Mia Čorak

Female20 February 1916–5 October 2002

Brief Life History of Mia

When Mia Čorak was born on 20 February 1916, in Slavonski Brod, Brod-Posavina, Croatia, Yugoslavia, her father, Milan Čorak, was 28 and her mother, Hedviga Ernestina Palme, was 21. She married Kurt Neumann on 13 September 1946, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to New York, United States in 1940 and lived in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1993 and Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States in 2000. She died on 5 October 2002, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Kurt Neumann
1902–1984
Mia Čorak
1916–2002
Marriage: 13 September 1946
Maria Elizabeth Neumann
1947–

Sources (14)

  • Mia Slavenska, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Mia Corak Slavenska, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mia Corak Shevenska, "New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 September 1946Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

    Age 1

    Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

    1918

    Age 2

    Croatia joins the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

    1941

    Age 25

    World war II. A 'Greater Croatia' is formed under Nazi advisement, comprising of Croatia, most of Bosnia, and western Serbia. A fascist puppet government is installed under Ante Pavelic. The regime acts brutally against Serbs and Jews as it seeks to create a Catholic, all-Croat republic. Hundreds of thousands lose their lives.

    Name Meaning

    English (southwestern): variant of Corum .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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