Peasant farmers

Most of the records on the Raczkiewicz side give the occupation as Komornik, peasant farmer. Lukasz Grabek (3x great grandfather) who dies tomorrow (in 1861) was a peasant farmer. A peasant may be a farmer who: Kmiec: worked enough land to support his family and owned two or more cows, horses, sheep oxen, goats, and pigs as well as several buildings on the farm. Potrolik: worked a half-sized farm. Zagrodnik: owned a farmhouse, out buildings, animals and a vegetable garden. Many peasants had no crop land. Chalupnik: lived in a small cottage. Komornik: was a tenant farmer, or day laborer. Image: https://picryl.com/media/a-forest-edge-with-peasants-and-a-village-in-the-background-verso-landscape-c967d0 Metropolitan Museum of Art