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  • TrueMacedonian
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    • Jan 2009
    • 3823

    "Macedonia, the land of sturdy and diligent workers, was no longer on the banks of the Vardar river, but in New York, in Granite City where one soon counted 35,000 Macedonians" (Risal 1917; 276).

    La ville convoitée, Salonique - P. Risal

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    • vicsinad
      Senior Member
      • May 2011
      • 2337

      Originally posted by Bratot View Post
      As Macedonian immigrants arrived to U.S. they were living the full freedom od self determination.

      From the beginning of the I World War in 1914, the U.S.A. holded up a neutral position and managed to kept itself away being involved in the "Big War".

      But that position was abandoned in 1917, when 24 millions od American recruits were sent to participate in the war.

      Among those recruits were soldiers of Macedonian origin from Ohio.

      Facing the opportunity to declare themself as "Bulgarians" and to avoid the recruitation, they chosed to remain Macedonians, and gave their lives in the war.

      According to the proclamation of the President of the U.S.A., Woodrow Wilson, all man of German origin, including the allies of Germany, were declared as alienated enemies and were discharged from army service.

      So, Bulgaria as a German ally was included in this proclamation of the U.S. President. All man of Bugarian origin were released from the recruitation.

      These brave Macedonians, chosed to fight in this war along with the American troops, and to die only as MACEDONIANS

      PointOfInterest: 1924 State of MACEDONIA


      I'm quite proud of this, as Tale Metroff is my mom's grandpa. It's an awesome feeling to know that even though Podmocani, Macedonia had changed hands between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria and Serbia throughout his time, my Great-Grandpa declared Macedonia as his homeland despite the fact it was not a recognized country.

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      • George S.
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2009
        • 10116

        Vic tor that is an awesome find.That puts down the theories and propaganda from greeks
        and Bulgarians and we are neither of them but Macedonians.
        "Ido not want an uprising of people that would leave me at the first failure, I want revolution with citizens able to bear all the temptations to a prolonged struggle, what, because of the fierce political conditions, will be our guide or cattle to the slaughterhouse"
        GOTSE DELCEV

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        • vicsinad
          Senior Member
          • May 2011
          • 2337

          I don't know if this has been posted:

          Mining Fatalities in Colorado 1844-1981

          These three men declared their nationality as Macedonian even though Macedonia wasn't independent at the time.

          John Denny died June 15, 1921 at age 37. He was single. He died by being pulled by a derailed push car.

          Frank Elleff died August 1, 1914 at age 24. He was married. He died from falling coal.

          George Ristoff died March 15, 1913 at the age of 22. He was married. He died from falling rock. His alias was George Stenanoff.

          There are many other people who had their nationalities listed as
          Bulgarian, Slav, Slavonian, Yugoslav or Servian. With surnames like
          "Todoroff, Siminoff, Nikola, Nedelschoff, Evanoff, Metroff and Kosteff"
          (all of which I know ethnic Macedonians in the US to have as last names). However, I only included information about those whose nationality was declared Macedonian even though Macedonia wasn't its own country during those times.

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          • vicsinad
            Senior Member
            • May 2011
            • 2337

            The following is a list of people, with the last names starting with M, arriving at Quebec Ports on passenger ships, who listed their country of birth as Macedonia between July 31 1903 and October 13 1910, and I also included those who listed their country of birth as Turkey but had Macedonian sounding names.

            Dean Metse, from Macedonia, age 30, arrived on July 14, 1907 on the Dominion.

            Atannes Meritrossian, age 40, from Turkey, arrived on May 15, 1909 on the Sardinian.

            George Metseff, age 38, from Turkey, arrived on Jul 17, 1910 on the Mount Temple.

            There are also those who listed Bulgaria as their country of origin who may be Macedonian: Michael Metroff, Nicola Mencoff, Detcho Menhoff, Nedsetscho Menoff, Drages Mentchoff, Christo Mentscheff, among others.

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            • vicsinad
              Senior Member
              • May 2011
              • 2337

              People buried in Springfield Township cemeteries in Ohio. Here is a man whose listed birthplace is Macedonia:

              Theodore Atahnasescu: born 1891, died 1920.

