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 Mikeši. This name is likely derived from the original patriarch’s name Mika or Nikolaj.
Through the period of our studies, we have found five distinct houses which originally carried the Mravinec surname in Sečje Selo. This is the fourth of the five houses (in order of house address). The Mravinec surname is also commonly found in Perudina.
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for the wife of the patriarch Ana b. 1783. With her husband, she had at least 4 children, including:
1A. Marija Mravinec b. 1808. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
1B. Johan Mravinec b. 1811, died at the age of 27. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
1C. Nikolaj Mravinec b. 1812, m. 1832 to Marija Kastelic (Vinica 30) — they remained at this house.
1D. Matija Mravinec b. 1822. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Nikolaj Mravinec [1C] and his wife Marija Kastelic had at least 6 children, including:
2A. Johan Mravinec b. 1834. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2B. Marija Mravinec b. 1837, m. 1871 to Miha Špehar (Dalnje Njive 1) — they lived at Ogulin 8.
2C. Nikolaj Mravinec b. 1839. m. 1873 to Barbara Starešinič (Jakova) — they remained at this house.
2D. Barbara Mravinec b. 1842, died at the age of 55. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
2E. Jože Mravinec b. 1845, died at the age of 78. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
2F. Matija Mravinec b. 1848. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Nikolaj Mravinec [2C] and his wife Barbara Starešinič had 5 children, including:
3A. Nikolaj Mravinec b. 1877, m. 1895 to Ana Mihelič (Meteževa from Gornji Suhor) — they remained at this house.
3B. Johan Mravinec b. 1879. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3C. Matija Mravinec b. 1884, m. 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Berkopec-Flajnik.
Nikolaj Mravinec [2C] m. 1889 to his second wife Barbara Hudak (Brtičeva from Učakovci). Together they had 2 children, including:
3D. Ana Mravinec b. 1891, died at the age of 76. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
Nikolaj Mravinec [3A] and his wife Ana Mihelič had 4 children, including:
4A. Marija Mravinec b. 1900, m. 1922 to Franc Glač (Grgečev from Podklanec).
4B. Ana Mravinec b. 1916, m. 1936 to Albin Balkovec (Perkov from Drenovec) — they remained at this house.
Albin Balkovec and his wife Ana Mravinec [4B] had 10 children.