Notes: Vjenceslav Marohnic was born 28 Oct 1867 in Croatia,
the year the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which included Croatia, was formed. He immigrated to
the United States in 1891, and became a naturalized citizen. His Americanized name was
Victor Maroney (Vic). He made several trips back to Croatia. He married Vjekoslava Kuchan
(born 25 Oct 1880 in Croatia) on 30 Apr 1912 in Zlobin, Croatia, Austria. They had a daughter
Zora, born 16 Jun 1914 in Zlobin.
On 24 Feb 1916, Louisa (her Americanized name) Marony, 34, arrived from Rotterdam in New York, New York, aboard the
Nieuw Amsterdam to join her husband in Goldfield, Nevada. With her was Anna, 9, Victor's daughter
from a prior marriage, and Zora, 2.
In the 1920 U.S. census, Vick Maroni, 52, and his wife Louisa, 39, were living at 351 Grand Street in Goldfield,
Esmeralda, Nevada, and owned their house. Vick was a machine man in a gold mine, and his naturalization date
was given as 1899*. The children were Anna, 13, and Zora, 6, born in Croatia; and George, 2, and Velko Vick,
1, born in Nevada.
In the 1930 U.S. census, Victor Maroney, 63, and his wife Luisa [sic], 52, were living at 293 N. Fifth Aveue, Goldfield,
Esmeralda, Nevada. They owned the house valued at $70. Victor was a laborer in a metal mine.
The children were Zaro [sic], 15, George, 12, William, 11, and Helen, 9. The birthplace of Victor, Louisa
and Zora was given as Yugoslavia, which was the current state in which Croatia was a part. Louisa
and Zora are given a 1891 immigration date, which is impossible.
Victor was a miner and a leaser (of mines). He was known to work with Heinie Miller, a
well-known blind miner. Victor died 16 May 1932 at his home on North Fifth Avenue in Goldfield. He had
had an accident carrying a heavy ladder. Cause of death was a perforated
gastric ulcer, followed by general peritonitis. He is buried in the Goldfield Cemetery, Goldfield.
Funeral services were held in the Catholic church.
From the Reno, Nevada newspapers there is information on Louise Maroney, and the family. Following the death
of her husband, she bought a house on the corner of Crook and Sundog streets, Goldfield. In Sep 1936, she
underwent a tonsil operation. She was a member of the Neighbors of Woodcraft, and in 1934 served as outer
sentinel. In Sep 1943, her son George Maroney died from a falling power pole that he was
working on. A couple of weeks afterward, she suffered a heart attack.
In the 1940 U.S. census Louise was living in Goldfield, and had a lodger named Corrin Barnes. She owned the
house, valued at $500., and had completed 4th grade. She was a housekeeper for the Lodge Hall, had
earned $144. in the prior year, and had other income. In 1950, she sold her home and
moved to Henderson, Nevada, to live with her daughter Helen McLeod. She died 9 Jun 1974 in Henderson, Clark,
Nevada.
*[This naturalization date differs from the Nieuw Amsterdam passenger manifest, that the responsible
party (husband and father) had been naturalized 15 Aug 1908 in the District Court, 1st. District, Montana.
The 1920 U.S. census also incorrectly gives the immigration date for his wife and daughters as 1913, not 1916.]
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