Mato was from the small village of Vrškovac, about three kilometers from Vivodina, but Find A Grave doesn't allow this small town as a location, so Vivodina must be substituted. Mato married Barbara Verbanek in 1865, and they had eight children: Lovro, Josipa, Katja, Nikola, Mijo, Ana Barbara, Alojzije, and Marko.