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 had the name of Knezovi. It is plausible that the inhabitants of this house were originally descendants of a local duke. The name was later changed to Belčevi. At this time, the exact origin of this name is unknown to us.
Through the period of our studies, we have found three houses which originally carried the Flajnik surname in Vukovci. This is the third of the three houses (in order of house address). The Flajnik surname is only originally found in Hrast, Perudina and Vukovci.
The oldest records we have found to date for a person from this house is for several siblings, including:
1A. Unknown Flajnik m. to Katarina Žagar — they remained at this house.
1B. Johan Flajnik b. 1770, m. to Ana Tomažič — they remained at this house.
Unknown Flajnik [1A] and his wife Katarina Žagar had at least 2 children, including:
2A. Ana Flajnik b. 1816, m. ca. 1835 to Matija Kobe (Pačov from Otok).
2B. Katarina Flajnik b. 1822. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Johan Flajnik [1B] and his wife Ana Tomažič had at least 1 child, including:
2C. Barbara Flajnik b. 1808, m. ca. 1824 to Johan Kobe — they remained at this house.
Although there is nothing confirming any relation to the Flajnik family yet, another family was also living here at this time. Based on some notation, before marrying Katarina Prokšelj, Nikolaj Brozovič may have been married to a Katarina Flajnik.
Nikolaj Brozovič and his wife Katarina Prokšelj had at least 3 children, including:
2D. Ana Brozovič b. 1806, died at the age of 29. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
2E. Barbara Brozovič b. 1808, died at the age of 28. At this time, it is unknown if she was ever married or had children.
2F. Marija Brozovič b. 1820, m. ca. 1848 to Štefan Mlakar — they remained at this house.
Johan Kobe and his wife Barbara Flajnik [2C] had 7 children, including:
3A. Barbara Kobe b. 1825, m. 1846. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
3B. Johan Kobe b. 1829, m. ca. 1854 to Katarina Ribič (Zdihova 25) — they remained at this house.
3C. Katarina Kobe b. 1838, m. 1863 to Nikolaj Maljevac (Paričev).
3D. Marija Kobe b. 1842, m. 1873 to Jurij Simčič (Ravidičev) — they remained at this house.
3E. Matija Kobe b. 1845, died at the age of 28. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
Štefan Mlakar and his wife Marija Brozovič [2F] had 1 child:
3F. Ana Mlakar b. 1849. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
Johan Kobe [3B] and his wife Katarina Ribič had 12 children, including:
4A. Johan Kobe b. 1855, m. 1880 to Helena Mravinec (Hrast 20) — they remained at this house.
4B. Ana Kobe b. 1867, m. 1887 to Matija Šutej (Kovačji Grad 6).
4C. Katarina Kobe b. 1871, m. 1898 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to Gregor Šterbenac (Osojnik 42) — they lived at Vukovci 17.
4D. Matija Kobe b. 1874. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4E. Franc Kobe b. 1879, m. 1906 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Juliana Pupič (Rim 3) — they lived at Vukovci 29.
Jurij Simčič and his wife Marija Kobe [3D] had 7 children, including:
4F. Marija Simčič b. 1866, had 1 illegitimate child while living at Vukovci 15.
4G. Jurij Simčič b. 1873. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
At this point, Jurij Simčič moved with his family to the newly vacated Vukovci 15.
Johan Kobe [4A] and his wife Helena Mravinec had 12 children, including:
5A. Marija Kobe b. 1883, m. 1902 to a man from Liplje 9.
5B. Johan Kobe b. 1885, m. 1920 to Ana Moravec (Travnikarova from Vinica) — they remained at this house.
5C. Johana Kobe b. 1886, m. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jože Juršinič (Matašov from Perudina).
5D. Silvester Kobe b. 1893. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
5E. Helena Kobe b. 1900, m. 1922 to Lojze Gorše (Zapojčev from Hrast).
5F. Katarina Kobe b. 1904, m. 1924, to a man from Pribanjci 39.
Johan Kobe [5B] and his wife Ana Moravec had 5 children.