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Von Kukburg

1783 Austrian Nobility Title

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 Austrian Nobility title:(Von Kukburg1783)

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Nobility Title - von Kukburg:

In 1783 my great-great-great grandfather Jovan Oklobdžija (Johann Oklopsia) obtained a nobility title "Von Kukburg". He was a military leader ("Oberleitnant" - rank of Colonel) in service of Austro-Hungarian empire. I found out from some record there was a great number of Oklobdžija's in the military service of Austro-Hungary, some of them having high military ranks. This is a hereditary title to all of his descendants according to the family tree that was updated the best I could on Genius and updated and entered on excel, (thanks to my cousin Nikola)   Family Tree   Title as found in Salt Lake City records:   Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, .

Here is the page with title documents - Title Documents (click for complete title documents)

The original title:

 

This may be the image of Johan (one of the two or none):

  

 

The Family Seal:

Record of the archive in Vienna:

Johann War Archive, Vienna:

 

 

 

I recently discovered that we have distant relative in Austria - Exeli-Schweeger in Innsbruck and Viena. Johan's son Luka (Luccas, grenadeer in Austrian army, born 1747) had a daughter who married to Exeli and had 27 children. By the letter of the title, they are all entitled to "von Kukburg" nobelty title (man and woman descendants). One of the descendants, Philipp Exeli-Schweeger collected and interesting book which I am still reading and translating. Here is his Book1 and Book2.

Here is another of the Austrian descendants, Anna Elisabeth Antonia Oklopsia von Kukburg:

                                           

Anna Elisabeth Antonia Oklopsia von Kukburg                                  her father

Interesting story from one of the descendants, Max Urlacher:

"My family has a certain affinity for pandemics - but also for wonderful resurrections. My great-great-grandmother Anna Elisabeth Antonia Oklopsia von Kuckburg was three when her family was swept away by Asian cholera in 1855. She and her parents were laid out in the morgue when the undertaker noticed that the little girl's eyelid was twitching and brought them back to life.
The memory of my great-great-grandmother's miracle is held high these days."

My distant "Austrian sister" Ingrid Exceli-Schweeger, she lives and works as a doctor near Vienna: