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. In the case of some smaller settlements such as Ogulin, Drežnik and Kovačji Grad, household names were never widely adopted as there was no need to differentiate families from each other. In the case of Kovačji Grad, despite the fact that 4 of the 8 houses had people with the surname of Šutej, there is very limited repetition of surnames leading to the use of surnames as the “household name”.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Matija Perše b. 1776. He married Ana Ivanič b. 1780. Together, they had at least 3 children, including:
1A. Ana Perše b. 1811, m. ca. 1845 to Johan Bubaš (Gornji Bubašov from Učakovci).
1B. Barbara Perše b. 1814, died at the age of 24. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
1C. Katarina Perše b. 1823. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
With the lack of children surviving or remaining at this house, Nikolaj Šutej (Komančev from Otok) and Ana Šutej (Faričeva from Vukovci) moved in.
Nikolaj Šutej and his wife Ana Šutej had 3 children born in Otok, including:
2A. Barbara Šutej b. 1880, m. 1900 to a man from Zdihova 15.
2B. Nikolaj Šutej b. 1883, m. 1906 to Doroteja Flajnik (Paričeva from Vukovci) — they remained at this house.
2C. Johan Šutej b. 1886, died at the age of 30. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Nikolaj Šutej [2B] and his wife Doroteja Flajnik had 5 children, including:
3A. Nikolaj Šutej b. 1909, m. 1940 to Marija Groljan.
3B. Ana Šutej b. 1913, m. 1940 to Lojze Kranjc.
3C. Johan Šutej b. 1920, m. to Marija Štokan.
3D. Slavica Šutej b. 1923. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
With none of these children remaining at this household, Peter Štampahar (Blašev from Vukovci) and Ana Krušec (Učakovci 45) moved in.
Peter Štampahar and his wife Ana Krušec had 7 children.