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 has the name of Priblanovi. At this time, the exact origin of this name is unknown to us.
Through the period of our studies, we have found two houses which originally carried the Fortun surname in Vukovci. This is the second of the two houses (in order of house address). The Fortun surname is only originally found in Vukovci and Damelj.
The oldest records we have found to date for a person from this house is for several siblings, including:
1A. Son Fortun, m. Helena — they remained at this house.
1B. Jurij Fortun b. 1769, m. to Helena Šutej — they remained at this house.
Son Fortun [1A] and his wife Helena had at least 3 children, including:
2A. Johan Fortun b. 1794. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
2B. Marko Fortun b. 1796, m. 1833 to Barbara Medoš (Drenovec 9)
2C. Marija Fortun b. 1803. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Jurij Fortun [1B] and his wife Helena Šutej had at least 2 children, including:
2D. Miha Fortun b. 1801, m. ca. 1829 to Marija Fugina (Blaževa) — they remained at this house.
2E. Jurij Fortun b. 1806, died at the age of 64. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Marko Fortun [2B] and his wife Barbara Medoš did not have any children.
Marko Fortun [2B] m. ca. 1841 to Lucija Žagar — they lived at Otok 23.
Miha Fortun [2D] and his wife Marija Fugina had at least 6 children, including:
3A. Johan Fortun b. 1830, died at the age of 47. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3B. Peter Fortun b. 1832, died at the age of 21. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3C. Miha Fortun b. 1836, m. 1868 to Barbara Šutej (Novoselkina from Kovačji Grad) — they remained at this house.
3D. Matija Fortun b. 1838. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3E. Ana Fortun b. 1840, m. 1868 to a man from Liplje
3F. Nikolaj Fortun b. 1845. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
Miha Fortun [2D] m. ca. 1850 to his second wife Marija Flajnik (Janšanova from Hrast). Together they had 3 children, including:
3G. Jurij Fortun b. 1850, died at the age of 62. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
3H. Barbara Fortun b. 1852, m. 1873 to Nikolaj Flajnik (Jurečov).
Miha Fortun [3C] and his wife Barbara Šutej had 7 children, including:
4A. Miha Fortun b. 1866. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4B. Barbara Fortun b. 1869. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
4C. Matija Fortun b. 1874, m. 1904 to Ana Kita-Uram (Korpona, Hungary) — they lived at Vukovci 25.
4D. Nikolaj Fortun b. 1882, m. 1903 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Magdalena Verbanec (Fratrovci 29) — they lived at Vukovci 25.
With the existing Fortun family moving to Vukovci 25, this house was left empty. After living at the Belčevi for a short time, Jurij Simčič (Ravidičev) moved in with his wife Marija Kobe (Belčeva).
Jurij Simčič and his wife Marija Kobe had 7 children, including:
5A. Marija Simčič b. 1866 in Vukovci 18, had 1 illegitimate child which died in infancy.
5B. Jurij Simčič b. 1873 in Vukovci 18. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
5C. Ana Simčič b. 1875. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
5D. Katarina Simčič b. 1878. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
5E. Franc Simčič b. 1888. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.