Written by Petrit Latifi

The following articles discusses the history of the Albanians of 15th to 20th century Croatia.

Arbanas – the Arbanasić family from Donja Lomnica, the ancestors of today’s Arbanas, is first mentioned in sources in 1499. In 1560, Ivan Arbanasić was granted nobility, and in 1589, Benko Arbanasić is first mentioned. The first known forester in the Turopolje municipality was Juraj Arbanas (1611). In 1613, Stjepan Arbanas was elected as the fiškuš of the Turopolje noble municipality, and in 1614, as the Turopolje captain.

Martin Arbanas was elected as the gatekeeper of the Turopolje municipality in 1615. In the period 1647-1649, Juraj Arbanas-Benak is mentioned in sources. Nikola Arbanas was elected as the captain of Turopolje in 1746, and Janko Arbanas as the forester (he served as the municipal servant and fireman for many years). At that time, the Arbanas cooperative numbered up to thirty caretakers in Donja Lomnica. Juraj and Ana Arbanas are mentioned in Donja Lomnica in 1796. (B.M.)

Arbanas Alojz –Lojziček (1912-72) member of Nova zora, appeared on the Zagreb radio in 1937.

Arbanas Adam is mentioned in 1782 as the owner of a manor

Arbanas Benko from Lomnica, prefect of Turopolje 1589-99

Arbanas Benko is mentioned in 1782 as the owner of a manor

Arbanas Benko saw in 1868 that the judge’s accounts for the noble brothers had been read and accepted as good, so that neither the judge from the municipality nor the municipality from the judge had anything to ask for.

Arbanas Gjuro-Benak from Lomnica was the prefect of Turopolje in 1647-49

Arbanas Đuro, in 1919 a councilor in the People’s Reading Room

Arbanas Franjo-Husar (1899-1973) was a member of the DVD, in the picture from 1930

Arbanas Franjo-Jurkečev in 1933 was a forest road worker in Sučija

Arbanas Franjo-Zbenaščakov (1901-1980) in 1946-47 the last judge in Lomnica, in 1947 he bought a čardak from Sučija, he was also a firefighter in the picture from 1930

Arbanas Franjo-Zbenaščakov (1932-2000) a member of Nova zora, was in Pula in 1952

Arbanas Ivan Sr. 1872.8.June, was on the list in the first elections in Lomnica for a representative to the parliament on behalf of the free district of Turopolje

Arbanas Ivan, 1872, 8 June, was on the list in the first elections in Lomnica for a representative to the parliament on behalf of the free district of Turopolje

Arbanas Ivan mentioned in a new deed of grant dated 12.7.1560, in which the forest was granted to the people of Lomnica

Arbanas Ivan 1866-67 is mentioned as a judge of Donjo Lomnica, 1868-1877. Sučija writer and also vice assessor

Arbanas Ivan-Debec and his wife Kata kbr.66 donate 2000 crowns for the Lomnica church in 1920

Arbanas Janko is mentioned as a judge of the Noble Sučija in 1775

Arbanas Janko-Vrbanasov. In 1919, he was elected to the new Agrarian Committee on the proposal of Josip Stepanić. On 14 August 1921, he proposed the following conclusion at the meeting, that councilors from our court should be selected who, together with the councilors of the other judges, would review the accounts for 1918 from the month of November and December, then for 1919, 1920 and 1921, and with regard to the time when this review would be carried out, the committee should come to an agreement with Mr. Turopoljski County.

Arbanas Josip kbr. 1904-05.was a farmer from Sučija

Arbanas Josip – Bugnar (1888-1963) member of the DVD, judge, appraiser, craftsman, 1919.g. councilor in the Public Reading Room, 1920.g. with his brother Vinko and his partner Šandor Lewi on April 24, they put a steam-powered sawmill into operation, the sawmill was called “Braća Arbanas i Drug” Check if it’s Josip or someone else – Josip is Vinko’s nephew.

Arbanas Josip – Cipov, member of Nova Zora, 1937.appeared on Radio Zagreb

Arbanas Josip – Okić (1916-1945) victim of fascist terror, member of Nova Zora, 1937.appeared on Radio Zagreb

Arbanas Josip-Gosponekov 1917.church šikutor, 1919. member of the 1st tamburitza choir

Arbanas Joso 1872.June 8, was on the list in the first elections in Lomnica for a representative to the parliament for the free district of Turopolje

Arbanas Juraj-Aršek (1940-2004) member of Nova Zora since 1956

Arbanas Juraj -Gumbek, (1920-1992) member of Nova Zora, sang bass I.

