While every house in Slovenia has a civic address, many houses also carry a household name. These names are how other people typically refer to that family. This house carries the name of Čapori. At this time, the origins of this name is unknown to us.
Through the period of our studies, we have found four distinct houses which originally carried the Malešič surname in Podklanec. This is the third of the four houses (in order of house address). The Malešič surname is only originally found in Podklanec as well as some villages on the other side of the Kolpa in Croatia.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Johan Malešič b. 1777. He married Katarina Benec b. 1780. Together, they had at least 5 children, including:
1A. Matija Malešič b. 1802, m. ca. 1824 to Ana Flajnik — they remained at this house.
1B. Jurij Malešič b. 1807, died at the age of 39. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
1C. Johan Malešič b. 1810, died at the age of 56. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
1D. Nikolaj Malešič b. 1813, m. 1842 to a Croatian woman.
1E. Miha Malešič b. 1817, m. 1868 to Barbara Juršinič (Hrast 15).
Matija Malešič [1A] and his wife Ana Flajnik had at least 7 children, including:
2A. Ana Malešič b. 1824, m. 1844 to Johan Moravec (Gornji Moravčev).
2B. Barbara Malešič b. 1827, m. 1857 to Jurij Berkopec (Berkopčev from Vinica).
2C. Katarina Malešič b. 1831, m. 1859 to Matija Stanko (Mužnov).
2D. Matija Malešič b. 1835, m. 1863 to Ana Vranešič (Dolnja Vranešičova from Zilje)1 — they remained at this house.
2E. Marija Malešič b. 1840, m. 1863 to Matija Vranešič (Dolnji Vranešičov from Zilje)1 — they lived at Zilje 10.
1. Matija Vranešič and Ana Vranešič were siblings.
Matija Malešič [2D] and his wife Ana Vranešič had 4 children, including:
3A. Marija Malešič b. 1865, died at the age of 36. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
3B. Matija Malešič b. 1867, m. 1899 to Ana Tahija (Glavica 34) — they remained at this house.
3C. Johan Malešič b. 1871. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Ana Vranešič m. 1872 to her second husband Andrej Balkovec (Maradinov from Zilje). Together they had 3 children, including:
3D. Franc Balkovec b. 1879, m. in the United States to a Marija Juršinič.
Matija Malešič [3B] and his wife Ana Tahija had 2 children:
4A. Valentin Malešič b. 1899 in Spahiči 4, m. 1925 to Marija Medoš (Drenovec 15) — they remained at this house.
4B. Ana Malešič b. 1901, married in Lukovdol to Johan Šebalj.
Valentin Malešič and his wife Marija Medoš had 2 children.