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 Jureči. This name finds its origins in the name of the multiple patriarchs of this household named Jurij.
Through the period of our studies, we have found two houses which originally carried the Horvat surname in Kot pri Damlju. This is the first of the two houses (in order of house address). The Horvat surname is not very common in the Vinica parish but very common across all of Slovenia. It is likely a mutation of Hrvat which translates to Croatian.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Jurij Horvat b. 1750. He married Ana Maretič. Together, they had at least 3 children, including:
1A. Jurij Horvat b. 1788, m. ca. 1811 to Lucija Krupič — they remained at this house.
1B. Jože Horvat b. 1805. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
1C. Peter Horvat b. 1808. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Jurij Horvat [1A] and his wife Lucija Krupič had 11 children, including:
2A. Jurij Horvat b. 1812, m. 1836 to Ana Špehar — they remained at this house.
2B. Johan Horvat b. 1814, m. ca. 1848 to Katarina Lovrenčič (Gorica 6) — they remained at this house.
2C. Janez Horvat b. 1819. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2D. Ana Horvat b. 1820. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2E. Katarina Horvat b. 1823, m. ca. 1842 to Miha Špehar (Juričev from Sinji Vrh).
2F. Miha Horvat b. 1830. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2G. Matija Horvat b. 1833. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2H. Marija Horvat b. 1836, m. 1861 to Johan Žagar (Lovrečov from Damelj).
Jurij Horvat [1A] m. 1854 to his second wife Ana Žagar (Medvedkina from Damelj). They did not have any children.
Jurij Horvat [2A] and his wife Ana Špehar had 7 children, including:
3A. Barbara Horvat b. 1840, m. 1864 to Miha Žalec (Draga 12)1.
3B. Jurij Horvat b. 1843, m. 1864 to Ana Žalec (Draga 12)1 — they remained at this house.
3C. Miha Horvat b. 1845, died at the age of 31. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
After the death of Jurij Horvat [2A], Ana Špehar had 1 illegitimate child:
3D. Peter Špehar b. 1855, m. 1880 to Barbara Špehar (Vraničeva from Špeharji) — they remained at this house.
Johan Horvat [2B] and his wife Katarina Lovrenčič had 9 children, including:
3E. Johan Horvat b. 1853, m. 1879 to Katarina Žalec (Guštinkinova from Sinji Vrh) — they lived at Kot 27.
3F. Miha Horvat b. 1858. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3G. Margareta Horvat b. 1867, m. 1887 to Johan Žalec (Blinčev from Damelj)
1. Miha Žalec and Ana Žalec were siblings.
Jurij Horvat [3B] and his wife Ana Žalec had 9 children, including:
4A. Katarina Horvat b. 1862, m. 1887 to Johan Simonič (Draga 4).
4B. Ana Horvat b. 1864, had 3 illegitimate children — she remained at this house.
4C. Marija Horvat b. 1865, had 1 illegitimate child — she remained at this house.
4D. Johan Horvat b. 1867. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4E. Jurij Horvat b. 1868. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4F. Peter Horvat b. 1874, m. 1896 to Ana Simonič (Sinji Vrh 34) — they remained at this house.
Peter Špehar [3D] and his wife Barbara Špehar had 5 children, including:
4G. Marija Špehar b. 1881. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
4H. Ana Špehar b. 1882. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
At this point, Peter Špehar [3D] moved his family to the newly constructed Kot 35.
Ana Horvat [4B] had 3 illegitimate children:
5A. Pavel Horvat b. 1890. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
5B. Jože Horvat b. 1893. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
5C. Franc Horvat b. 1903. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Marija Horvat [4C] had 1 illegitimate child:
5D. Marija Horvat b. 1888. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Peter Horvat [4F] and his wife Ana Simonič had 10 children, including:
5E. Rudolf Horvat b. 1899, m. 1933 to Roza Kovačič (Gornja Antonova from Špeharji) — they remained at this house.
5F. Angela Horvat b. 1906, m. 1931 to Franc Sečen.
5G. Ludvik Horvat b. 1911, m. 1933 to Ana Barič (Sinji Vrh 39) — they remained at this house.
5H. Viktor Horvat b. 1913, m. 1946 to Antonija Žalec (Sinji Vrh 11).
Rudolf Horvat [5E] and his wife Roza Kovačič had 6 children.
Ludvik Horvat [5G] and his wife Ana Barič had 2 children.