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.
Through the period of our studies, we have found five distinct houses which originally carried the Gorše surname in Hrast. This is the first of the five houses (in order of house address).
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for the wife of the patriarch Barbara b. 1762. Together, with her husband, she had at least 2 children, including:
1A. Johan Gorše b. 1786, m. ca. 1815 to Barbara Mravinec — they remained at this house.
1B. Marko Gorše b. 1801, died at the age of 63. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Johan Gorše [1A] and his wife Barbara Mravinec had 7 children:
2A. Johan Gorše b. 1816, died at the age of 20. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
2B. Jakob Gorše b. 1819, m. ca. 1853 to Barbara Flajnik (Hrast 41) — they remained at this house.
2C. Nikolaj Gorše b. 1821, married to Helena Flajnik (Janšanova) — they lived at Hrast 41.
2D. Štefan Gorše b. 1824. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2E. Miha Gorše b. 1827, died at the age of 23. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
2F. Marko Gorše b. 1830, died at the age of 44. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
2G. Ana Gorše b. 1833. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Jakob Gorše [2B] and his wife Barbara Flajnik had 7 children, including:
3A. Ana Gorše b. 1856, m. 1882 to Jurij Barič (Baričev from Stara Lipa) — they lived at Hrast 35.
3B. Johan Gorše b. 1859, m. 1884 to Marija Trempus (Ogulin 4) — they remained at this house.
3C. Matija Gorše b. 1861. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3D. Peter Gorše b. 1864, m. 1890 to a woman from Belčji Vrh 23.
3E. Marija Gorše b. 1867, m. 1918 to Nikolaj Flajnik (Bartolov) — they lived at Hrast 37.
Jakob Gorše [2B] m. 1874 to his second wife Barbara Pavlešič (Gornja Ivančeva from Perudina). They did not have any children.
Johan Gorše [3B] and his wife Marija Trempus has 7 children, including:
4A. Katarina Gorše b. 1888, m. 1905 to Franc Flajnik (Kraljev).
4B. Jurij Gorše b. 1889, died at the age of 25 in Jagodnji, Serbia. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
4C. Jože Gorše b. 1892. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4D. Peter Gorše b. 1893, m. 1920 to Marija Frankovič (Hrast 21) — they remained at this house.
4E. Franc Gorše b. 1895. He fought during World War I but never returned from the US afterwards.
4F. Marija Gorše b. 1897. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Johan Gorše [3B] m. 1915 to his second wife Ana Pavlešič (Blažetičeva) but never had any children with her.
Peter Gorše [4D] and his wife Marija Frankovič had 5 children.