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 had the name of Komančevi. At this time, the exact origin of this name is unknown.
Through the period of our studies, we have found only one house which originally carried the Šutej surname in Otok. The Šutej surname is more commonly found in Kovačji Grad and Sečje Selo.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Peter Šutej b. 1789. He married Ana Brožič b. 1794. Together, they had at least 5 children, including:
1A. Marija Šutej b. 1813. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1B. Johan Šutej b. 1816, m. ca. 1843 to Katarina Papa (Mlinarova from Učakovci) — they remained at this house.
1C. Matija Šutej b. 1819, m. ca. 1847 to Barbara Maljevac (Faričeva from Vukovci).
Johan Šutej [1B] and his wife Katarina Papa had at least 8 children, including:
2A. Ana Šutej b. 1844, m. 1862 to a man from Osojnik 6.
2B. Matija Šutej b. 1847, m. 1872 to Jožefa Prokšelj (Učakovci 25) — they remained at this house.
2C. Nikolaj Šutej b. 1850, m. 1875 to Ana Šutej (Faričeva from Vukovci) — they remained at this house.
2D. Miha Šutej b. 1853, died at the age of 31. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
2E. Johan Šutej b. 1856. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2F. Jurij Šutej b. 1860. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2G. Barbara Šutej b. 1863, m. 1883 to Jurij Flajnik (Kovačev from Vukovci).
Matija Šutej [2B] and his wife Jožefa Prokšelj had 7 children, including:
3A. Ana Šutej b. 1873. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
3B. Matija Šutej b. 1875. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3C. Jožef Šutej b. 1878, died at the age of 22. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3D. Barbara Šutej b. 1886, m. 1904 to Jožef Čop (Lokve 30) — they remained at this house.
Nikolaj Šutej [2C] and his wife Ana Šutej had 3 children:
3E. Barbara Šutej b. 1880, m. 1900 to a man from Zdihova 15.
3F. Nikolaj Šutej b. 1883, m. 1906 to Doroteja Flajnik (Paričeva from Vukovci) — they lived at Kovačji Grad 1.
3G. Johan Šutej b. 1886, m. 1911 to Franca Šveb (Švebova from Učakovci) — they lived at Hrast 30.
Jožef Čop and his wife Barbara Šutej [3D] did not have any children.