[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] translating an occupation

[Jan Textor]

Beatrix,
 
This should probably read Dożywotnik, meaning pensioner.
 
Hope this helps,
Jan Textor

 
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:58:42 -0700
> From: beatrix.hughes at gmail.com
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] translating an occupation
> 
> I've just finished translating a Polish death certificate using the family
> search dictionary. I managed to work out the whole thing except for the one
> word that describes the man's occupation. I found a list of polish
> occupations but didn't find anything that looked close to it. The word is:
> 
> So?ywatnik
> 
> The ? is a letter with an accent on top. It could be s, r or z. Does that
> look familiar to anyone?
> 
> 
> Beatrix
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