A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve: Studia Ethnographica 3. (Szeged, 2001)

Mód László: Egy apátfalvi hajósvállalkozó család életútja

NAGY József 1971 Körösladányi homokszedők. EA 17238 PALKÓ Attila 1979 Tutajozás a Maroson. Korunk Évkönyv. 202-212. PETROVITS István 1983 Az egységülés útján. In: Kristó Gyula (szerk.): Szeged története I. 347-423. Szeged REIZNER János 1900 Szeged története. Szeged SZIGETI György 1999 Fejezetek Apátfalva néprajzából I. Anyagi kultúra. Apátfalva TAKÁCS Edit 1999 Kilencvenhat magyar hadifogoly százharminchárom el nem küldött levele 1944. decemberéből. A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve. Történeti Tanulmányok. Studia Historica 2. 125-156 TÓTH Ferenc 2000 Apátfalva. Száz Magyar Falu Könyvesháza TÖMÖRKÉNY István 1911 Figuracsinálók. In: Ne engedjük a madarat...s más holmik. 199-209. Budapest 1922 Ilyen a hajózat. In: Célszerű szegény emberek. 152-156. Szeged 1957 Minden megindul. In: A Szent Mihály a jégben. 394-398. Budapest The life story of a self-employed ship transporter family from Apátfalva My study on the life story of the ship transporter Marczika family aims to examine a self-employed social group that ethnographic research has neglected somewhat so far. The life of the sand barkers of the river Maros differed substantially from that of the grain transporters. Sand barkers also dealt with extracting the sand but they did not stay away from their families for long. This social group at the bottom of the shippers' hierarchy comprised low budget people who operated ships on a joint capital and they themselves served on these ships as crewmembers. Therefore, we can conclude about the Marczikas' lifestyle that based on the knowledge passed down through several generations, and with their saved some up money, they embarked on water transportation that provided secure income. However, the family members who took part in shipping until 1944 did not detach themselves completely from the peasant lifestyle since all of them had a few 'holds' of land (1 'hold' = 0.57 hectares or 1.42 English acres) that was cultivated by those staying at home. The family farm however, always remained supplementary as the main source of income was shipping. 226