              There are many people who listed their birthplace as Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria that may be Macedonian: Gordon Evanoff, Angelo Metroff, Gordon Stefanoff, George Lazarides, Steve Petro, and Louie Melenkovich.

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              • vicsinad
                Senior Member
                • May 2011
                • 2337

                US Court Case from 1931

                The Macedonian-born man was "charged in the warrant of
                arrest and in the issuing of an order for the deportation
                of each of Ihem, on the ground that each
                is a member of an organization, association, society,
                or group that believes in, advocates, and teaches
                the overthrow by force and violence of the government
                of the United States." Essentially, they were charged with being communists.

                "Atanos Liboshonoff, alias Tom Evanoff;
                born February 25, 1888, at Eginitja, Macedonia,
                Greece;
                alien; is single; laborer by occupation;
                alleges landing at Galveston, Texas, in 1908. At
                the beginning of the formal hearing, alien admitted
                his alienage, but thereafter, on advice
                of his attorney, refused to testify or answer
                questions. Government's Exhibition 38 is his
                membership book in the Communist Party of
                the United States of America, issued in the name
                of Tom Evanoff, showing dues stamps paid from
                January to August, 1930, inclusive.
                There was also this man born in "Jugoslavia":

                "VASIL GOSHEFF
                Age, 42; born at Kriveny, Jugo-Slavia;
                single;
                occupation, laborer. Alleges arrival in New
                York in 1907. Government's Exhibit No. 12 is
                the sworn statement of the alien, in which he
                admits his alienage and that he has been since
                1924 a member of the Communist Party of the
                United States of America. He also admits that
                he sold various Communistic publications. Admits
                that he believes in all of the propaganda
                expounded in the book "ABC of Communism".
                He also admits activity in getting subscriptions
                for the newspaper "Saznani", a foreign language
                Communist paper, and that he has acted as
                chairman on various committees in the Communist
                Party. Government's Exhibit 41 is Membership
                Book No. 674 of the Communist Party
                of the United States, issued on January 8, 1930,
                wliich discloses that he entered the revolutionary
                movement in 1913, and was admitted into
                the party January, 1923. It also bears dues
                stamps from January, 1930, to and including
                August, 1930. Government's Exhibit 39 is his
                membership book in the Trade Union Unity
                League. Not a word of his activity or connection
                with this association was refuted by the
                alien. His attorney refused to permit him to
                testify or to make any statements. Consequently,
                this overwhelming documentary evidence,
                as well as his own sworn statement, stands undisputed."
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                Here is partial testimony:
                Q. What is your full name ?
                A. Tom Evanoff. It was Atanas Liboshonoff in
                the old country, but I changed it
                ; it was so long.
                Q. You use the name of Tom Evanoff in this
                country? A. Yes, sure.
                Q. How old are you?' A. Forty-two.
                Q. And the date of your birth?
                A. February 25, 1888.
                Q. Where were you born?
                A. In Macedonia. It is under Greece now.
                Q. What town in Macedonia?
                A. The Turks call it Pazar; the Bulgarians call
                it Enidje Vardar; and the Greeks call it Eginitja.
                It is in Greece now.

                Q. Are your father or mother living?
                A. No, neither one.
                Q. Have you any brothers or sisters ?
                A. I have.
                Q. Give the name of one of your brothers and his
                address ?
                A. Bozen Liboshonoff. He emigrated to Bulgaria.
                Q. What town?
                A. I haven't had a letter from him for years.
                Q. Do you know the name of any of your brothers
                that are still living in Greece?
                A. They all went to Bulgaria—some are in Varnas
                and some in other towns.
                Q. When did you come over to the United States ?
                A. 1908. I spent Christmas of 1907 in Baltimore
                and New Years of 1908 in Galveston, Texas.


                Q. I am a United States Immigration Officer, and
                as such it is my duty to inquii'e into your right to
                be and remain in the United States. What is yoiu"
                full namef
                A. My full name is Vasil Goshe:ff.
                Q. Where were you bom?
                A. Born in Macedonia.
                Q. What town?
                A. Kriveny. that is four miles from the town of
                Ressan.
                Q. What country does that particular section of
                Macedonia belong to now? A. Jugoslavia.

