Hriljac

In the late 1920's my uncle left Yugoslavia, currently Croatia (Hrvtska), and ended in Montevideo, Uruguay. Making a living was difficult in those days, and many young men left behind everything they had, to find jobs, "with your stomach toward bread" as the saying goes.

We have lost all contact with our uncle, however, and I am thinking that possibly he had a new family and that I might have cousins in Uruguay, or anywhere in South or North America. His birthplace was Vrbnik. His name was Anton (Ante) Hriljac and his father was named Ante too. His mother was Margareta (Mare).

Anton Hriljac had an older brother Ivan (Ive) and a younger sister, who was my mother, Marija. I am the youngest child of my mother and the youngest niece of my uncle. I currently live in United States, and would simply like to find out if I have any relatives in South or North America. If you think we might be related, please contact me by email at: