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Joseph Werschitz

1863 – 1913

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He was born in Spodnji Velovlek 15, north of Ptuj, Slovenija He died in Rogoznica 2, Slovenija, now an eastern part of Ptuj. When he came and went the city of Ptuj was Austrian and called Pettau. His Slovenian name was spelled VERŠIČ, but he chose to use a German spelling in the United States, Werschitz. After he died his second wife and my grandmother Josephine, then of legal age, went to court in Dayton to change the spelling to Versic which the family still uses today in the United States. He wanted the family to return to the old country with him but they would not. He came and left with tuberculosis which was endemic in his family. He returned to live and die with his sister, who had married his first wife's brother. That not interesting enough, death records show that his mother in law died the same day in the same house. My cousins still live in the house.

Name
Joseph Werschitz
Locality
Ptuj, Mestna občina Ptuj, Slovenia
Born
2 februarie 1863
Died
18 februarie 1913
Age
50 years
From
Ptuj, Mestna občina Ptuj, Podravska, Slovenia
Location
Rogoznica ↗
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Cemetery
Rogoznica
Locality
Ptuj, Mestna občina Ptuj
Country
Slovenia
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Rogoznica

Ptuj, Mestna občina Ptuj, Slovenia

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