While every house in Slovenia has a civic address, many houses also carry a household name. These names are how other people typically referred to that family. This house carries the name of Ivančevi. This name is most likely derived from the name of the household’s original owner.
Through the period of our studies, we have found five distinct houses which originally carried the Balkovec surname in Balkovci. This is the fourth of the five houses (in order of house address). The Balkovec surname is only originally found in Hrast, Balkovci and Zilje.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Matija Balkovec. He married Katarina Čadonič. Together, they had at least 3 children, including:
1A. Matija Balkovec b. 1812, m. 1838 to Katarina Starešinič (Jaminova from Brdo) — they remained at this house.
1B. Ivan Balkovec b. 1820, died at the age of 38. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
1C. Marko Balkovec b. 1828, died at the age of 45. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Matija Balkovec [1A] and his wife Katarina Starešinič had at least 3 children, including:
2A. Marija Balkovec b. 1839. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2B. Nikolaj Balkovec b. 1841. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2C. Katarina Balkovec b. 1843. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Matija Balkovec [1A] m. 1843 to his second wife Katarina Krotec (Žižečeva from Brdo). Together they had 7 children, including:
2D. Matija Balkovec b. 1844. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2E. Jože Balkovec b. 1847. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2F. Marija Balkovec b. 1848, m. 1873 to Matija Fabič (Pribanjci 33).
2G. Peter Balkovec b. 1851, m. 1873 to Barbara Balkovec (Škrpelarska from Zilje) — they remained at this house.
2H. Helena Balkovec b. 1855, m. 1881 to Matija Dejan (Veliki Dejanski from Dejani) — they remained at this house.
2I. Marko Balkovec b. 1858, died at the age of 41. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Peter Balkovec [2G] and his wife Barbara Balkovec had 1 child:
3A. Janko Balkovec b. 1877, m. 1898 to Marija Pavlakovič (Mikečeva from Grduni) — they remained at this house.
Matija Dejan and his wife Helena Balkovec [2H] did not have any children.
Janko Balkovec [3A] and his wife Marija Pavlakovič had 3 children, including:
4A. Marija Balkovec b. 1902, m. 1923 to Rudolf Rogina (Brojdičev from Stara Lipa).
4B. Janko Balkovec b. 1909, m. 1939 to Barbara Cerednjičenko (Jurkova from Brdo) — they remained at this house.
Janko Balkovec [4B] and his wife Barbara Cerednjičenko had 2 children.