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 Županovi. This name suggests that a member or members of this family were a Župan, mayor or in more general terms a village leader of some sort.
Through the period of our studies, we have found four houses which originally carried the Fortun surname in Damelj. This is the fourth of the four houses (in order of house address). The Fortun surname is not very common in Damelj but is found sporadically across the parishes of Vinica, Dragatuš and Sinji Vrh.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Peter Fortun b. 1777. He married Margareta Kobe b. 1780. Together, they had at least 6 children, including:
1A. Johan Fortun b. 1806, m. ca. 1828 to Katarina Lakner — they remained at this house.
1B. Jurij Fortun b. 1809. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
1C. Peter Fortun b. 1812, m. to Katarina Filip (Mikaničana).
1D. Katarina Fortun b. 1815, m. 1834 to Jurij Kobe (Ivančev from Otok) — they lived at Vukovci 13.
1E. Lucija Fortun b. 1819, m. 1843 to Johan Žagar (Petrov).
1F. Matija Fortun b. 1822. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Johan Fortun [1A] and his wife Katarina Lakner had 9 children, including:
2A. Johan Fortun b. 1829. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2B. Jurij Fortun b. 1834, m. 1861 to Margareta Filip (Mikaničana) — they remained at this house.
2C. Katarina Fortun b. 1837, m. 1868 to Johan Lukanič (Lovrenčov from Draga).
2D. Jože Fortun b. 1839, m. 1870 to Katarina Butala (Batajlova from Nova Lipa).
2E. Matija Fortun b. 1840, m. 1876 to Ana Kobe (Kondešova from Kot) — they remained at this house.
2F. Peter Fortun b. 1843, m. 1865 to Marija Filip (Brajdičeva from Nova Lipa).
2G. Ana Fortun b. 1845, had 1 illegitimate child — she remained at this house.
2H. Miha Fortun b. 1849, m. 1888 to Marija Špehar (Dalnje Njive 1).
Jurij Fortun [2B] and his wife Margareta Filip had 3 children, including:
3A. Peter Fortun .b: 1868, m. 1891 to Marija Žagar (Medvedkina) — they remained at this house.
Matija Fortun [2E] and his wife Ana Kobe had 4 children, including:
3B. Jurij Fortun b. 1875 in Kot 23. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3C. Eduard Fortun b. 1877. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3D. Johan Fortun b. 1879. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
At this point, Matija Fortun [2E] moved with his family to Damelj 32.
Peter Fortun [3A] and his wife Marija Žagar had 7 children, including:
4A. Jože Fortun b. 1891, m. 1918 to Marija Špehar (Dalnje Njive 15) — they remained at this house.
4B. Peter Fortun b. 1893, m. 1919 to Katarina Žalec (Sinji Vrh 30)
4C. Katarina Fortun b. 1897, died at the age of 44. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
4D. Jurij Fortun b. 1904. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4E. Johan Fortun b. 1908, died at the age of 25. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
4F. Franc Fortun b. 1912, m. 1947 to Marija Lakner (Draga 4).
Jože Fortun [4A] and his wife Marija Špehar did not have any children.
Jože Fortun [4A] m. 1929 to his second wife Marija Fortun (Damelj 33). Together they had 4 children.