The name Bravdica, and also the name Bradizza, derived from the northern Italy and Croatian areas of the globe. Specifically near Venice and Ravenna, and the Island of Cres. The roots have been traced back to the 17th century, but I am sure that someone out there can carry things farther with their personal research.

Similarly, we have traces of our ancestry located on the Island of Cres, in Croatia, with George Pietro Bradizza immigrating to the United States in the Early 1900’s. His name was modified to the most common name of the region, Bravdica. He had 2 sons and a daughter that were born in the city of Pueblo, Colorado. Only the daughter is still living in 2019.

The sons, along with a half brother, were all placed in an orphanage at an early age. They ended up in Denver, Colorado. Amazingly, they stayed in touch with their sister throughout time, so their children were all able to gather some level of a family. Two of the boys kept the new name, Bravdica, and one, the half brother kept the name Cardenas. Ignatius and George Pietro Jr, and Raymond Cardenas (Son of Mary White) were their names. The sister married and became Josephine Regalado.

The four bore 13 children total, and numerous grand children, and now great grand children. Though, only Josephine is survived by all, she still resides in Pueblo, Colorado.

Now that you’ve read the immediate history of the name, and the last 100 years of the descendants, It’s my hope you can jump over to the Bloggers area, and add your version of the name Bravdica and Bradizza, and the relationship you and your family have with it.

From this, I have actually carried our family history back to 1602, with much luck. On my mother’s side (Joan Sylvia Smith), it is definite that her father’s ancestors migrated from Canada in the early 1800’s with the name Belonger. Harry Smith married a grand daughter of this family named Bridgette Belonger, and their son, Theodore was the father of Joan.

Here’s the tree id JPG format:

• Surname Bravdica in modern Croatia In Croatia, Bravdica families are Croats (from the Island of Cres ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Cres. Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenija Hungary Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenija Hungary Cres Island
• Prevalence About 20 people with family name Bravdica live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
  They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Cres on the Island of Cres (15) and Rijeka (<5).
• Outside Croatia
  Family name Bravdica (including: Bravdizza , Bravdiza ) is present in three countries on two continents. The family name “Bravdica ” is used by small number of people in the United States.
• Characteristic first names Luciano Bravdica, Lorena Bravdica, Suzana Bravdica, Dorian Bravdica, Ines Bravdica, Izabel Bravdica, Nikola Bravdica, Končeta Bravdica, Mateo Bravdica, Nevia Bravdica, Marija Bravdica, Eta Bravdica, Ivanka Bravdica, Franjo Bravdica, Mirjana Bravdica, Ema Bravdica, Nika Bravdica, Ivor Bravdica, Lucija Bravdica
•  Bravdica in the United States In the country population of about 327.2 million, Bravdica is an extremely rare surname in the United States.