Origins
The Runjanin family originated from the village of Runjani in Jadar, in the Drina valley (western Serbia). The family moved to Bijeljina in Bosnia in 1718 when Austria conquered Serbia and Northern Bosnia.
Most of the family's members fled once again, during the Second Great Migration of Serbs in 1739 when Serbia and Northern Bosnia were reoccupied by the Ottomans. The family found refuge in Osijek in the Austrian Empire controlled Slavonia.
One Đorđe Runjanin then settled in the village of Grk, in Syrmia with his family. Đorđe's son Stojak was a Serbian Orthodox priest in Kuzmin until his death in 1758. Stojak fathered Vasilije who was the father of Petar (another Orthodox minister), and whose son was Ignjat (1798 - 10 November 1876) who was an Austrian army captain in Vinkovci. Josif was the eldest of Ignjat's 7 children.
Read more about this topic: Josip Runjanin
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