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 originally carried the name of Mali Balkovci. At this time, the origin of this name is unknown to us. Despite that, it is suggestive that this family may have been an offshoot of the original Balkovec family in Hrast.
Through the period of our studies, we have found seven distinct houses which originally carried the Balkovec surname in Hrast. This is the second of the seven houses (in order of house address). The Balkovec surname is only originally found in Hrast and Zilje (including Balkovci).
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Marko Balkovec b. 1770. He and his wife had at least 2 children, including:
1A. Marko Balkovec b. 1798, m. ca. 1825 to Katarina Flajnik — they remained at this house.
1B. Ana Balkovec b. 1805, died at the age of 40. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
Marko Balkovec [1A] and his wife Katarina Flajnik had 6 children:
2A. Ana Balkovec b. 1826. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2B. Marko Balkovec b. 1829, m. 1862 to Ana Štajdohar (Kalihčana) — they remained at this house.
2C. Johan Balkovec b. 1832. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2D. Barbara Balkovec b. 1836 had 2 illegitimate children — she remained at this house.
2E. Jurij Balkovec b. 1839. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2F. Matija Balkovec b. 1845. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Marko Balkovec [2B] and his wife Ana Štajdohor had 1 child who died in childhood.
Marko Balkovec [2B] m. 1863 to his second wife Ana Mravinec (Perudina 5). Together they had 7 children, including:
3A. Marko Balkovec b. 1865, m. 1888 to Barbara Težak — they lived in the US before returning back home.
3B. Jurij Balkovec b. 1876. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3C. Johan Balkovec b. 1879. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3D. Matija Balkovec b. 1882. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Barbara Balkovec [2D] had 2 illegitimate children, including:
3E. Nikolaj Balkovec b. 1869, m. 1895 to Ana Rožman (Gornji Suhor 4) — they lived at Hrast 13.
Marko Balkovec [3A] and his wife Barbara Težak had 5 children, including:
4A. Marija Balkovec b. 1889 in Steelton, PA, m. 1910 to Johan Gašparič — they lived in the US.
4B. Ana Balkovec b. 1890 in Steelton, PA, m. 1916 to Matija Frankovič (Hrast 21) — they remained at this house.
4C. Frančiška Balkovec b. 1893, m. 1918 to Johan Rogina (Stara Lipa 9) — they lived at Hrast 11.
4D. Andrej Balkovec b. 1905, m. 1927 to Ana Pitar.