                Q. Are you married? A. Single.
                Q. What is your lather's name? A. Coche.
                Q. Where is he now? A. He is in Ki-iveny.
                Q. Where was he born?
                A. He was born there where I was bom.
                Q. Did your father ever live in the United
                States? A. X'o.
                r.s. R. P. Bonham. 49
                Q. When did you come to the United States?
                A. In 1907.
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                • vicsinad
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2011
                  • 2337

                  I find this paper has some very useful information, it is worth the read:

                  The Historicat Photograph: Artlfact-Testament-Tert
                  William H. Brown
                  A thesis subrnitted in conformity with the requirements
                  for the degree of Master of Arts
                  Department of Theory and Policy Studies
                  Ontario lnsütute for Studies in Education of the
                  University of Toronto
                  @ Copyright by William H. Brown 1998

                  (Part of his paper is, in part, based on Lillian Petroff's "Sojourners and Settlers: The Macedonian COmmunity in Toronto to 1940"

                  Here are some relevant quotes (there are many, many, many more in here):




                  The individual subjects in these two images are not named. Their identities are
                  relegated to a group identity - "Macedonian" in Photograph #l
                  and 'Bulgarian" in
                  Photograph #2. Startifig with the City Directory for 191 2, the address of the
                  Photograph #I was indeed the "Panto Nicola Restaurant" at 356 King Street East.
                  Secondly, as wial the photographs' summary labels, the Tax Assessrnent Rolls
                  identity Macedonian "tenantsn in groups and not as individuals. Where they worked or
                  what aiey did for a living was, apparently, of no parücular interest to those who
                  collected the information. Identifying the "occupations" as 'Macedonian" may also
                  suggest dismissal: these houses with "vatious tenants" could be passed over
                  .
                  Macedonian sojourners who were 'used to avoiding Ottoman authorities. tried
                  at first to evade Canadian officialdom as well." "Macedonians disappeared within
                  official listings. obliterated by Canadian use of inadequate passport definitions of their
                  nationality - as Bulgarian, Greek, Serb or Turk - in governrnent indices of population.

                  Compilers of city directories in Toronto were apt to list Slavic boarding-house
                  denizens as foreigners." Petroff concludes that 'Macedonians in North America
                  sought officia1 non-existence.
                  The city census figures list Bulgarians and Rumanians" together. Macedonians
                  are not named specifically. The broad category, Foreign-bom," included a wide
                  selection of subjects from Europe and Asia.s An interna1 census conducted by the
                  Macedonian community in 191 0 lists 1,094 individuals, "mostly sojourners - bachelors
                  or unaccompanied married men
                  ..

                  The Macedonian sojourners were
                  subjected to systemic abuse both verbal and physical. They were
                  accused of taking jobs away from Canadian workers.

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                  • vicsinad
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2011
                    • 2337

                    Here is "The Annual Register of Wheaton College" in Wheaton, Illinoise. The school year is 1895-1896. One of the students for that year is:

                    Kosta Demeter Momiroff. He was a senior that year and was a student of the Department of Liberal Arts (Classical, Scientific and Literary). He listed his place of birth as "Monaster, Macedonia."





                    He knew what he was.

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                    • vicsinad
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2011
                      • 2337

                      2nd Class Passengers of the "Olympic" ship coming to the Americas in 1912:
                      Macedonian Passengers