Arbanas Juraj-Rojc (1928-94) member of DVD

Arbanas Juraj is mentioned as a judge of the Noble Judges in 1773. 1779. 1782. 1793.godine

Arbanas Kata n.Češković-Suva (1924-86) member of Nova Zora since 1938.g. sang soprano I.

Arbanas Kruno (1975-2005) member of the DVD

Arbanas Lacko 1885.g. is mentioned as a forest ranger of Sučija

Arbanas Lacko-Zbenašačkov 1921.14.8. elected to the committee for the review of Turopolje accounts and will also have the duty to report to Sučija on the review.

Arbanas Luka (1857-?) 1885.g. 1900-02. and 1904-05. he was a court clerk, in 1890 he is mentioned as one of the founders of DVD and the first secretary

Arbanas Mara-Belica, member of Nova zora1929 on tour Sarajevo-Dubrovnik-Split

Arbanas Marko-Gosponekov had a rich family archive, in 1909 E. Laszowski found valuable documents about Lomnica

Arbanas Martin 1615 elected as the gatekeeper of the Turopolje municipality

Arbanas Mato-Gosponekov (1871-1944) kbr.29
1890 he is mentioned as one of the founders of DVD
1902-1905. mentioned as a forest ranger from Sučija
1919.g. was in the first tamburitza choir in Lomnica 1921.2.XII.elected as Sučija scribe

Arbanas Matek kbr.28 was in 1905.g. a Sučija field worker Arbanas Mato 1922.g. is mentioned as a child, in 1924.g. was in the Sučija audit committee

Arbanas Mijo-Boltekov 18. July.1920.g. elected to the Committee for the inspection of Sučija buildings in what condition, 1920.15.5. proposes at the meeting that the field for grazing cattle, pigs and horses be divided so that no one grazes on the canals and lines, and let them graze on their own.

Arbanas Mika 1900-01. and 1903-05. is mentioned as a village coroner

Arbanas Miko 1872.8.June, was on the list in the first elections in Lomnica for a representative to the parliament on behalf of the free district of Turopolje

Arbanas Mikula 1872. is mentioned as a councilor of Sučija

Arbanas Nikola becomes the captain of Turopolje in 1746

Arbanas Pavao 5.February 1560., on the occasion of the renewal of the Turopolje brotherhood, represented Donja Lomnica, at the Zagreb chapter, he was also mentioned in the new grant in which the forest was granted to the people of Lomnica

Arbanas Pavao-Boltekov 1872.8.June, was on the list in the first elections in Lomnica for a representative to the parliament on behalf of the free district of Turopolje

Arbanas Stjepan mentioned in a new deed of gift dated 12.7.1560.g., in which the forest was granted to the people of Lomnica

Arbanas Stjepan in 1613. elected as the fiškuš of the Turopolje noble municipality, in 1614 as the captain of the Turopolje banderija

Arbanas Stjepan-Gosponekov 1915-18. was a farmer from Sučija

Arbanas Stjepan (Mikin) (1898-1938) member of DVD

Arbanas Stjepan-Jucek ( ? +1946) member of Nova Zora, appeared on Radio Zagreb in 1937

Arbanas Stjepan-Keko senior (1923-78) was a member of DVD

Arbanas Stjepan-Pepek (1909-78) had a mill, threshing machine and sawmill even before World War II, had an electrical connection in 1936, the village received it in 1940

Arbanas Stjepan is mentioned in 1917 as an assistant forester

Arbanas Vinko-Cukorin was born on 30.11.1866, in the Arbanas-Bolteki cooperative kbr31 (Stepanska 5) at the old manor, he was a tailor by profession. He went to America and after his return he built a steam mill and threshing machine on a piece of land that belonged to him (Stepanska 3). He had a wife Tinika who was a maid for the Modić-Bedeković family, in 1926 he sold everything to Alojz Lektorić-Libro, a returnee from America (according to Vinko’s nephew Mijo, Vinko mapped the land somewhere in Zagreb and had to sell it.

Reference

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IRDWHy246jf6S_lDhBJmvMLsvDPDJNQy5knHJR3LDDg/edit?tab=t.0