Valerija Vušković (Maučić) was the wife of Josip (Joseph) Vušković. She was born in Sibenik circa 1896 and married on January 7, 1939 [Split Sv. Križ parish birth book, 1891-1902, DVD no. 239, Croatian State Archive Zagreb]. She died in 1943 and is buried in Lovrinac Cemetery, Split, Croatia [polje 0, red XI, broj 14].
Her maiden surnames is mistakenly listed as Maretic on American records.
The 1925 NYS Census lists a J. Vuskovich as a 25 year-old longshoreman of Austrian nationality, living in America for four years and residing at 583 Eleventh Avenue with his wife Valeria, a steam press operator, living in America for 12 years. The census page also lists Michael and Martha Serderlich living at the same address.
On the U.S. 1930 census, Joseph Vuskovich states that he was 31 years and born in Yugoslavia of Croatian ethnicity. He is listed as an alien who arrived in the United States in 1920. He could speak English but is listed as illiterate and his occupation is noted as a bridge painter. On the day of the census, he is reported as unemployed.
[Fourteenth U.S Census, 1930. Manhattan, New York County, New York. Assembly District 5, Block 3, Election District 7, page 5, lines 24-25. June 1, 1925.]
The census lists Joseph Vuskovich as the head of household consisting of himself and wife Valeria Vuskovich (age 34), who married at the ages of 25 and 28 respectively. They resided at 516 11th Avenue, Manhattan, NY. in a rental apartment for which they paid $30 monthly. The census notes that they owned a radio.
In the census, Valeria Vuskovich is recorded as being 34 years old and also of Croatian ethnicity. She was literate and able to speak English and is reported as an alien having arrived in the United States in 1913. Her occupation is listed as a shopkeeper and the the owner of her own store.
[Fifteenth U.S Census, 1930. Manhattan, New York County, New York. Enumeration District 31-328, Supervisor’s District 22, Sheet 6A, lines 23-24. April 11, 1930].