                      Name Last Place of Residence/Destination
                      Filip Bojnoff, 31 Klabusitza, Macedonia to Wordville, Ohio
                      Velian Gossoff, 38 Klabusitza, Macedonia to Syracuse, New York
                      Tanas Iloff, 29 Kladovabi, Macedonia to Battle Creek, Michigan
                      Todor Ivanoff, 32 Kladovabi, Macedonia to Champion, Pennsylvania
                      Costa Ivanoff, 25
                      Nicola Ivanoff, 24
                      Bogoja Kristoff, 34 Kladovabi, Macedonia to Battle Creek, Michigan
                      Kole Ristoff, 30 Klabusitza, Macedonia to Syracuse, New York
                      Christo Storanoff, 26 Kalenik, Macedonia to Wordville, Ohio
                      Andon Tanos, 30 Klabusitza, Macedonia to Syracuse, New York
                      Gligor Vanoff, 23 Klabusitza, Macedonia to Wordville, Ohio
                      Macedonian Passengers – Forward Berths
                      Name Last Place of Residence/
                      Destination
                      Tanko Andreeff, 35 Mogilots, Macedonia to Valley Park, California
                      Vassil Christo, 17 Nissi, Macedonia to Delaware, Ohio
                      Gligor Colo, 13 Nissi, Macedonia to Delaware, Ohio
                      Petre Constantinoff, 45 Valdova, Macedonia to Indianapolis, Indiana
                      August Costa, 17 Novrokop, Macedonia to New York City
                      Nikola Eftimoff, 23 Perova, Macedonia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
                      Pentecy Georghi, 32 Madova, Macedonia to Delaware, Ohio
                      Canas Georghi, 17
                      Spiro Gheorgieff, 20 Bouf, Macedonia to Detroit, Michigan
                      Athayas Jovan, 17 Brusnik, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                      Tans Kreteff, 32 Perletio, Macedonia Chicago, Illinois
                      Simo Krstoff, 30 Bouf, Macedonia to Portland, Oregon
                      Tache Mitsoff, 18 Valdova, Macedonia to Indianapolis, Indiana
                      Iry Otze, 32 Brusnik, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                      Stefo Petroff, 16 Bouf, Macedonia to Barberton, Ohio

                      Macedonian Passengers
                      Name Last Place of Residence/Destination
                      Nicola Dimitri, 30 Matimere, Macedonia to Fairmount, Illinois
                      Havre Petre, 19 Sora, Macedonia to East Hammond, Indiana
                      Todor Riste, 29 Hinista, Macedonia to Fairmount, Illinois
                      Riste Sveado, 25 Matimere, Macedonia to Fairmount, Illinois
                      Macedonian Passengers – Forward Berths
                      Name Last Place of Residence/Destination
                      Gligor Christoff, 26 Baptchor, Macedonia to Syracuse, New York
                      Grigor Dimitri, 17 Monastis, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                      Vassil Dimitroff, 26 Baptchor, Macedonia to Fort Wayne, Indiana
                      Tanas Lazoff, 19 Baptchor, Macedonia to Fort Wayne, Indiana
                      Kiril Manoloff, 19 Dranoveno, Macedonia to Madison, Illinois
                      Vassil Sotiroff, 19 Baptchor, Macedonia to Fort Wayne, Indiana
                      Gheorghi Sotiroff, 18
                      Kouso Stoganoff, 26 Aposkop, Macedonia to Madison, Illinois
                      Dan Voteff, 19 Baptchor, Macedonia to Syracuse, New York
                      Ilia Yanoff, 19 Gabrech, Macedonia to Madison, Illinois

                      Macedonian Passengers – Aft Berths
                      Name Last Place of Residence/
                      Destination
                      Nicole Ivantch, 29 Monastis, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois

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                      • vicsinad
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2011
                        • 2337

                        Same boat, 1 month earlier:

                        Macedonian Passengers – Forward Berths
                        Name Last Place of Residence/Destination
                        Marko Casseff, 29 Kroushada, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                        Ceofil Gheorghi, 20 Takaron, Macedonia to Ely, Minnesota
                        Gheorghi Ivanoff, 29 Takaron, Macedonia to Ely, Minnesota
                        Alexander Ivanoff, 26
                        Petar Ivanoff, 19
                        Mate Petroff, 21 Eritza, Macedonia to Detroit, Michigan

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                        • vicsinad
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2011
                          • 2337

                          From "A History of Ethnic Enclaves in Canada" by John Zucchi. 2007.

