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Néprajz - Kulturális antropológia - Juhász Antal: A szeged-felsőtanyai Imre család a 19-20. században
Antal luhász The Imre Family of Szeged-Felsőtanya in the 18-20th centuries The Imre Family of Szeged-Felsőtanya in the 18-20th centuries Antal Juhász The study discusses the life and works of a farming family from Szeged between the 18th century and the present time. Our sources are ecclesiastical extracts, hand-drawn 19th century maps, archival documents, the census of 1870, the farmer directory of 1895 and 1912, and family memoirs. The family is known to have had land at the border of Szeged's upper city since 1730. Mihály Imre was the 18th biggest taxpayer in 1840, thus making him one of the wealthiest "field farmer" (peasant landowner). Antal Imre had around 300 acres of land between 1860 and 1870, he built a wind and oil mills. The author communicates the farm’s site layout based on the 1887 cadaster map. He discusses the husbandry and farms of János Imre (1871-1928) in detail. He had five farms, two of which were issued to residents: poor peasant families without land and home. The forced establishment of agricultural cooperatives of 1961 took away the land: the livelihood of the family. Ferenc Imre (1908-1980) and József Imre (1916-2006) joined the cooperative, the family adapted to the conditions of the one acre family farming. The Imre Family used to live on a level of larger farmers for generations, which was made possible by the fact that several male members chose spouses of similar financial circumstances. As they used to say: "land was wed to land". There was an active husbandry based on traditional land plowing, stable husbandry and keeping grazing livestock between 1930 and 1940. They also planted grapevines, but their cultivation was less significant compared to other holdings. Afterthe end ofthe Communist regime in 1990, the families had two options to choose from: Using compensation notes they could buy land and aim to cultivate their lands profitable. This was made possible by cultivating crops under foil tents; They could aim for a university diploma or industrial qualification. The members ofthe Imre Family provided examples for both. 364
