Directory talk:Zuvela

Preps for Article (this is my work page)

• The Zuvela surname article - Link here.

Note: According to family tradition of the Zuvela's, the family came from France. This is the only bit of information that has been passed down concerning the Zuvela's family origins. Peter Z. 03:23, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

• The most extensive migrations to these islands occurred during the Cypriote (1571-1573), Candian (1645-1669), and Morean wars (1684-1699) (between Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire).

Ref from: The Land of 1000 Islands by Igor Rudan

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First time the surname Xuvella was mention was in a document dated 1642 (2nd February), Blato - Blatta.

(ref from:Vela Luka od 1490 do 1834 by Zvonko Maricih-p168)

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Latin & Vella: village, country house, villa, country seat, suburbanum, farm, ager,rus, praedium, fundus, vella, latifundium village, vicus, rus, pagus.

Plus: Xuàne in Venetian is John and Jovàni. Xu has Jewish orgins (Hebrew) Xu is Ju (j is spoken in French Jardin)

Jew in old Venetian is abreo, xudio and sabadai. The Latin Iudaeus means Judaean, "from the land of Judaea".

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Year mentioned 1642. Antonio Xuvella in Blatta.

Year mentioned 1649. Antonio Xuvella in Blatta.

Antonio Xuvella (b 1651) had two sons (with Fran): Matijev Xuvella (b.1670) & Marin Xuvella (b1675).

(who's father was Matija Xuvella)

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Timeline

• Xuvella's arrived on the west end of the island of Korcula in the 1600s.

Note: Era of the Black Plague, Ottoman (Turkish) invasions & Uskoci in the Dalmatian region.

• First mention in Blatta (Blato) documents in 1642 (Antonio Xuvella-today in Croatian: Ante).

(according to Zvonko Maričić, Xuvella'a built cottages in the Vallegrande-Vela Luka around 1690)

• Stone Cross built in 1761- Vincidur (Vinčidur).
• Stone Cross built in 1818- near Rasohatija (Rasohatica-Kruševo).
• House built in 1837 in Vallegrande.
• A Xuvella Giacobbo di Francesco (Jacob-today in Croatian: Jakov) was enrolled in School year of 1862./63.; III. r. (grade). Son of Francesco, meaning Frank.

Original name of the school: Imp. re. Scuola elementare-Minore di Tre Classi (Teresi Castellani) ref from:Osnovna Škola "Vela Luka" Vela Luka Zbornik-150 Godina Školstva u Velaoj Luci (p48)

First Names plus info

Ante (Croatian)-Year mentioned 1642. Antonio Xuvella. He was a witness for a signatory of a document.

• Owner of a house in Blatta (Velikom Učijaku).

• Owner of a property in Postražišću.

• Owner of 211 sheep.

Above ref from:Vela Luka od 1490 do 1834 by Zvonko Maričić

One Ante Zuvela married Frana. They had two sons:

• Matija (born 1670)
• Marin (born 1675)

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• Ante (Croatian)-Year mentioned 1649.
• Ivan (Croatian)-Year mentioned 1672. Giovanni Xuvella son of Kuzma (Croatian) Kuzma Xuvella
• Jakov (Croatian)-Year mentioned 1672. Giacomo Xuvella (or Jacopo, Giacobbo)
• Nikola (Croatian)-Year mentioned 1679. Nicola Xuvella
• Jakov (Croatian)-Year mentioned 1705.

Above ref from:Vela Luka od 1490 do 1834 by Zvonko Maričić

• Francesco Xuvella-1862 (son Xuvella Giacobbo-Jakov enrolled in the primary school)

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• Antonio is a Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish first name. Wikipedia: "The name derives from Antonius, a well known Latin family name, probably of Etruscan origin".
• Matijev or Matija is Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of MATTHIAS, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. It is occasionally used as a feminine name. Ref from www.behindthename.com
• Marin is from the Roman family name Marinus, which derives either from the name MARIUS or from the Latin word marinus "of the sea". Ref from www.behindthename.com. Wikipedia:Marin or Marín is a common surname in France, Italy, Spain, Romania and diaspora in America. It means seaman or is derived from the Latin name Marinus.

Nick names: Xuvella Bergue (family nick name)-1834

"This is an ancient heraldic surname whose origins trace back to the Province of Gaul (France) in the 6th Century and earlier. It is topographical for one who lived on a steep bank, and is also found recorded as "Delbergue, Bergeau" and "Bergeon"." Ref from: www.surnamedb.com In local Croatian it's Brbe.

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Franko (Lemunada) born 1795 had four sons:

• Ćoro
• Mede
• Treće
• Lese

Venetian language

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NOTE: It is universally accepted that the Vènet language needs distinct symbols for the sound of the letter S (as s in English sun) and the sound of the letter X (as z in English zone). There are too many words that require this distinction. For example, rusàre (to rash, to get rashed) and ruxàre (to prowl), sa (if, or short for what) and xa (already), sìxo£a (type of gardening scythe) and xìxo£a (stinging cold, or hard strike), sugàre (to dry up) and xugàre (to play), sarà (closed) and xara (pitcher). However, not everyone adopts the letter X to represent this sound (mostly because it is used for a different sound in other languages: "ks"), and quite a few writers opt to use the letter Z instead. The letter X is anyhow the preferred graphical representation, not only because the letter Z is already used for another sound, and therefore to avoid confusion. But also because this is the letter historically used to represent this sound. Although it was not used all the times (even by the same authors) it has been constantly present for centuries. It has also been suggested to substitute the letter X with the letter S, when before another consonant. The reason being that it is widely known what to pronounce (X in front of B, D, G, L, M, N, Ñ, R, V; and S in front of C, F, P. T). There are some exception, however: slòsa (transportation vehicle) and xlòso (rotten, broken). For simplicity and clarity, it is recomended to always distinguish between X and S. The letter X is also used in the diagraph XH (as J in French Jardin ). As with SH, this pronunciation is ONLY present in the ladino-vènet dialect. See the Vèneto Arkìvio for the appropriate graphical representation. For example, xhal (rooster).

