NameFRANIĆ KEŠIĆ, Ivan Ante (Sokol) [Kletov]
Birth2 Nov 1906, Šepurine, Croatia
BurialŠepurine, Croatia
Death1992, Djurdjevac, Croatia
Spouses
Birth3 Sep 1909, Šepurine, Croatia
BurialKarrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia
Death21 Apr 2000, Perth, Western Australia
Marriage4 Feb 1932, Šepurine, Croatia
Divorce1961
Birth13 May 1905, Croatia
Death24 Sep 1982, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Marriage11 Apr 1963, Stonington, New London Connecticut, USA
Birth1920, Slavonija, Croatia
Marriage25 Sep 1984, Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Notes for Ivan Ante (Sokol) FRANIĆ KEŠIĆ [Kletov]
House (Kuća) 59
Ivan (Sokol) was in the merchant navy since he was 14 years old. He left Šepurina for the last time in 1939. He worked on the SS Kupa on a ship bound for the Tocapilla, Chile from where he sought to emigrate to the United States. He entered the US lawfully at Wilmington North Carolina, under the name Ivan Franić, and made his way to New York where his father-in-law lived as well as many others from Šepurina.