                          Macedonian Immigrants
                          The interwar years marked a transition in European immigrant neighbourhoods from a transient and primarily bachelor phase to a long-term, family-based phenomenon. The case of Macedonian immigrants in Toronto exemplifies this trend. In the early twentieth century Toronto's Macedonians pioneered three settlements: in the East End around Eastern Avenue, in the Niagara Street district in the West End, and in the Toronto Junction, near the stockyards. Although the buildings in these areas were not slums and were in much better condition than the classical immigrants quarters to be found in the Ward or in Winnipeg's North End, the two storey homes were often overcrowded with young Macedonian men. As Lillian Petroff has indicated, city health officials saw this as a symptom of slum conditions. In the 1920s, this situation would be remedied by the arrival of many Macedonian women who migrated to Toronto to join their husbands or marry their fiancés.

                          The arrival of these women from Macedonia in the early 1920s served as a decidedly stabilizing influence. Often finding themselves in the role of boarding house keepers in the old ethnic neighbourhoods, they tended to exert a certain moral authority over the young boarders. On the other hand, in some cases, the husbands - faced with a situation where their newr brides were living among young bachelors - chose boarders carefully in order to maintain a modicum of control over the situation. If in the 1920s, the closing of the American immigration gates made Canada a more promising country for prospective newcomers, the economic crisis ushered in by the Depression of the 1930s effectively scotched immigration. In the Macedonian and other communities, with the decline of the male sojourner population and as young men married, so did the practice of boarding decline. In Ibronto's Macedonian community, the move to more permanent family structures led to one major development: the shift from home rental to purchase. This was not only an economic decision. Rather, it involved the acquisition of new cultural values in the Canadian setting.

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                          • vicsinad
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2011
                            • 2337

                            Originally posted by vicsinad View Post
                            Same boat, 5 months earlier:


                            Macedonian Passengers
                            Name Last Place of Residence/
                            Destination
                            Andrea Petreff, 26 Jerze, Macedonia to Chicago, Illinois
                            Riste Lajar, 29 Lajek, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Mileneo Nicole, 17 Oleveni, Macedonia to Fairmount, Illinois
                            Neteho Stavro, 17 Meonastir, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Spase Stoylan, 17 Barecham, Macedonia to Fairmount, Illinois
                            Lazar Yovan, 34 Olevem, Macedonia to Fairmount, Illinois

                            Macedonian Passengers – Forward Berths
                            Name Last Place of Residence/
                            Destination
                            Ronstantin Arguir, 18 Hronkichta, Macedonia to New York City
                            Todor Bochoff, 31 Racle, Macedonia to Irvine, California
                            Vasil Boche, 30 Graesnitza, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Naydon Bochoff, 22 Moghila, Macedonia to Denver, Colorado
                            Ilia Bogoya, 33 Racovo, Romania to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Stefo Constantin, 37 Racovo, Romania to Cleveland, Ohio
                            Jean Constantindoff, 18 Hranpiehta, Bulgaria to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Creste Cotcho, 16 Racovo, Romania to Battle Creek, Michigan
                            Georges Damian, 17 Racovo, Romania to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Ivan Dimitri, 43 Racovo, Romania to Battle Creek, Michigan
                            Stefo Dimtri, 18 Gratse, Macedonia to Louisville, Kentucky
                            Stefan Filip, 34 Monostir, Turkey to Bayonne, New Jersey
                            Janne Fotteff, 37 Gradjero, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Petric Gheorghi, 24 Baton, Macedonia to Keesport, Pennsylvania
                            Spiro Gheorghieff, 35 Gradjero, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Vassil Gheorghieff, 24
                            Spiro Ghiorghieff, 26 Toplitza, Turkey to Steelton, Pennsylvania
                            Stoyan Iocheff, 18 Moghila, Macedonia to Irvine, California
                            Philipe Jelieff, 18 Gradjero, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Gelle Jlieff, 40 Gradjero, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Vassil Jovan, 19 Christoforon, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Fraytche Lazor, 36 Racovo, Romania to Cleveland, Ohio
                            Ragno Lvakeff, 18 Darnitchovo, Macedonia to Cleveland, Ohio
                            Ilo Mitre, 27 Miclevictha, Turkey to Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
                            Christian Nicolas, 18 Monastir, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Eftim Nove, 26 Boton, Macedonia to Chicago, Illinois
                            Dimitri Pavloff, 30 Gratze, Macedonia to Louisville, Kentucky
                            Georghi Pavloff, 10
                            Andon Pandazi, 39 Tsakane, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Vaomn Paoloff, 18 Gratse, Macedonia to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Kosta Popguargieff, 22 Racle, Macedonia to Denver, Colorado
                            Vaugluel Risoff, 18 Iglebe, Macedonia to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Andre Riste, 14 Racovo, Romania to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Dimitri Serafin, 21 Miclevichta, Macedonia to New York City
                            Jovan Simon, 18 Boton, Macedonia to Chicago, Illinois
                            Dimitric Stavros, 17 Vizokolis, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Petco Stefan, 18 Graesnitza, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Mitre Stoyan, 31 Racovo, Romania to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Cale Stoyanoff, 33 Roule, Macedonia to Lackawanna, New York
                            Temelco Tasse, 33 Racovo, Romania to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Iani Thanas, 20 Kartetcha, Macedonia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
                            Spase Tirtstse, 31 Cheveni, Macedonia to Fairmount, Illinois
                            Ilvan Todor, 16 Racovo, Romania to Battle Creek, Michigan
                            Tadi Tsvetcoff, 31 Perleki, Macedonia to New York City
                            Vuola Vangnel, 38 Gratze, Macedonia to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Naum Vantcho, 25 Boton, Macedonia to Chicago, Illinois
                            Petre Vassil, 30 Racovo, Romania to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Miton Veleff, 24 Moghila, Macedonia to Denver, Colorado
                            Macedonian Passengers – Aft Berths
                            Name Last Place of Residence/
                            Destination
                            Iana Mihailova, 30 Tsakane, Macedonia to La Salle, Illinois
                            Mihail Mihailova, 10



