogy files of Catherine Ryan.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVG9-H92 : accessed 16 May 2017), Mark Nemanich, San Francisco Assembly District 31, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 9A, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 96; FHL microfilm 1,374,109.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHWF-BYJ : accessed 16 May 2017), Mark Nemick, San Francisco Assembly District 21, San Francisco, California, United States; citing ED 11, sheet 2B, line 97, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 132; FHL microfilm 1,820,132.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC62-VV6 : accessed 16 May 2017), Mark Nemanic, San Francisco (Districts 1-250), San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 10A, line 41, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 194; FHL microfilm 2,339,929.

• *"1940 United States Federal Census" Online database, Ancestry.com, 2012; Original data -Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 300.; Year: 1940; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: T627_300; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 38-70

• Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 15 May 2017), memorial #107256627 for Mark Nemanich ( - 1940) - Find A Grave Memorial.

• Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, 2011: Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. San Francisco Directories various years.

• Ancestry.com. California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, 2010. Original data: San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985. Microfilm publication, 1129 rolls. Researchity. San Francisco, California.

• Title: California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000.Original data - State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.Original data: State

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between LR daughter of Mary (Nemanic) Rahmer and her double first cousin once removed, KN son of Anton Nemanic and Margaret (Nemanic) Plut. Their most-recent common ancestors are Marcus Nemanic and Anna Tezak, grandparents of Mary (Nemanic) Rahmer and parents of Margaret (Nemanic) Plut, and George Nemanic grandparent of Mary (Nemanic) Rahmer and parent of Anton Nemanic. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: first cousin based on sharing 850 cM.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a MyHeritageDNA test match between Catherine Ryan and her double 3rd cousin AP, the granddaughter of Lillian (Plut) Somaduroff. Their most-recent common ancestors are Marcus Nemanic and Anna Tezak and George Nemanic, all grandparents of Mary (Nemanic) Rahmer and Lillian (Plut) Somaduroff Predicted relationship from MyHeritage: 2nd to 3rd cousin, based on sharing 162 cM across 13 segments.