Bellan Family Documents

The Bellan (Beljan) Family

  Family Documents
  1900 U.S. Census (Ursula listed as 'Mary')
            Cleveland City Directory 1901 1904   List of Abbreviations
  1910 U.S. Census    Page 1    Page 2
            Family Portrait
            1920 U.S. Census
Cuyahoga County Deed (1920) Source Google Streetview Screenshots of 12212 Parkhill Ave. Photo1 Photo2 Photo3
Cleveland City Directory 1921 1923 1925 1926 1929 1930
  1930 U.S. Census
Cleveland City Directory 1934 1935 1936
  1940 U.S. Census
Cleveland City Directory 1941 1942
Cuyahoga County Probate Transfer of Real Estate (1948) Source
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1957) Source (w/ William, George, Edward)
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1957) Source (w/ Rudy)

        Individual Documents
            George Bellan b. 12 Mar 1873 Brod Moravice, Croatia m. 29 May 1892 Podstene, Croatia d. Oct 1954 Parma, Ohio
Beljan Family Records from Croatia
Baptismal Record JPEG Source   (Birth name: Juraj Beljan; Date of birth listed as 12 Mar 1873)
Marriage Record JPEG Source
                  WWI Draft Registration Page1 Page2  (DOB listed as 15 Mar 1973) Source
Declaration of Intention (DOB listed as 15 Apr 1874) Naturalization Papers Sources
Petition for Naturalization
Oath of Allegiance
Naturalization Card (signed) Naturalization Card (w/ witnesses) (DOB listed as 15 Apr 1874 - probably incorrect)
Croatian Lodge Honors (Cleveland Plain Dealer) MSWord    PDF
  Death Certificate (DOB listed as 12 Mar 1873)
   Obituary (Cleveland Plain Dealer) MSWord    PDF
Death Notice (Zajedničar, 6 Oct 1954) Translation
  Gravestone Photo1 Photo2 (Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio)

            Ursula BENICKI Bellan    b. 12 Nov 1874 Dolus, Podstene, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia d. 13 Apr 1946 Cleveland, OH
Baptism Record JPEG Source
                  Passenger List Page1   Page2 Source About Passage Ship   (Port of Departure: Rotterdam Arrival: 9 Oct 1898 New York)
  Photo w/ daughter, Theresa
                  Death Certificate (lists year of birth as 1877) Source
Obituary (Cleveland Plain Dealer) MSWord PDF
Gravestone Photo1 Photo2 (lists year of birth as 1874; Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio)

Children of George and Ursula Bellan:
            Rudolph ('Rudy') Louis Bellan    b. 5 May 1900 Cleveland, Ohio    m. 14 Jun 1930 Cleveland, Ohio    d. 16 Feb 1974 Detroit, MI
Birth Return Source
City of Cleveland Birth Index (Father 'George Bellon')
1917 Cleveland East High School Yearbook
                   WWI Draft Registration Source
1919 Cleveland East High School Yearbook
        Ohio State University Directory 1922   Ohio State Newman Club 1922
   Ohio State Lantern 1923 Sigma Delta Chi Induction (The Columbus Dispatch, 28 Nov 1923)
   Ohio State Sigma Delta Chi 1924
Ohio State Lantern 1924
OSU Intramural Festival News 1924 (Cleveland Plain Dealer) MSWord    PDF
Ohio State Sigma Delta Chi 1925
   Marriage Record Source
1940 U.S. Census
WWII Draft Registration Page1 Page2
   Michigan and Social Security Death Index

               Olga Bellan Schaefer    b. 26 Aug 1901 Cleveland, Ohio    m. 15 Sep 1923 Cleveland, Ohio    d. 24 Mar 1928 Cleveland, Ohio
                   Birth Return Source
                   Marriage Record Source        Wedding Photo
                   Death Certificate Source
BillionGraves Entry
      Death Certificate of son, Donald Raymond Schaefer (1928) Source

Leonard H. Schaefer (spouse) b. 30/31 Mar 1899 OH m2. 23 Oct 1928 Cuyahoga Co, OH m3. 7 Jun 1941 Napoleon, OH
1910 U.S. Census
World War I Draft Registration Source
1920 U.S. Census
Cleveland City Directory 1921 1922 1923   1924   1925
2nd Marriage Record Source
1930 U.S. Census
     1940 U.S. Census
3rd Marriage Record Source