                            Turkish Passengers – Forward Berths
                            Name Last Place of Residence/
                            Destination
                            Stefan Jovanoff, 15 Prilep, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Nissiner Navaro, 19 Uskieb, Macedonia to New York City
                            Turkish Passengers – Aft Berths
                            Name Last Place of Residence/
                            Destination
                            Kata Fosheva, 44 Prilep, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Jovan Iloff, 31 Prilep, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Vasa Iloff, 30


                            Turkish Passengers
                            Name Last Place of Residence/
                            Destination
                            Vasil Athanas, 18 Dihovar, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Sotoi Bogoya, 20 Gracnitza, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Dmie Bogoya, 16
                            Stoyan Boycis, 19 Dihovar, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Vanco Dmico, 31 Dihovar, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Josip Goergi, 17 Dihovar, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Nial Pano, 34 Gracnitza, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Nedelco Riste, 34 Cleveni, Macedonia to Battle Creek, Michigan
                            Petr Riste, 18
                            Georgi Riste, 17
                            Vanco Stefo, 17 Dihovar, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Spasse Stoyan, 17 Gracnitza, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Thate Thador, 30 Lahtsi, Macedonia to Mona City, Pennsylvania
                            Rriste Thanas, 38 Gracnitza, Macedonia to Rochester, New York
                            Lago Trento, 24 Rakovo, Macedonia to Cincinnati, Ohio
                            Vasil Vanteko, 31 Dihovar, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois

