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”. This house is one of the exceptions in Kovačji Grad. This household name is Polančevi. At this time, the origin of this name is unknown to us.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Matija Šnelar b. 1773. He married Doroteja Belavič b. 1778. Together, they had at least 9 children, including:
1A. Jurij Šnelar b. 1797, m. ca. 1835 to Ana Verbanec (Pecojova from Učakovci) — they remained at this house.
1B. Nikolaj Šnelar b. 1799. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
1C. Matija Šnelar b. 1802, died at the age of 33 in Karlovac. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
1D. Marija Šnelar b. 1802. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1E. Katarina Šnelar b. 1805, m. 1834 to Matija Verbanec (Pecojov from Učakovci).
1F. Ana Šnelar b. 1809. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1G. Miha Šnelar b. 1810, m. 1847 to Marija Mihelčič (Markoša from Učakovci) — they remained at this house.
Jurij Šnelar [1A] and his wife Ana Verbanec had 3 children, including:
2A. Johan Šnelar b. 1835. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2B. Barbara Šnelar b. 1839, m. to Jurij Verbanec (Paričev from Vukovci).
Jurij Šnelar [1A] m. ca. 1845 to his second wife Barbara Mihelčič (Markoša from Učakovci). Together they had 2 children, including:
2C. Marija Šnelar b. 1846, m. 1872 to Jurij Šutej (Kovačji Grad 6).
Miha Šnelar [1G] and his wife Marija Mihelčič had 7 children, including:
2D. Matija Šnelar b. 1848, m. 1873 to Barbara Šutej (Kovačji Grad 8) — they remained at this house.
2E. Ana Šnelar b. 1852, m. 1873 to Matija Šutej (Kovačji Grad 5).
2F. Katarina Šnelar b. 1854, m. 1875 to Jože Kajin (Poljankin from Podklanec).
2G. Jurij Šnelar b. 1857, m. 1883 to Barbara Simčič (Ravidičova from Vukovci) — they remained at this house.
2H. Barbara Šnelar b. 1863, m. 1883 to Matija Simčič (Ravidičov from Vukovci).
2I. Nikolaj Šnelar b. 1867, m. 1893 to Katarina Brozovič (Mlada Papova from Učakovci)
Matija Šnelar [2D] and his wife Barbara Šutej did not have any children.
Jurij Šnelar [2G] and his wife Barbara Simčič had 2 children, including:
3A. Barbara Šnelar b. 1884, m. 1905 to Franc Papa (Papov from Učakovci).
Jurij Šnelar [2D] m. 1889 to his second wife Marija Flajnik (Brožičeva from Otok). Together they had 6 children, including:
3B. Jurij Šnelar b. 1891. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3C. Miha Šnelar b. 1900, m. 1924 to Ana Papa (Gornja Mlinarova from Učakovci) — they remained at this house.
3D. Matija Šnelar b. 1904, m. 1930 to Ana Špehar (Andrijaševa from Damelj).
3E. Johan Šnelar b. 1910, died at the age of 38. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
With none of these children remaining at this household, Peter Štampahar (Blašev from Vukovci) and Ana Krušec (Učakovci 45) moved in.
Miha Šnelar [3C] and his wife Ana Papa had 9 children.