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 has the name of Canjarovi. At this time, the origin of this name is unknown to us.
Through the period of our studies, we have found two houses which originally carried the Žlenar surname in Damelj. This is the first of the two houses (in order of house address). To date, the Žlenar surname has not been found anywhere else in the Vinica parish or the neighbouring Preloka and Sinji Vrh parishes.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for the wife of the patriarch Katarina b. 1760. Together, with her husband, she had at least 3 children, including:
1A. Jože Žlenar b. 1804, m. to Ana Filip — they remained at this house.
1B. Johan Žlenar b. 1807. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
1C. Marija Žlenar b. 1808. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Jože Žlenar [1A] and his wife Ana Filip had 7 children, including:
2A. Ana Žlenar b. 1823, died at the age of 76. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
2B. Matija Žlenar b. 1832, m. ca. 1857 to Ana Žagar (Mikočeva) — they remained at this house.
2C. Katarina Žlenar b. 1841, died at the age of 32. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
Matija Žlenar [2B] and his wife Ana Žagar had 8 children, including:
3A. Matija Žlenarb. 1857, m. 1886 to Barbara Žalec (Lahrečkova).
3B. Johan Žlenar b. 1866. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3C. Jože Žlenar b. 1871. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3D. Barbara Žlenar b. 1875. She became a nun in Zagreb in 1904.
Matija Žlenar [3A] and his wife Barbara Žalec had 3 children, including:
4A. Johan Žlenar b. 1891, m. 1914 to Ana Simčič (Ravidičeva from Vukovci) — they remained at this house.
4B. Franc Žlenar b. 1903, m. 1928 to Danica Mivac (Damelj pri Lukovdol 4) — they remained at this house.
Johan Žlenar [4A] and his wife Ana Simčič had 3 children, including:
5A. Peter Žlenar b. 1915. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
5B. Stanislav Žlenar b. 1917. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Franc Žlenar [4B] and his wife Danica Mivac had 3 children.