Yesterday I was looking at the death record of my great great grandmother Rywke Milmud Eisenberg >from Jezierzany (now Ozeryany) on October 11, 1888. With the help of some online programs and indices I was able to see that her parents were named in the record and that her father's occupation translated as "private person".
Jannete,
Perhaps you can share the original description ( I presume it was in Polish) of this unique profession. I am just curious since I have never seen before such profession.