                            Name Last Place of Residence/
                            Destination
                            Velian Boche, 33 Negotheian, Macedonia to East St. Louis, Missouri
                            Riste Bojcic, 43 Negotehani, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Tane Bouche, 29 Monastir, Macedonia to New York City
                            Riste Cole, 27 Ziabiani, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Goche Coleff, 34 Guiavito, Macedonia to Hammond, Indiana
                            Andrea Cono, 18 Icopia, Macedonia to New York City
                            Apostol Cote, 34 Tzapari, Macedonia to Kenneth, Indiana
                            Mihal Cote, 31
                            Pavle Dime, 14 Negotehani, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Deino Ghiorghi, 16 Ziabiani, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Riste Kirste, 18 Csapari, Macedonia to Nemeha, Iowa
                            Kiril Kostadin, 18 Tzapari, Macedonia to La Porte, Indiana
                            Petre Kostadin, 18
                            Tale Koste, 25 Monastir, Macedonia to New York City
                            Trattche Kouzmann, 32 Tzapari, Macedonia to Kenneth, Indiana
                            Jovautche Mitreff, 30 Guiavito, Macedonia to Hammond, Indiana
                            Abramoff Naoum, 18 Tsapari, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Georgi Naoum, 31 Tsapari, Macedonia to Kenneth, Indiana
                            Jovan Naoum, 18
                            Athanas Petre, 32 Tzapari, Macedonia to Kenneth, Indiana
                            Ilo Petroff, 24 Monastir, Macedonia to New York City
                            Apostol Rista, 31 Tsapari, Macedonia to Hammond, Indiana
                            Arghele Rista, 17 Christoforan, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Cole Riste, 24 Tsapari, Macedonia to New York City
                            Todor Serbinoff, 17 Christo, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Kote Sile, 32 Kalenik, Macedonia to St. Louis, Missouri
                            Costadin Simonoff, 32 Guiavito, Macedonia to Fairmont, Illinois
                            Spyre Stavro, 31 Tsapari, Macedonia to Mansfield, Ohio
                            Spyro Stefoff, 23 Monastir, Macedonia to New York City
                            Blaje Stojtche, 18 Tsapari, Macedonia to Kenneth, Indiana
                            Michail Tachko, 19 Brousnik, Macedonia to Granite City, Illinois
                            Riste Tachkoff, 31 Kamna, Macedonia to Hammond, Indiana
                            Spyroff Tasse, 29 Tsapareh, Macedonia to Kenneth, Indiana
                            Traian Temelko, 33 Guiavito, Macedonia to Hammond, Indiana
                            Auguela Todor, 31 Guiavito, Macedonia to Hammond, Indiana
                            Georges Traytche, 18 Tyruovo, Macedonia to Kalamazoo, Michigan
                            Todor Tzvetko, 17 Tzapari, Macedonia to La Porte, Indiana
                            Anghele Vassil, 42 Guiavato, Macedonia to Hammond, Indiana

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                            • vicsinad
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2011
                              • 2337

                              Originally posted by vicsinad View Post
                              Here is "The Annual Register of Wheaton College" in Wheaton, Illinoise. The school year is 1895-1896. One of the students for that year is:

                              Kosta Demeter Momiroff. He was a senior that year and was a student of the Department of Liberal Arts (Classical, Scientific and Literary). He listed his place of birth as "Monaster, Macedonia."





                              He knew what he was.
                              Mr. Momiroff wrote this in 1899 (He is also known as Reverend Momiroff):

                              Secret Lodges in the Turkish Empire.
                              BY REV. K.D. MOMIROFF. MACEDONI A, TURKEY.
                              Both the Greek churches and the Mo-
                              hammedan are opposed to secret socie-
                              ties and do not allow them to exist within
                              the pale of their churches. The laws of
                              the country make it also very difficult for
                              the formation of lodges. No meetings
                              can be held in the evening. People must
                              be in their homes after dark as the gov-
                              ernment is very suspicious of revolution-
                              ary movements, and often punishes upon
                              mere suspicion, and hence the difficulty
                              of organizing secret lodges, for the gov-
                              ernment itself forbids them, but still they
                              exist.
                              There are two classes of lodges; the
                              mpst prevalent are religious secret so-
                              cieties, which are really sects of the Mo-
                              hammedan religion. The members have
                              really withdrawn from the worship of
                              Mohammed, but they adopt some relative
                              of Mohammed as their divinity, and this
                              worship being unlawful, drives them to
                              secret society organizations, which are
                              political as well as religious and hence
                              are dangerous to the Turkish govern-
                              ment. The other class of secret societies
                              is formed by those who have had their
                              education in the schools of France and
                              Italy, and who have joined the infidel and

                              atheistic lodges of those countries, and
                              they having become infidels, upon their
                              return to Turkey have themselves organ-
                              ized similar lodges in their own country.

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