The Blažević Archive
Kalanj

Anica / Ana / Anna "Ana" Kalanj

1864–1936 · Klenovica 22, Klenovica, Croatia

Disputed — this attachment does not hold

Her gravestone gives the wrong birth date

The tree saysBorn 3 January 1864, Klenovica 22; died 28 May 1936, Crikvenica
The record saysThe Crikvenica stone reads ✻ 19 IX 1863 — the baptismal register reads 3 January 1864

The grave at Crikvenica is inscribed <em>ANA DE. FRANCESCHI ✻ 19 IX 1863 ✝ 28 V 1936</em>. The death is exactly right. The birth is not. Her baptism survives: <em>Anno Domini 1864</em>, no. 2 — <em>Anna, legitima, Josephus Kalanj et Rosalia nata Perković ejus uxor, Brinjensis parochiae ruricolae</em>, at <span class='mono'>Klenovica N&deg; 22</span>, born <strong>3 January 1864</strong> and baptised three days later on 6 January. A register written within the week beats a stone cut after 1936, so the tree's date stands and the stone is the error. Worth saying plainly because the stone is the kind of source that feels conclusive and is not. Read it →

She is Martin Kalanj's sister, which explains the godparents

The tree saysAna Kalanj and Martin Kalanj both children of Josip Kalanj and Rozalija Perković, Klenovica 22
The record saysBoth baptisms name the same parents; and Ana's husband stands godfather to Martin's daughter

Ana's 1864 baptism gives her parents as Josephus Kalanj and Rosalia nata Perković at Klenovica 22 — the same couple the tree gives Martin (b. 8 November 1861, Klenovica 22). They are brother and sister. The confirmation arrives from an unexpected direction: at Zora Kalanj's baptism in 1898, Martin's daughter, the godparents are entered as <em>Josip i Ana Defrancesco</em> — that is Ana herself and her husband, the child's aunt and uncle. Four register pages, found loose in a photo library, turn out to document one household across two generations. Read it →

Born3 JAN 1864, Klenovica 22, Klenovica, Croatia
Baptised6 JAN 1864, Ledenice, Croatia
Died28 MAY 1936, Crikvenica, Croatia
BuriedCrikvenica
LineKalanj · everyone of the name →
Record@I504853@

Family

Parents
Josip Josephus Joso Kalanj Kalain Kallayn1826–1910tree only
Rozalija Rosalia Rozalia Perković Perkovic Ferkovic Ferkovićd. 1917not published here
Anica / Ana / Anna "Ana" Kalanj3 JAN 1864–28 MAY 1936Kalanj
married 12 OCT 1889Josephus "Josip" de Franceschinot published here
9 children
Anton / Antonius Rudolph / Rudolf "Ante" Defranceschi1890–1943not published here
Marijana Stjefa Stjepanka de Franceschi1892–1905not published here
Ivan de Franceschi1894–1896not published here
Zorica De Franceschi1896–1968not published here
Leopold "Pauldo" de Franceschi1901–1971not published here
Ruza de Franceschi1903–1939not published here
Marija de Franceschi1906–1906not published here
Sretcko Pavao "Felix" de Franceschi1908–1979not published here
Dragica de Franceschinot published here
a direct ancestor a record has been read for them an image, not yet read from the family tree, unverified

The mark describes the person, not the link. Of the 10 relatives drawn here, 0 have a document of their own in this archive — but that is not the same as a document tying them to this person. This archive holds no separate proof for most parent–child links; where it does, the note above this chart says so in words. 11relatives are named in the tree but fall outside the eight surnames and have no page.

Where this comes from

this archive has shown something recorded about them to be wrong.

3 images are attached to this person , of which 3 are documents rather than photographs.

2 corrections and notes have been recorded against this page — set out above, and listed on What changed.

Every record naming Kalanj →

Where this sits in the family

Not on the direct line. They are published because they belong to one of the eight surnames this archive follows.

The register spells this surname more than one way, and the search folds the forms together — so Xubrinich and Žubrinić, Joannis and Ivan, find each other.

Where this surname sits on the map →
What the tree says that cannot be true →

Events, as the record has them

  • death 28 MAY 1936 Crikvenica, Croatia
  • birth 3 JAN 1864 Klenovica 22, Klenovica, Croatia
    "Ledenice, Modrus-Fiume, Hungary records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99X-K7DD?view=explore : Feb 16, 2026), image 33 of 342; Hrvatski državni arhiv u Zagrebu. Image Group Number: 005494765
  • burial Crikvenica
  • baptism 6 JAN 1864 Ledenice, Croatia

Notes carried in the tree

Reproduced as written, minus the automated copy-reference boilerplate. These are what the family and other researchers put down, not what this archive has verified.

note reference in senj to kalanj: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99X-17W4?i=355&wc=9R2D-N3F%3A391644801%2C391920301%2C391921101&cc=2040054
Seems to be references in letinac of the Kalanj's https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899F-9V2Z?i=19&wc=9R26-HZS%3A391644801%2C392419801%2C392419802&cc=2040054
and also seem to come from the region of brinje, close to senj https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99F-93K6?i=12&wc=9R26-82S%3A391644801%2C392418401%2C392418402&cc=2040054
Could this be parents? https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899C-597V?i=399&wc=9R2M-82L%3A391644801%2C391936901%2C391937101&cc=2040054

Documents and photographs

3 documents and 0 photographs in the MyHeritage media library carry this person's tag. None of them travelled in the GEDCOM. All of them →

Crikvenica gravestone — Ana de Franceschi born Kalanj, and her husband Josip
Crikvenica gravestone — Ana de Franceschi born Kalanj, and her husband Josip · 4032×3024 document
Crikvenica, the Defranceschi grave site
Crikvenica, the Defranceschi grave site · 3024×4032 document
Ana Kalanj baptism — Klenovica N.22, born 3 Jan 1864, baptised 6 Jan
Ana Kalanj baptism — Klenovica N.22, born 3 Jan 1864, baptised 6 Jan · 4252×2795 document

A tag says somebody linked this image to this person — not that the person is in it. A register page is tagged to everyone it names. Method →

Sources attached in the tree

None. This person carries no source string at all in the tree. They may still be right — but nothing here can be checked without going to the register. Method →

An online family tree is a witness, not a source. Where a citation points at a parish register or a FamilySearch image, that is the thing worth going to. Sources →