VRSIC, ZAKRAJSEK, JAKSE, NENADOVIC Ljubljana,Ptuj, Looking for relatives

Hello. My name is Pavla Chandler and I'm looking for any of my relatives in Slovenia/other places. My father was Jelko/Gabriel VRSIC born 1911 Graz, Austria to Franjo VRSIC and Pavla ZAKRAJSEK, both Slovenes. Franjo was born 1869 Ptuj and Pavla b 1879 Ljubljana. Franjo's father was Jakob, I think, mother's name unknown. Pavla's parents: Anton ZAKRAJSEK and Marija JAKSE. Pavla had a brother Zoran/Albin who married Ljublica Nenadovic.

Among's Franjo's siblings were Neza/Agnes who married a MUSSGER and Theresa who married a KNAPP. Possibly others including Johann/Janez, Anna, Nez, Anton, etc. Pavla's siblings may have included a Thomasina and Marija.

Franjo & Pavla were married in Ljubljana, then moved to Graz, had children there, then moved back to Maribor in 1917. Franjo died there in 1939, Pavla many years later.

I would VERY, VERY much like to hear from/learn of relatives -- or hear from anyone who has known someone descended from the above == or hear from anyone who known a ZAKRAJSEK from Ljubljana or a VRSIC from Ptuj.

Hope to hear back from you!! And, thank you in advance for your time and any help you can give me!

Sincerely, Pavla Chandler

Jakse,
In the town of Toplice (Toplica), that is now probably apart of
Nova Misto in Slovenia are two churches that have about 30 Jaksč's
buried there. That name was from that area in mid 1800's and prior. Further back
the name was probably pronounced Yahshieh and in the mid 1600 to mid
1700. and probably spelled with a Y not a J. (as in Yukoslavia was changed to Jukoslavia
at one time after the Hungarian- Austrian empire fell. And was change once again
with this area becoming apart of the USSR [Russian empire] till 1980's.
In cyrillic it is a backwards R with
three down strokes (mirror this "IIIR" and you have what it looked like).

I am a decendent - probably 6 generations removed now living in North America.
The Yahshieh or Jakse name was changed in north America when many of the
1870 to 1903 immigrants were nationalized through the U.S. Congress bill
of 1908 that naturized immigrants that had landed and hadn't status.
This name was north americanized about that time to become Yakse, Jakse
and Jacksie. These names (and distant relatives) appear more in Chicago Ill. and
Min. Michagan, with some in California, Texas and Florida, U.S.A. and a cluster
up in Toronto Canada (which is where I write from).

Have fun researching. Your truly RJ Robert Joseph (Jacksie)