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 carried the name of Kočanovi. At this time, the exact origin of this name is unknown to us.
This house is the fourth of 8 documented houses in church documents to be considered a “new” house in Perudina. The best estimate for the construction of these series of houses is after 1870.
The Pavlešič family that originally inhabited this house is an offshoot of the Pavlešič family of Perudina 16, the Gornji Bertovi.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Matija Pavlešič (Gornji Bertov) b. 1842. He married Barbara Mravinec (Gornja Mravinčeva) b. 1847. Together they had 7 children, including:
1A. Matija Pavlešič b. 1878. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
1B. Marija Pavlešič b. 1882. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1C. Ana Pavlešič b. 1885. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1D. Barbara Pavlešič b. 1889. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1E. Jurij Pavlešič b. 1892. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Matija Pavlesic died 21 Dec 1919, Pittsburgh, PA (never married)
Marija Pavlesic died 23 Nov 1963, Ambridge, PA (never married)
Ana Pavlesic died 17 May 1967, Eileen, WI married John Moonich
Barbara Pavlesic died 1 June 1955, Sewickley, PA married George Pavlakovich from Vukova Gorica
Jurij Pavlesic died 27 June 1988 in Ambridge, PA (never married)