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 Jurišajeni. Based on this name, it is conceivable that the found or the patriarch at the house at one point was Jurij.
Through the period of our studies, we have found one house which originally carried the Žalec surname in Kot pri Damelj. The Žalec surname is not very common in Vinica parish but found much more in the neighbouring Sinji Vrh parish.
The oldest records we have found to date for a person from this house is for several siblings, including:
1A. Nikolaj Žalec b. 1770, m. to Katarina Lovrenčič — they remained at this house.
1B. Johan Žalec b. 1775. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
1C. Matija Žalec b. 1777, m. to Ana Žalec — they remained at this house.
Nikolaj Žalec [1A] and his wife Katarina Lovrenčič had 4 children:
2A. Marija Žalec b. 1806. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2B. Johan Žalec b. 1813, m. ca. 1839 to Ana Špehar (Špeharji) — they remained at this house.
2C. Lucija Žalec b. 1817, m. ca. 1836 to Johan Špehar (Dalnje Njive 18).
2D. Barbara Žalec b. 1821, m. 1841 to Jurij Špehar (Špeharji 24).
Matija Žalec [1C] and his wife Ana Žalec had 4 children:
2E. Matija Žalec b. 1804. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2F. Jurij Žalec b. 1809. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2G. Jože Žalec b. 1813. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2H. Johan Žalec b. 1825, m. ca. 1846 to Margareta Barič (Medvedkina from Damelj) — they remained at this house.
Johan Žalec [2B] and his wife Ana Špehar had 12 children, including:
3A. Marija Žalec b. 1840, m. 1868 to Miha Kobe (Kondešov).
3B. Margareta Žalec b. 1841, had 1 illegitimate child — she remained at this house.
3C. Johan Žalec b. 1843, m. 1870 to Lucija Kobe (Čaprnova) — they remained at this house.
3D. Matija Žalec b. 1845, m. 1875 to Marija Mukavec (Špeharji 31).
3E. Ana Žalec b. 1848, m. 1878 to Jože Šnelar (Andrejov from Gorica) — they lived at Gorica 7.
3F. Barbara Žalec b. 1850. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
3G. Miha Žalec b. 1854. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3H. Katarina Žalec b. 1858, died at the age of 75. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
Johan Žalec [2H] and his wife Margareta Barič had 3 children which died in infancy.
Johan Žalec [2H] m. 1854 to his second wife Terezija Frankovič (Jelkina from Nova Lipa). Together they had 8 children, including:
3I. Marija Žalec b. 1859, m. 1888 to a man from Liplje 6.
3J. Jurij Žalec b. 1861, died at the age of 24. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3K. Barbara Žalec b. 1863, m. 1886 to Matija Žlenar (Canjarov from Damelj).
3L. Johan Žalec b. 1865, m. 1887 to Margareta Horvat (Jankočeva) — they lived at Damelj 30.
Johan Žalec [2H] m. 1870 to his third wife Katarina Kobe (Lesičeva from Damelj). Together they had 5 children, including:
3M. Pavel Žalec b. 1873, m. to Katarina Špehar (Sinji Vrh 17).
3N. Katarina Žalec b. 1878. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
3O. Jože Žalec b. 1882, died at the age of 29. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3P. Matija Žalec b. 1887. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Margareta Žalec [3B] had 1 illegitimate child:
4A. Marija Žalec b. 1866. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Johan Žalec [3C] and his wife Lucija Kobe had 2 children:
4B. Johan Žalec b. 1871, m. 1901 to Marija Mukavec (Špeharji 2) — they remained at this house.
4C. Terezija Žalec b. 1874, m. 1900 to a man from Pleševica 27.
Johan Žalec [4B] and his wife Marija Mukavec had 8 children, including
5A. Peter Žalec b. 1902, m. 1935 to Pavlina Špehar (Ivančeva) — they remained at this house.
5B. Franc Žalec b. 1907, m. 1938 to Marta Markovič.
5C. Marija Žalec b. 1908. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
5D. Anton Žalec b. 1913. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
5E. Franca Žalec b. 1914, m. 1936 to Peter Špehar (Mihelov from Damelj).
Peter Žalec [5A] and his wife Pavlina Špehar had 1 child.