The Yeseta Family, Together Again

I finally have in my possession pictures of all of the Yeseta siblings - the brothers and sisters of my husband's paternal grandmother, Madalena.  The original spellling of the name was Ješeta, but in Croatian the letter J is pronounced Y so in the United States, the family changed the spelling. (The name Ješeta is actually a Czech name, the siblings' father having been born in Bohemia - the modern day Czech Republic.)

There were six siblings, all of whom came to the United States.  Their names were Maria, Anna, Matej (Matthew), Sime (pronounced Shima), Ante (Anthony) and Madalena.  Now that I have their pictures, I can send the manuscript of the family history book to my book designer.  She will need to do some photoshop repair work on some of the pictures.  Here they are:

Maria

                                                                               Anna

Matej

Sime

Ante

Madalena

These siblings were born between 1875 and 1886. Four of the six died between 1929 and 1939, at relatively young ages, from pneumonia or accidents.  All of them married and have many descendants. Some of the descendants have kept in touch with other descendants, but in many cases relatives had lost track of each other. This project has brought many of them together again, in small gatherings, and through email and phone calls. This was a bonus outcome I had not anticipated - the reunion of grandchildren and great grandchildren of the orignial Yeseta immigrants. Many of those grandchildren  had never even met the grandparents who died so young.

Besides these pictures of the siblings, I have wedding pictures of the two brothers, other group pictures, and the names of most of the descendants as well as ancestors dating back to the early 1700s.  All will be sent off next Monday to the designer.  In about 2 months, we should have the finished product and the Yesetas will once again be united, if only in a book.