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2006/08/24 23:42:51 GERALD and VERNEDA GERDES Re: [OL] Wilhelm gerdes |
Datum | 2006/08/25 16:23:04 REPKINGRON [OL] PSR61 & STA03 |
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2006/08/24 19:54:25 APUND Re: [OL] Meyer-Holzgrefe in Bokern, Damme |
Betreff | 2006/08/07 19:09:49 Hildegard Brümmer [OL] Oldenburgische Chronicon-1599 |
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2006/08/22 17:18:10 W. Fred Rump Re: [OL] Meyer-Holzgrefe in Bokern, Damme |
Autor | 2006/08/26 06:45:54 W. Fred Rump [OL] some pictures from the Museumsdorf in Cloppenburg |
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Date: 2006/08/25 01:34:36
From: W. Fred Rump <fredrump(a)...
On 8/24/06, APUND(a)... <APUND(a)... wrote: I'm sorry. At the risk of offending the writer, this is all wrong.
My experience in reading the old records leads me to believe that "Leibzucht" after a person's name meant he was the head of that farm.
He used to be the head of the farm but now his son would be in that position. It was precisely the purpose of the Leibzucht to take care of the oldsters without dumping them out in the woods. It also permitted the heir to raise a family on the old homestead while still young enough to do so.
Some of the other people dwelling on the farm were sons or descendants of a previous or current owner, some were from other farms.
And they would be either in the position of Knecht, Magd or Heuermann.
I doubt that there were many cases of a farm 'owner' passing his farm to his son before he himself had died.
See above. That was the whole purpose of the system. Social welfare by the state did not exist but society took care of its own family by family. The Leibzucht usually had a small garden of its own for the couple to tend to but their main sustenance came from the work of the son or daughter to whom they had handed the farm. They did not just sit on their duffs and helped as they could but people got old much faster then today. Also, the old folks had honorary positions in society and were looked up to by their young ones. Fred . -- Fred Rump, Beverly, NJ also 730 5th St. NW Naples, FL 34120 fredrump(a)... http://fredrump.phanfare.com Chief Justice Earl Warren: "Implicit in the term 'national defense' is the notion of defending those values and ideas which set this nation apart."