George Marcus Bellan    b. 29 Dec 1903 Cleveland, Ohio    m. 3 Jun 1925 Cleveland, Ohio    d. 16 Jan 1979 Lakewood, Ohio
                   Birth Return Source
                   Marriage Record Source
                   1930 U.S. Census
                   1940 U.S. Census
WWII Draft Registration Page1 Page2
Lakewood, Ohio City Directory    1949
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1950) Source
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1951) Source
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1 Aug 1952) Source
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (20 Aug 1952) Source
Lakewood, Ohio City Directory 1953    1954    1956    1958    1960
                   Obituary (Cleveland Plain Dealer)   MSWord    PDF
                   Ohio and Social Security Death Index

                       Catherine A. Gorcek Bellan (wife)    b. 13 Feb 1904 Pennsylvania    d. 2 Jan 1987
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1940) Source
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed1 (1952) Source1 Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed2 (1952) Source2
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed1 (1953) Source1 Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed2 (1953) Source2
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (Nov 1953) Source
                            Obituary (Cleveland Plain Dealer) MSWord    PDF
  Social Security Death Index

Robert ('Bob') John Bellan (son)    b. 16 Dec 1926    m. 22 Sep 1950 Cuyahoga Co, Ohio
                            Ohio Birth Index
WWII Draft Registration Page1 Page2
  Ohio Wesleyan University Yearbook   1948 (IFC)   1948 (The Owl)   1949    1949 (Alpha Sigma Pi)    1949 (The Owl)    1950
                            Marriage Record Source
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1956) Source
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1958) Source
East Detroit, Michigan City Directory 1958

                       George M. Bellan Jr. (son)    b. 6 Oct 1928    m. 17 Jun 1950 Cuyahoga Co, Ohio d. 17 Oct 1987 Hillsborough County, Florida
                            Ohio Birth Index
WWII Draft Registration Page1 Page2
  Engagement Announcement (Cleveland Plain Dealer)   MSWord    PDF
  Marriage Record Source
  Florida Death Index
  Social Security Death Index

            John Bellan    b. 20 Jun 1906 Lorain, Ohio    d. 20 July 1922 Cleveland, Ohio
  Death Certificate Source
  Ohio Death Index

            Edward Nickolas Bellan    b. 14 Jul 1908 Lorain, Ohio    m. 1 Jul 1933 Cleveland, Ohio    d. 2 Nov 2002 Mt. Gilead, Ohio
                    Marriage Record Source
    1940 U.S. Census
   WWII Draft Registration Page1 Page2
   Ohio and Social Security Death Index
Social Security Application and Claims Index
      Obituary

Bertha Rose Podojil Bellan (wife)    b. 19 Jan 1909  Cleveland, Ohio    d. 24 Mar 1995 Cortland, Ohio
                                    1920 U.S. Census
Cleveland City Directory 1926
                                    1930 U.S. Census
  Funeral Card
                                    Ohio and Social Security Death Index

                            Virginia Bellan Meyer (daughter)
Kappa Delta Initiation (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
                                    Ohio University Yearbook    1956 (Kappa Delta)    1957 (Kappa Delta) 1957 (Panhellenic) 1958 (Kappa Delta)   1958 (Women's League)
                                    Engagement Announcement (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The Ohio Alumnus Feb 1956 Nov 1958 Nov 1963 Feb 1969

                            Carol Jean Bellan Hart (daughter) b. 26 Apr 1942 Cleveland, Ohio d. 12 Aug 2010 Delaware, Ohio
                                    Kent State University Yearbook    1962 (Chi Omega)    1963 (Chi Omega)    1964 (Chi Omega)    1964 (College of Ed.)
                                    Marriage Announcement (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  Obituary
  Social Security Death Index

            Mary Bellan    b. 18 Aug 1910 Lorain, Ohio    d. 6 Nov 1927 Cleveland, Ohio
                    Death Certificate Source
  Ohio Death Index
Photo of Sunny Acres Hospital, Turbucular Sanatorium (1927, clevelandmemory.org)

