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 Marki\u010di. The origin of the name was taken from the wife of the patriarch’s home of origin which was also the Marki\u010di but residents of this home may have been called the “Dolnji Marki\u010di” in order to distinguish the two households.<\/p>\n
The surname of the original house owners is Novak. This is thought to be one of the most popular last names in Slovenia. It roughly translates to “new man” and historically, it may have referred to a new resident in a village.<\/p>\n
The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Matija Novak b. 1828. He married Ana Benec (Marki\u010dova<\/a>) b. 1833. Together they had 4 children, including:<\/p>\n 1A. Johan Novak b. 1855, m. 1880 to Barbara Cveta\u0161 (Cveta\u0161ova<\/a> from Zilje<\/a>) — they remained at this house.<\/p>\n 1B. Jurij Novak b. 1859. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.<\/p>\n 1C. Ana Novak b. 1869, had 2 illegitimate children — she remained at this house.<\/p>\n Johan Novak [1A] and his wife Barbara Cveta\u0161 had 4 children, including:<\/p>\n 2A. Barbara Novak b. 1889. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ana Novak [1C] had 2 illegitimate children, including:<\/p>\n 2B. Ciril Novak b. 1902. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At this point, the Novak lineage ends at this house. Peter Benec (Kucanov<\/a>) b. 1908, m. 1937 to Barbara \u010cemas (Maji\u0161\u010dara<\/a> from Zilje<\/a>) and moved into this house.<\/p>\n Peter Benec and his wife Barbara \u010cemas had 1 child.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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