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 Zapojčevi. At this time, the origin of this name is unknown to us although, the name itself would suggest that there may have been a singer from this house or just someone who just didn’t know how to keep his mouth shut.
Through the period of our studies, we have found five distinct houses which originally carried the Gorše surname in Hrast. This is the third 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 Miha Gorše b. 1779. He married Katarina Lašič b. 1781. Together, they had at least 7 children, including:
1A. Jurij Gorše b. 1803, m. ca. 1828 to Helena Mravinec — they remained at this house..
1B. Johan Gorše b. 1805, m. ca. 1848 to Ana Balkovec (Polančeva).
1C. Barbara Gorše b. 1808, m. ca. 1838 to Matija Krušec (Lončarov from Učakovci).
1D. Nikolaj Gorše b. 1811, m. ca. 1846 to Katarina Flajnik (Hrast 12) — they lived at Hrast 25.
1E. Ana Gorše b. 1814, m. 1847 to Miha Čadonič (Ziljan).
1F. Miha Gorše b. 1816, m. 1849 to Ana Flajnik (Dolnja Bertova from Perudina) — they lived at Hrast 43.
1G. Marija Gorše b. 1818, m. ca. 1840 to Nikolaj Balkovec (Dolnji Hajdukov from Zilje) — they lived at Zilje 42.
Jurij Gorše [1A] and his wife Helena Mravinec had 1 child which died in infancy.
Jurij Gorše [1A] m. ca. 1839 to his second wife Helena Radovič (Sevlarova from Sečje Selo). Together they had 9 children, including:
2A. Barbara Gorše b. 1839. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2B. Jurij Gorše b. 1841, m. 1869 to Ana Flajnik (Juničarova) — they remained at this house.
2C. Marija Gorše b. 1844, died at the age of 71. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
2D. Helena Gorše b. 1848. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2E. Ana Gorše b. 1850, m. 1879 to Peter Flajnik (Kaplanov).
2F. Johan Gorše b. 1855, m. 1882 to Helena Mravinec (Dolnja Mravinčeva from Perudina) — they remained at this house.
Jurij Gorše [2B] and his wife Ana Flajnik had 3 children, including:
3A. Katarina Gorše b. 1869, m. 1890 to Ivan Benec (Kucanov from Podklanec).
Johan Gorše [2F] and his wife Helena Mravinec had 10 children, including:
3B. Johan Gorše b. 1892, m. 1911 to Štefan Črne (Brdarci 2).
3C. Jožef Gorše b. 1892. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
3D. Peter Gorše b. 1894. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3E. Katarina Gorše b. 1896, m. 1919 to Franc Ostronič (Golek 9) — they lived at Vinica 31.
3F. Lojze Gorše b. 1898, m. 1922 to Helena Kobe (Belčeva from Vukovci) — they remained at this house.
3G. Matija Gorše b. 1900, moved to Pittsburgh, PA. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3H. Franc Gorše b. 1902, m. 1922 to Katarina Stegne (Bubašova from Golek).
3I. Jurij Gorše b. 1904. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Lojze Gorše [3F] and his wife Helena Kobe had 4 children.