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 Fortunovi. Given the name of the house being the same of the family living here, it is quite possible that this may have been the original Fortun family in Damelj.
Through the period of our studies, we have found four houses which originally carried the Fortun surname in Damelj. This is the second of the four houses (in order of house address). The Fortun surname is not very common in Damelj but is found sporadically across the parishes of Vinica, Dragatuš and Sinji Vrh.
1A. Nikolaj Fortun b. 1773, m. ca. 1795 to Katarina Grenz — they remained at this house.
2A. Nikolaj Fortun b. 1795, m. ca. 1820 to Lucija Kobe — they remained at this house.
2B. Johan Fortun b. 1800, died at the age of 70. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
2C. Lucija Fortun b. 1807. At this time, it is unknown what happened to her afterwards.
2D. Miha Fortun b. 1811. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
3A. Ana Fortun b. 1820, m. 1841 to Johan Špehar (Dalnje Njive 15)1.
3B. Johan Fortun b. 1824, m. ca. 1853 to Katarina Špehar (Dalnje Njive 15)1 — they remained at this house.
3C. Katarina Fortun b. 1826, m. 1848 to Johan Špehar (Dalnje Njive 1).
3D. Marija Fortun .b: 1833, m. ca. 1863 to Nikolaj Kobe (Mihelov).
3E. Barbara Fortun b. 1837, had 1 illegitimate child — she remained at this house.
1. Johan Špehar and Katarina Špehar were siblings.
4A. Katarina Fortun b. 1850, m. 1869 to Johan Lukanič (Draga 13).
4B. Johan Fortun b. 1856, m. 1882 to Katarina Fortun (Stankova) — they remained at this house.
4C. Matija Fortun b. 1857, m. 1881 to Ana Grenz (Dalnje Njive 10).
4D. Jože Fortun b. 1860. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
4E. Jurij Fortun b. 1862. At this time, it is unknown what happened to him afterwards.
5A. Marija Fortun b. 1889, m. 1907 to Johan Horvat (Jankočev from Kot).
5B. Katarina Fortun b. 1893, m. 1920 to Lavrenc Krušec (Krušičev from Drežnik).
5C. Franc Fortun b. 1897, died at the age of 21. At this time, it is unknown if he was ever married or had children.
5D. Agnes Fortun b. 1901, m. 1922 to Matija Žalec (Špeharji 31) — they remained at this house.
5E. Ana Fortun b. 1903, m. 1924 to Jurij Špehar (Magdinov).
Matija Žalec and his wife Agnes Fortun [5D] had 6 children.