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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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