John Ivo Elcovich /Copriviza/
family confidence: 95 — certain (corroborated)Koprivica (maternal)
Facts
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- Birth:
- 1890-12-19, Dubrovnik, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska, Croatia 752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)Tree; cites the 1942 WWII draft registration (fourth registration; these cards give a full birth date), the 1930 and 1940 censuses, the California Death Index and the 1920 passenger list. Against: the tree's note on the 1928 marriage says the 1930 census gave his age at first marriage as 34, which points to a birth about 1893-94. The draft-card date and the spacing of his siblings in the tree (Marija, Mar 1889; Miho, Jan 1894) fit Dec 1890. 'Dubrovnik' is probably the district: the tree's family is at Gruda, Konavle (inference). Tree only; nothing is filed in the archive, so 75 rather than the importer's default 95.
- Death:
- 1962-03-27, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, USA 752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)Tree; cites the California Death Index (Date: 1962-03-27). Tree only; nothing is filed in the archive, so 75 rather than the importer's default 95.
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | emigration · Travelled from Croatia with Nick Korach ('Per Nana', the tree's note) Family tradition recorded in the tree. Partly consistent: the note says Korach's citizenship record gives arrival 16 Oct 1920. But the tree's own record for Nick Korach also has him leaving Ragusa on the SS Santarem on 24 Feb 1920 and landing 13 Mar 1920 (alien case file), which would not fit travelling together. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1920-10-17 | emigration · Left Trieste; arrived at New York 17 Oct 1920 (New York passenger lists, T715); single on the manifest (New York, New York) Tree, citing the manifest for both departure and arrival. Its note on the manifest: 'Marital Status: Single; Relative Relation to Head: Uncle' (a relative on the list is an uncle; who is not stated). The tree's separate immigration entry says 'per 1930 census, immigrated in 1921 or 1920'. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1927-12-02 | naturalization · 'Application for naturalization' (the tree's title for a Santa Cruz Evening News clipping of 2 Dec 1927, p. 2) (Santa Cruz, California) Tree's clipping; the text is not in the archive. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1928-04-08 | marriage · Married Kathryn J. [Urlin] at St Joseph's Church, San Jose (the tree's family note) (San Jose, California) Family F129 gives 8 Apr 1928, San Jose, with no citation; its note: 'per 1930 census, John was 34 and Katherin was 22 at marriage. Married at St Joseph's Curch'. Her age fits 1928; his does not (37 on the tree's birth date). Her mother was listed at San Jose in 1928-30, which fits a San Jose wedding. | 60 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1930 | residence · Head of household, married (1930 census, Pajaro, Monterey County, ED 0036, p. 18A) (Pajaro, Monterey County, California) Tree, citing the census page. The tree writes the place as 'Watsonville, Santa Cruz'; the census place is Pajaro, across the river in Monterey County. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1935 | residence · Rural Monterey County in 1935 (1940 census, residence five years earlier) (Monterey County, California) Tree, citing the 1940 census. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1938-11-03 | event · 'JEC social dinner w friends' (the tree's title for a Salinas Morning Post clipping of 3 Nov 1938, p. 7) (Salinas, California) Only the tree's title is known; the clipping's content is not in the archive. | 60 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1939-12-09 | naturalization · 'John Copriviza naturalization 1939' (the tree's title for a Salinas Morning Post clipping of 9 Dec 1939, p. 1) (Salinas, California) Tree's clipping; the text is not in the archive. With the 1927 application, a twelve-year path from first papers to citizenship. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1940-1944 | residence · Head of household, married (1940 census, Pajaro, Monterey County, ED 27-49, p. 8A); California voter registers 1940-44 (Pajaro, Monterey County, California) Tree, citing the census page and the Great Register of Voters. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1942 | military · Registered for the draft in 1942 (U.S. WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1942, fourth registration, California) (California) Tree, citing the card. A registration, not service. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1948 | residence · Watsonville (U.S. City Directories) (Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California) Tree, citing city directories. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1950 | residence · Watsonville (U.S. City Directories) (Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California) Tree, citing city directories. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1954 | residence · Of Watsonville (Newspapers.com Marriage Index: Herald and News, Klamath Falls, 23 Jan 1954) (Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California) Tree. A marriage notice; probably names him as the bride's father: the tree has his daughter Dorothy Jean marrying at Santa Cruz on 20 Feb 1954 and later living at Klamath Falls (inference). | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1971 | residence · The tree gives a residence 'Abt 1971, Watsonville' from a Newspapers.com Marriage Index entry (Asbury Park Press, 1 Apr 1971) (Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California) He died in 1962. The 1971 entry can only name him as a late parent or concern another John Copriviza (his son John Edwin Jr, 1931-1989, is the obvious candidate). Not evidence that he lived in 1971. | 10 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| — | name · Recorded in the tree as 'John Ivo Elcovich Copriviza'; the family name is Koprivica in the tree's Croatian entries and Copriviza in his and his brother Stephen Mato's American records The tree's name forms. The middle name 'Elcovich' is not explained in the tree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| — | name · Probably used 'John E. Copriviza' in America Inference: his son is 'John Edwin Copriviza Jr' in the tree, and the tree titles a 1938 clipping 'JEC social dinner w friends'. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
Relationships
Family (blood)
- child of Matteo (Mato or Matthew) /Koprivica/60Tree family F308 (Matteo Koprivica and Mare Deranja, married 27 Feb 1876; seven children 1878-1894, John the sixth). No citation for the link and no record seen that names his parents. Consistent: he gave Dubrovnik as birthplace (Gruda is in the Dubrovnik district); his brother in the tree is 'Stephen Mato Copriviza'; the family note has him travelling with Nick Korach, whom the tree places at Gruda. · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- child of Mare /Deranja/60Tree family F308, uncited; same reasoning as for his father. Mare would have been 41 at his birth: possible. · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
Marriage
- married to Kathryn J /Copriviza/75Family F129 (married 8 Apr 1928, San Jose, uncited). The 1930 and 1940 censuses cited by the tree show him 'Head' and her 'Wife', both married, on the same pages (Pajaro ED 0036 p. 18A; ED 27-49 p. 8A). · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
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