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Above taken from www.veneto.org - currently off line

(www.sitoveneto.org)

• Xuàne in Venetian is John. Giovanni in Italian link & Venetian-English English-Venetian: When in Venice Do as the Venetians.
• Jovàni in Venetian is John (link)

Croatian language

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The grapheme Ž (minuscule: ž) is formed from Latin Z with the addition of caron (Czech: háček). It is used in various contexts, usually denoting the voiced postalveolar fricative, a sound similar to English g in genre, or Portuguese and French j. In the International Phonetic Alphabet this sound is denoted with [ʒ], but the lowercase ž is used in the Americanist phonetic notation, as well as in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet. In addition, ž is used as the romanisation of Cyrillic ж in ISO 9 and scientific transliteration.

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• Above taken from Wikipedia

Zh=Ž

French j=Ž

Surnames on the west end of the island around Xuvella's arrival

• de Ismael One of the land owers of the west end of the island (Croatisation: Izmaeli)

• de Gabriel (Croatisation:Gabrijeliċ)

• de Giunio (Croatisation:Đunio)
• de Arneri
• de Canavel or Kanavelić
• Nikonitia or Nikoničić (according to Zvonko Maričić this is a Croatian family)
• Kolović

Around 1690

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• Drahinei (Draginić)
• Tulić
• Nalošić
• Kostričić
• Cettineo (Cetinić)
• Mirosevich (Mirošević)

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• Xuvella (Žuvela)
• Prižmić
• Marinović
• Dragojevič
• Barčot
• Surian (Surjan)

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Re: Xuvellas & Nikola Ostojic

Peter Zuvela 01 February 2011

Vela Luka-Historijsko Topografski Prikaz by Nikola Ostojić-page 29.

The original translation:

• 36. Xuvela. Of these people I don’t have past memories except for their primitive residence was in ? from where they transported them to Blatta where in ? large from 1700 afterwards the built houses and floors/attics/lofts which now remain largely ? for their migration in Vallegrande.

Edit one by Peter Zuvela:

• 36. Xuvela. Of these people I don’t have past memories except for their primitive residence was in Rasohatija from where they transported them to Blatta where in Uciack large from 1700 afterwards the built houses and floors/attics/lofts which now remain largely empty for their migration in Vallegrande.

Edit two by Peter Zuvela:

• 36. Xuvella. Of these people I don’t have past memories except for their primitive residence was in Rasohatica (Rasohatija) from where they transported themselves to Blato (Velikom Učijaku). Afterwards from 1700s they built large houses and floors/attics/lofts which now remain largely empty because of their migration to Vela Luka.

Edit three by Peter Zuvela:

• 36. Xuvella. Of these people I don’t have any history except for their primitive residence was in Rasohatica from where they moved to Blato (Velikom Učijaku). Afterwards from 1700s they built large houses and floors/attics/lofts which now remain largely empty because of their move to Vela Luka. Peter Z. 10:34, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Xivella: La vita di Giovanni di Procida: privata e pubblica; saggio storico By Niccolò Buscemi

Yann Bonguardo's Work

• http://www.korcula.net/familyhistory/KorculaIsland1789.pdf Korcula Island: Stato dell’ Anime 1789

In this 1789 document the surname spelling is Zuvella. Source: Biskupija Dubrovnik Yann Bonguardo 2009

New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island)

• Athena Zouvella from Zakynthos, Greece 1922 [1]
• Angela Zavello Oddalengo, Oddalengo, Grande, Italy 1907 [2] Zovello, 33020 Ravascletto Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
• Emanuele Zivello Castelfranci, Italy 1910 [3]

• Felippa Zavello Ianain 1892
• Franceso Zavello 1922

List from Korcula:

1. Antonio Zuvela-Vollegrande 1903

2. Doda Zuvela- Velaluha, Austria 1904

3. Doda Marino Zuvela-Curzola 1901

4. Geovanni Zuvela-Triest 1903

5. Giorgis Zuvela- Cuyola 1906

6. Iroce Nicolo Zuvela-Vallegrande 1902

7. Ivan Zuvela-Blatto, Dalmatia 1910

8. Jerko Zuvela-Velaluka 1912

9. Kokot Vinc. Zuvela-Corzola 1901

10. Luigia Zuvela-Velaluha, Austria 1904

11. Marin Zuvela-Veloluka 1906

12. Marko Zuvela-Blatto, Dalmatia 1910

13. Petar Zuvela -Raguse, Herzegov (USA) 1920

14. Petar Zuvela-Veloluka 1906

15. Petrun Antonio Zuvela-Vallegrande 1902

16. Piotr Zuvela-Kroz..., Austria 1905

17. Tote Zuvela-Blato, Austria 1910

18. Vincenzo Zuvela Vallegrande 1904

19. Yela Zuvela Vallegrande, Austria 1914 [4]