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 carries the name of Gornji Tomčevi. This name is derived from the surname of the people living at this house. The “Gornji” portion of the name comes from the fact that this house was likely to the west of the Dolnji “Tomčevi” household.
Through the period of our studies, we have found 3 distinct houses which carried the Tomec surname. This is the second of the three houses (in order of house address). The Tomec surname is only originally found in Golek pri Vinici and Podklanec.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Miha Tomec b. 1760. Together with his wife, they had at least 2 children, including:
1A. Johan Tomec b. 1790, m. Barbara Trempus — they remained at this house.
1B. Barbara Tomec b. 1807. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Johan Tomec [1A] and his wife Barbara Trempus had at least 4 children, including:
2A. Johan Tomec b. 1825. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2B. Matija Tomec b. 1828. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2C. Jurij Tomec b. 1831, m. 1861 to Marija Kasun (Pribanjci) — they remained at this house.
Jurij Tomec [2C] and his wife Marija Kasun had 9 children, including:
3A. Jurij Tomec b. 1861, m. 1889 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to: Katarina Žalec (Žalčeva from Zilje) — they eventually returned to live at this house.
3B. Marija Tomec b. 1864, m. 1888 to Peter Mravinec (Golek pri Vinici 14).
3C. Johan Tomec b. 1866. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3D. Ana Tomec b. 1874, m. 1892 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania to Nikolaj Tomac (Pribanjci 19) — they lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
3E. Johana Tomec b. 1878. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
3F. Katarina Tomec b. 1881. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Jurij Tomec [3A] and his wife Katarina Žalec had 7 children, including:
4A. Katarina Tomec b. 1890 in Etna, Pennsylvania, m. 1909 to Franc Tul (Kasuni 10).
4B. Jurij Tomec b. 1892 in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4C. Jože Tomec b. 1896, died at the age of 19 in Vienna, Austria. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
4D. Nikolaj Tomec b. 1898. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4E. Peter Tomec b. 1904, m. 1922 to Marija Rožić (Pribanjci 22) — they remained at this house.
Peter Tomec [4E] and his wife Marija Rožić had 4 children.