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 Črnikini. At this time, it is unknown what the origin of this household name is.
Through the period of our studies, we have found four houses which originally carried the Kobe surname in Damelj. This is the last of the four houses (in order of house address). The Kobe surname is not uncommon in the Vinica parish but much more common in the neighbouring Sinji Vrh parish and Stari Trg parish.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for the wife of the patriarch Lucija b. 1777. Together, with her husband, she had at least 4 children, including:
1A. Miha Kobe b. 1799, m. ca. 1821 to Ana Kobe — they remained at this house.
1B. Jurij Kobe b. 1808, m. 1849 to Ana Žagar (Medvedkina) — they lived at Damelj 30.
1C. Margareta Kobe b. 1809. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1D. Lucija Kobe b. 1817. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Miha Kobe [1A] and his wife Ana Kobe had 7 children, including:
2A. Katarina Kobe b. 1822, m. 1851 to Johan Lukanič (Lovrenčov from Draga).
2B. Miha Kobe b. 1828. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2C. Matija Kobe b. 1832, m. 1850 to Ana Verbanec (Mala Markoča from Učakovci) — they remained at this house.
2D. Jože Kobe b. 1840, m. 1869 to Margareta Žalec (Andrijaševa) — they lived at Gorica 10.
Matija Kobe [2C] and his wife Ana Verbanec had 8 children, including:
3A. Katarina Kobe b. 1855, died at the age of 84. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
3B. Matija Kobe b. 1856, m. 1883 to Katarina Lukanič (Draga 13) — they remained at this house.
3C. Miha Kobe b. 1860, m. 1893 to Katarina Žalec (Dolčičkina) — they lived at Damelj 17.
3D. Ana Kobe b. 1863, m. 1887 to Johan Kobe (Stankočev from Vukovci).
3E. Jurij Kobe b. 1864, m. 1890 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania to Marija Starešinič (Brdo 38) — they lived at Brdo 40.
3F. Marija Kobe b. 1866, m. 1894 to Matija Medved (Vidarnov from Dalnje Njive).
3G. Barbara Kobe b. 1868. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Matija Kobe [3B] and his wife Katarina Lukanič had 9 children, including
4A. Johan Kobe b. 1885. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4B. Marija Kobe b. 1896, m. 1937 to Miha Špehar (Miserov from Kot).
4C. Jože Kobe b. 1901, m. 1924 to Ana Verbanec (Spodnja Švebova from Učakovci) — they remained at this house.
4D. Franc Kobe b. 1906. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4E. Matija Kobe b. 1909, m. 1940 to Franca Žagar (Koščakova from Vukovci) — they lived at Vukovci 13.
Jože Kobe [4C] and his wife Ana Verbanec had 1 child.