            William Joseph Bellan    b. 13 Mar 1914 Lorain, Ohio    m. 27 Sep 1947  Cleveland, Ohio    d. 1 Feb 1989 Parma, Ohio
Birth Certificate
1933 East Tech High School Yearbook Photo Commencement Program Front Cover Inner Back Cover
WWII Draft Registration Page1 Page2
  Camp Shelby, Mississippi 1940-41 Yearbook    Photo 1        Photo 2      (134th Field Artillery, Battery E, Second Battalion)
                    Army Portrait
                    Army News and Photo    MSWord    PDF
  Army Portrait
Wife: Dina Christine LICCIARDI b. 4 Sep 1914 Iselle, Italy d. 10 Jan 1997 Parma, Ohio
  New Year's Eve 1946
                    Catholic War Veterans Engagement Announcement
Certificate of Marriage (Our Lady of Peace Church, Cleveland, Ohio)
                    Licciardi - Bellan Wedding Album
Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1952) Source Google Streetview image of 1281 Hird Ave, Lakewood, OH
   Lakewood City Directory    1953    1954    1956   Parma, Ohio City Directory    1956
  Cuyahoga County Warranty Deed (1958)   Source Google Streetview image of 2702 Klusner Ave, Parma, OH
Parma, Ohio City Directory   1958    1959    1960
  Portrait (April 1983)
                    Bill and Dina Bellan (1980s)
                    Obituary (Cleveland Plain Dealer) MSWord    PDF            Funeral Card
  Ohio and Social Security Death Index
  U.S. Dept. of Veterans BIRLS Death Index
  Death Certificate
  Gravestone (Holy Cross Cemetery, Brookpark, Ohio)

  William Jeffrey Bellan (son)

Jennifer Louise Bellan Kowalski (daughter)
  Ohio Birth Index
                                    Engagement Announcement (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  Wedding Photo Album

            Theresa Barbara Bellan Lehman    b. 14 Oct 1915 Lorain, Ohio    m. 19 Jul 1941 Cleveland    d. 22 Sep 2007 Oregon
John Adams High School Commencement Program (1933) Cover Program
 Marriage Record Source
                   Photo w/ children, Judy, Larry, and Paul (May 1951)
                   Santa Maria, California City Directory   1962   1963
Lompoc, California City Directory   1974 1976
Oregon Death Index     Source
Social Security Death Index
Obituary
Gravestone (Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc, CA; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Lois)

Ernest P. Lehman (spouse) b. 22 Feb 1917 Rochester, MI d. 9 Oct 1995 Santa Barbara, CA
  1920 U.S. Census
  1930 U.S. Census
  1940 U.S. Census
  California Death Index
  Social Security Death Index

        Veronica Beljan Vulich (sister of George Bellan Sr.)    b. 26 Apr 1895 Brod Moravice, Croatia    d. 23 Feb 1995 Cleveland, OH
Birth and Baptismal Record (DOB listed as 26 Apr 1895)
Ship Manifest Page1 Page2   Source About Passage Ship
   Marriage Record Source (Marriage held at St. Paul's Croatian Catholic Church, Cleveland, Ohio)
1930 U.S. Census
Declaration of Intention (DOB listed a 3 May 1898) Source
Petition for Naturalization (DOB listed as 3 May 1898) Source
Certificate of Arrival Source
   1940 U.S. Census
Oath of Allegiance Source
Naturalization Index Card Source
Ohio and Social Security Death Index (DOB listed as 26 Apr 1895)

Joseph Vulich (husband) b. abt 1890 Yugoslavia m. 4 Jun 1921 Cleveland, Ohio d. 18 Feb 1929 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland City Directory 1926   1928
                                Death Certificate Source

Joseph Frank Vulich (son) b. 12 May 1922 Cleveland, OH m. 18 Oct 1952 Cuyahoga Co, OH d. 19 Jul 2006 Cleveland, OH
WWII Draft Registration Page1 Page2
U.S. WWII Army Enlistment Record
Marriage Record Source
                                Umpire News (1989 - Cleveland Plain Dealer)    PDF1 PDF2
Greater Cleveland Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame Induction
                                Ohio Death Index
Obituary (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Rose Marie Vulich Misny (daughter) b. 7 Feb 1924 Cleveland, OH m. 10 Jan 1953 Cleveland, OH d. 5 Jan 2013
Marriage Record Source (event date is incorrect on transcription)
Marriage Announcement (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Misny Family Visits Borromeo Seminary (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11 May 1964)
Ohio Deaths
Obituary (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Helen Joan Vulich Basar (daughter) b. 30 Mar 1927 Cleveland, Ohio d. 16 Jul 2006 Ohio
Ohio Birth Index
Ohio Deaths (DOB listed as 20 Mar)
Social Security Death Index


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