Uzelac

Uzelac (Serbian Cyrillic: Узелац) is an old South Slavic surname and it originates from Lika and Krbava, but also from Dalmatia
and Bosanska Krajina. It is predominantly used by ethnicSerbs of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Contents
Meaning
History
In the United States
People
References

Meaning
The surname has a root in the verb "ùzēti" which means "to take (away)" in Serbian and refers to the man who married into his wife's
household, rather than taking her to his own, i.e. he was "taken (away)" from his family into another one.

History
In Spring of 1668 census in Trnovac, Bužim or Smiljan (villages near Gospić, Croatia) there is a record of Novak Uzelac and 5
members of his family.

Among 12 other families, Uzelac's are one of the first residents and founders of Staro Selo, Lika-Senj County (Old Village) a village
near Otočac, Croatia.

In 1696 Bishop Sebastian Glavinić de Glamoć (1630–1697) while visitingLika and Krbava discovers Serbian Orthodox Priest Nikola
Uzelac who was offering his services not only toSerbian Orthodox but also to Roman Catholic people as well.

In (Plemenski rječnik ličko-krbavske županije) R. Grujic notes that in 1915 census Uzelac's were the largest clan in Lika and Krbava
with over 319 families. At that time all families who carried the same last name also belonged to the same clan (плеmе, pleme plural:
плeмeна, plemena).

In the United States

Many Uzelac's are also found in the United States, mostly in the states of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. First Uzelac's in the states
are recorded in 1900 Ellis Island Immigration station. The most famous Uzelac's in the United States are Kristal Uzelac, a retired
gymnast, and Elliot Uzelac, former head football coach at Navy and Western Michigan University.

People
Tomislav Uzelac - Croatian Computer Scientist
Milan Uzelac (born 1950), Serbian poet, essayist
Milan Emil Uzelac (1867 - 1954), Austro-Hungarian Army military commander
Elliot Uzelac (born 1941), American football coach
Kristal Dawn Uzelac (born 1986), American female gymnast
Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), Serbian politician in Croatia
 Gregory Uzelac (born 1990), American artist and writer
Uglješa Uzelac (1938 - 1997), mayor of Sarajevo (1983 - 1985) during
1984 Winter Olympics which took place in Sarajevo

References
Plemenski rječnik ličko-krbavske županije.- In Serbo-Croatian
Karl Kaser - Popis Like i Krbave 1712- In Serbo-Croatian and German
O Etnogenezi Stanovnistva Like- In Serbo-Croatian
Seobe i Naselja u Lici - In Serbian
Ellis Island/Port of New York Records - Immigrant inspection station
from 1892 until 1954
From the contents: Sv. Sava Gornjokarlovacki no. 6 - in Serbian

1932 postcard showing B. Uzelac

Grocery Store. The store sign was
written in Serbian Cyrillic and Latin
alphabet as well. Vrhovine, Lika

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