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 Žagari. This name signifies that this may have been one of the oldest or even the original Žagar household in Damelj.
Through the period of our studies, we have found seven houses which originally carried the Žagar surname in Damelj. This is the fifth of the seven houses (in order of house address). The Žagar surname is a common surname found in many parts of Slovenia and not particularly unique to Damelj or this region.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Jurij Žagar b. 1750. He married Lucija Horvat b. 1752. Together, they had at least 2 children, including:
1A. Lucija Žagar b. 1770, died at the age of 67. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
1B. Jurij Žagar b. 1790, m. ca. 1810 to Marija Frankovič — they remained at this house.
Jurij Žagar [1B] and his wife Marija Frankovič had 4 children, including:
2A. Marija Žagar b. 1812, m. 1830 to Johan Kobe (Ljukajev).
2B. Jurij Žagar b. 1820, m. ca. 1840 to Katarina Žalec — they remained at this house.
2C. Jože Žagar b. 1823. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2D. Miha Žagar b. 1827, m. 1860 to Katarina Zupančič (Vujčetova from Dolnji Suhor).
Jurij Žagar [1B] m. ca. 1835 to his second wife Ana Kobe. Together they had 7 children, including:
2E. Katarina Žagar b. 1841, m. 1864 to Johan Fortun (Stankov).
2F. Jože Žagar b. 1845, died at the age of 30. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Jurij Žagar [1B] m. ca. 1850 to his third wife Marija Krupič Together they had 1 child:
2G. Nikolaj Žagar b. 1851, died at the age of 82. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Jurij Žagar [2B] and his wife Katarina Žalec had 4 children, including:
3A. Ana Žagar b. 1843, m. 1866 to Johan Žagar (Lovrečov).
Jurij Žagar [2B] m. 1850 to his second wife Ana Šnelar. Together they had 8 children, including:
3B. Marija Žagar b. 1851, m. 1867 to Johan Kobe (Draga 10).
3C. Miha Žagar b. 1857, m. 1882 to Marija Lakner (Draga 2) — they remained at this house.
3D. Jurij Žagar b. 1861, m. 1889 in Deer Lodge, Montana to Ana Lovrenčič (Špeharji 28) — they lived at Damelj 39.
3E. Katarina Žagar b. 1863, m. 1888 to a man from Podvučnik 3.
3F. Johan Žagar b. 1866. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3G. Jože Žagar b. 1870. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3H. Pavel Žagar b. 1873. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Miha Žagar [3C] and his wife Marija Lakner had 6 children, including:
4A. Ana Žagar b. 1883. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
4B. Johan Žagar b. 1887, m. 1910 to Johana Fugina (Blaževa from Vukovci) — they remained at this house.
4C. Katarina Žagar b. 1895, m. in Butte, Montana to a Tomšič man.
4D. Franc Žagar b. 1900. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Johan Žagar [4B] and his wife Johana Fugina had 8 children, including:
5A. Johan Žagar b. 1911, m. 1940 to Barbara Kalčevič (Peršetova from Učakovci).
Johan Žagar [5A] and his wife Barbara Kalčevič had 7 children.