Origins of the Maurice family
The ancestors of Daniel Jadran Maurice are all from modern day Slovenia. While many relatives still live in Kozana, the family has also spread around the world
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Old Kozana: Village and Family History intertwined
Kozana, a tiny village in the district of Brda on the present Slovenia-Italy border, was the home of both Ivan Mavrič and Danila Jakin. Indeed almost all of their ancestors for at least the last two hundred years were born, baptised, married and died in this village. The story of Kozana and the families who lived there helps explain why so many people from this region looked to a better life abroad.
Read MoreArgentina and the Jakins
Kozana immigrants, Stanislav (“Estanislao”) Jakin, his wife Luisa Prinčič, and their Argentine-born daughter Hilda Nelly, 1947
Argentina is a key part of the history of the Daniel's maternal family, Jakin. Daniel's maternal grandfather, Rudolf, worked in Argentina for a number of years in the 1920s and 1930s and if things had gone the way that he wanted his family would have moved there permanently. Three of Rudolf's brothers, who also went to Argentina, did stay on. So an Argentine connection to the Maurice remains to this day.
Read MoreNew Kozana: Visiting the Home of Ivan and Danila today
Today Sleepy and peaceful Kozana is a beautiful place to visit. Of course it has a very special significance to the Maurice family.
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