The Blažević Archive
Direct ancestor · generation 1

Hedviga "Seka" Blažević

1926–2001 · Senj, Croatia

Noted

What she did

The tree saysNo occupation recorded — her whole event list is born, immigrated, died
The record saysFamily lore: a singer at the Hotel Therapia, Crikvenica

Remembered in the family and written down in September 2026. Nothing corroborates it, and nothing contradicts it — the tree simply says nothing about her working life at all. The venue is real and datable: the Therapia opened at Crikvenica in 1895 as the Nadvojvoda Josip, was renamed in 1899 when a hydropathic institute was put inside it, and with the Miramare of 1906 is the building that made Crikvenica a health resort. It still stands, renamed Kvarner Palace after an Austrian hotelier bought it in 2013. Read it →

Disputed — this attachment does not hold

When she left Croatia

The tree saysImmigration to South Africa, April 1975, from Zimbabwe
The record saysFamily lore says 1948 — which the record will not allow

Her second and third children were born at Senj in December 1951 and April 1953, so the family was in Croatia at least five years after 1948. What 1948 is in this family is the birth of Ladislava at Crikvenica on 5 March. The crossing therefore happened after April 1953 and before about 1973, and this archive holds nothing at all from inside that span. Read it →

Born3 AUG 1926, Senj, Croatia
Died30 OCT 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa
CauseCANCER OF THE RECTUM SPREAD TO THE LIVER
LineBlažević · everyone of the name →
Ahnentafel1 — generation 1
Record@I17@

Family

Hedviga "Seka" Blažević3 AUG 1926–30 OCT 2001generation 1 · ahnentafel 1
marriedIvan Anton Defranceskinot published here
married— living, withheld —
married ABT 1973Santou (Shemtov) Isaac Codronnot published here
3 children
— living, withheld —
— living, withheld —
— living, withheld —
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 8 relatives drawn here, 6 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. 2relatives are named in the tree but fall outside the eight surnames and have no page.4are judged living and withheld from this build entirely.

Where this comes from

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

6 images are attached to this person , of which 1 are documents rather than photographs.

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

How much of the direct line rests on a document →

Every record naming Blažević →

Where this sits on the line

Ahnentafel 1generation 1 of Hedviga's descent. Every person's father is twice their own number and their mother twice plus one, so this person's parents are 2 and 3.

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.

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

Events, as the record has them

  • death 30 OCT 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa
  • birth 3 AUG 1926 Senj, Croatia
  • immigration APR 1975 South Africa
    From Zimbabwe

Documents and photographs

1 document and 5 photographs in the MyHeritage media library carry this person's tag. None of them travelled in the GEDCOM. All of them →

Ivan Defranceski Birth Certificate - Translated
Ivan Defranceski Birth Certificate - Translated · 4032×3024 document
Also tagged: Ivan Anton Defranceski
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Granny Heddies Photos-25
Granny Heddies Photos-25 · 2724×2056
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Untitled · 1017×1500
Also tagged: Ivan Anton Defranceski
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Untitled · 1500×969
Also tagged: Milka Lucia Papic
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Untitled · 1500×965
Also tagged: Ivan Anton Defranceski

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

  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-2008972_OYYV6IT7E7FCUM4NSCIQSI36X56V7KA_OYYV6IT7E7FCUM4NSCIQSI36X56V7KA/hedviga-blazevic
  • Boras Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV6K6XBKGZPI2MNMEWEXKIXSIVTXI-1500274/hedviga-bla%C5%BEevi%C4%87

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 →