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Martin J. Bogdanovich

Also Known As: "Mate"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Komiža, Općina Komiža, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Death: June 18, 1944 (61)
San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Josip Bogdanović and Lukrecija Petronila Bogdanović
Husband of Antoinette Bogdanovich
Father of Mary Dexter; Lucrecia Bogdanovich; Joseph James Bogdanovich; Geraldine Bogdanovich; Katherine Ann Loker and 3 others
Brother of Luka Bogdanović; Jakobina Bogdanovich; Kate Bogdanovich; Margarita Bogdanovich and Micel Bogdanovich

Occupation: Founder of the French Sardine Company
Managed by: Erica Howton
Last Updated:

About Martin J. Bogdanovich

Mate Martin Bogdanović (Martin Bogdanovich), (otok Biševo kod Komiže, 1882. - 1944.)

Bogdanović, Martin Mate, hrvatski industrijalac (Komiža, 5. XI. 1882 – San Pedro, California, 18. VII. 1944). U San Pedru utemeljio French Sardine Co. (1917). Godinama predsjednik Jugoslavenskoga kluba i doma u San Pedru. Stekavši imetak i ugled, pomagao hrvatske iseljenike.

blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/files/2015/11/msp-legacyBogdanovich-sh-232x300.jpg

Martin J. Bogdanovich, founder of Star-Kist Tuna. (Photo courtesy the San Pedro Bay Historical Society) , source of image from: http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2015/11/07/martin-bogdanovich-...

Martin J. Bogdanovich, a Croatian immigrant, and the founder and Chief Executive of StarKist Foods until his death.

From Star-Kist Tuna Founder Dies At 92

... Bogdanovich, like many Croatian families in San Pedro, traced his origins to the island of Vis on the Dalmatian coastline.  


  • "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGPB-BP4 : accessed 24 July 2015), Bogdanovich in entry for Mary Bogdanovich Dexter, 12 Jun 1994; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
  • New York Times August 24, 2008 Paid Notice: Deaths TRUTANIC, NINA BOGDANOVICH
  • "Cannery Women at Work" Star-Kist Plant 4, 1952. The new facility included a 43,200 sqare foot processing room where women employees cleaned, gutted, filleted and packed tuna. ~ San Pedro Bay Historical Society
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Martin J. Bogdanovich's Timeline

1882
November 5, 1882
Komiža, Općina Komiža, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
1910
November 3, 1910
1910
1912
May 9, 1912
San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1914
1914
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1915
August 13, 1915
1917
November 4, 1917
San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1921
1921
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States