While most houses in Slovenia carry a household name, there are some houses which do not exist anymore and were deserted many years before anyone was aware of their existence. The household names for these houses is therefore lost as it was not documented anywhere either. In the case of some smaller settlements such as Ogulin and Drežnik, household names were never widely adopted as there was no need to differentiate families from each other. In the case of Drežnik, there is very limited repetition of surnames leading to the use of surnames as the “household name”.
Drežnik 5 is one of the few houses which have documented household names but this is likely due to the duplication of an existing surname in the village. This family is known as the Kovačevi likely because the patriarch at this house at one point was a blacksmith.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for the wife of the patriarch Ana b. 1750. With her husband, she had at least 1 child:
1A. Jurij Kobetič b. 1775, m. to Katarina Muhič — they remained at this house.
Jurij Kobetič [1A] and his wife Katarina Muhič had at least 3 children, including:
2A. Matija Kobetič b. 1807, m. to Margareta Štefanič.
2B. Ana Kobetič b. 1809. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2C. Jurij Kobetič b. 1811, m. 1844 to Barbara Bubaš (Gornja Bubašova from Učakovci) — they remained at this house.
Jurij Kobetič [2C] :andwife Barbara Bubaš had 6 children:
3A. Ana Kobetič b. 1846, died at the age of 21. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
3B. Jurij Kobetič b. 1847, m. 1868 to Ana Gorše (Hrast pri Vinici 42) — they remained at this house.
3C. Marija Kobetič b. 1851, m. 1881 to Jurij Kobe (Pačov from Otok pri Vukovci).
3D. Matija Kobetič b. 1856, died at the age of 26. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3E. Barbara Kobetič b. 1860, m. 1886 to Laurent Mihelčič (Staregov from Učakovci) — they lived at Učakovci 41.
3F. Johan Kobetič b. 1863. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Jurij Kobetič [3B] and his wife Ana Gorše had 7 children, including:
4A. Ana Kobetič b. 1871, m. 1906 to Johan Mravinec (Mravinčev from Nova Lipa).
4B. Nikolaj Kobetič b. 1875, m. 1901 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Marija Bubaš (Učakovci 44) — they returned to live at this house.
4C. Franc Kobetič b. 1882, died at the age of 29. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
4D. Matija Kobetič b. 1885, died at the age of 25 in Export, Pennsylvania. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Nikolaj Kobetič [4B] and his wife Marija Bubaš had 9 children, including:
5A. Marija Kobetič b. 1902, m. 1940 to Franc Puskarič (Zagor).
5B. Franc Kobetič b. 1906, m. 1930 to Marija Pavlakovič (Grdunkina from Podklanec) — they remained at this house.
5C. Ana Kobetič b. 1909, m. 1929 to Peter Šnelar (Sinji Vrh 45).
5D. Nikolaj Kobetič b. 1915. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Franc Kobetič [5B] and his wife Marija Pavlakovič had 5 children.