Gerasimus
Alivisatos, Athens
Among the family are many clergymen, politicians, doctors, and army
officers.
Pericles
Argyropoulo,
Athens
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The family Phanariote settled in Constantinople before the conquest
of the city by the Turks.
Karl
Frhr. von Bardolff, Vienna
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His ancestors, the family Dubois, are of English origin; another
branch also lived in the Netherlands.
Blasius
de Bethlen Bethlen, Arokalja p. Maghierus-Sieu, jud. Nasaud
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All of the family took active part in the historic, ecclesiastic,
political and literary life of Hungary.
An ancestor was Emperor of Byzantium and another was later the ruling
Princess of Rumania (Walachia).
Christos
Christovassilis, Janina
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His ancestors are mentioned in the history of Souli.
Omer
Fortuzi, Tirana
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His ancestors have been prominent merchants since the Venetian
Republic.
Delvina
Hiqmet, Tirana
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In the national movements of Albania the name of Delvina appears
several times in history.
Milan
Ivsis, Zagreb
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His Ancestors have been free peasants.
Albert
Kann, Vienna.
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His ancestors lived in Frankfurt a. M. and several were Mayors of the
Jewish Ghetto.
Gerasimus
Alivisatos, Athens
Descendant of a family of heroic Cretan chieftains, insurgents
against the Turkish yoke.
Pericles
Argyropoulo, Athens
One of his ancestors was Ferdinand Kopecky, a chemist in New
York.
Ljubomir
Kosier, Zagreb
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Ljudevit Kosier, his ancestor was the first inventor of
postcards.
Ants
(Laidman) Laipman, Taebla
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His ancestors were peasants. A brother of his mother was a smith who
made an artistically manufactured cock for the top of his
parish-church.
Katie
Malecka, Warsaw
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Her ancestors were Polish patriots, exiled and imprisoned for their
national aspirations.
Herbert
von Minkewicz, Vienna
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Branches of the family have been living in Bohemia, Germany and
Russia.
Ahmed
Mouhtar bey, Stamboul
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The mother of his father descends from the illustre Arabian family
»El kevalkibi«.
Petar
Perunovic-Perun, Belgrade
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His ancestors were the "voivodes" Simo and Serdar Lazo, chieftains of
the clan of Piesici.
Mihal
Sherko, Tirana
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One of his ancestors was Gjik Sherko who was mentioned for bravery in
popular songs.
George
Popesco, Bucharest
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A family of real Rumanian peasants, honest and patriotic workers. In
cultivating the soil, they have accomplished at the same time their
duties against the religion, the faith and against their
compatriots.
Francois
Turek, Cracow
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The family Turek belongs to the old bourgeois circle of Wieliczka
(famous salt mines).
Hélène
Vacaresco, Paris
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An old and glorious family, many poets among them, who have written
about the English poets and the future of America.
Marie
Bianka Joanne Countess Wielopolska, Warsaw
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The family Colonna Walewscy is well known in Polish history.
Djafer
Ypi, Tirana
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The Ypi family is mentioned in the Albanian history for patriotism in
the struggle against the invaders on Albanian territory and for the
freedom of the Albanian nation.