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Katherine,
BANOVETZ and FIGULI are of Slavic origins. BANOVEC may be Slovenian and FIGULI is Slovak.
There are records for Andr. and Andras FIGULI arr at Ellis Is Andr. destination was to Bessemer MI and ANDRAS to Cleveland. Apparently they were coming from KLENOVEC Hungary now Slovakia 131.4 miles ENE of Bratislava
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=48.6000&longitude=19.9000&size=big
There is an obit for Andrew FIGULI found in Cleveland Public Library Necrology files.
Id#: 0498463
Name: Figuli, Andrew
Date: Aug 26 1958
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #108.
Notes: Figuli, Andrew, husband of Sussenna (nee Karkus) (deceased), son-in-law of Maria Karkus (deceased), cousin of Andrew Lihani and Maria Bednarik, uncle and great-uncle, late residence, 4224 Wohurn Ave. Friends received at the P. G. Parobek Co. New Funeral Home, 5279 State Rd., Parma. Services on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 1:30 p. m., from Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church, 2503 E. 10th St. Interment Lutheran Cemetery.
http://www.cpl.org/LinksLibrary.asp?FormMode=DBSubCategory&ID=178&CatID=3
Note his cousin is listed as Andrew LIHANI. The names FIGULI and LIHANI both appear in Ohio phone books all in Cleveland area
http://www.switchboard.com/
Here is address and phone info for the church mentioned in Andrew's obit, although it is no longer a Lutheran Church they will have some record of him.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
6220 Broadview Rd
Cleveland, OH 44134-3113 Phone: (216) 741-5413
History of that church
http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=HTLC
Slovaks in Cleveland
http://www.iarelative.com/krakovany/cleveland.htm
Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio
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