Rat Bounty, 1921-1922
Wright Township, Ottawa County, Michigan
Rats were a pest and the bounty for them was $ .10 per head.
NAME |
NUMBER |
AMOUNT |
DATE |
Baker, William |
5 |
$.50 |
10/31/1921 |
Bliss, Elmer |
10 |
$1.00 |
4/06/1922 |
Brown, B. |
37 |
$3.70 |
2/27/1922 |
Brown, Charles |
15 |
$1.50 |
12/10/1921 |
Brown, Fred |
16 |
$1.60 |
3/27/1922 |
Brown, Fred |
15 |
$1.50 |
1/21/1922 |
Brown, Fred |
36 |
$3.60 |
11/23/1921 |
Brown, Fred |
30 |
$3.00 |
10/31/1921 |
Brown, Robert |
21 |
$2.10 |
2/07/1922 |
Brown, Wendelin |
47 |
$4.70 |
2/11/1922 |
Bushnell, E. |
5 |
$.50 |
12/10/1921 |
Clark, Floyd |
12 |
$1.20 |
11/09/1921 |
Cole, Earl |
5 |
$.50 |
2/27/1922 |
Cole, Ed |
5 |
$.50 |
2/25/1922 |
Cole, Edward |
6 |
$.60 |
11/17/1921 |
Cole, Fraank |
9 |
$.90 |
4/10/1922 |
Cole, Frank |
8 |
$.80 |
2/25/1922 |
Cole, Frank |
6 |
$.60 |
12/15/1921 |
Cole, Frank |
5 |
$.50 |
3/02/1922 |
Cole, Frank |
6 |
$.60 |
3/06/1922 |
Cole, Frank |
11 |
$1.10 |
11/14/1921 |
Cole, Frank |
7 |
$.70 |
11/08/1921 |
Collar, James |
24 |
$2.40 |
10/21/1921 |
Collar, James |
23 |
$2.30 |
1/09/1922 |
Collar, James |
6 |
$.60 |
2/27/1922 |
Diedtrick, Fred |
10 |
$1.00 |
3/24/1922 |
Diedtrick, Fred |
7 |
$.70 |
4/07/1922 |
Dietrick, Fred |
11 |
$1.10 |
3/10/1922 |
Doty, Cyril |
7 |
$.70 |
2/18/1922 |
Doty, Cyrile |
44 |
$.4040 |
2/09/1922 |
Dressander, A. |
14 |
$1.40 |
11/21/1921 |
Duldos, James |
20 |
$.200 |
3/28/1922 |
Eickhoff, E. |
27 |
$2.70 |
2/21/1922 |
Essner, H. H. |
5 |
$.50 |
3/02/1922 |
Essner, H. H. |
17 |
$1.70 |
11/30/1921 |
Essner, H. H. |
12 |
$1.20 |
12/21/1921 |
Evens, Max |
5 |
$.50 |
12/21/1921 |
Finkler, Charlie |
16 |
$1.60 |
12/14/1921 |
Finkler, Lenard |
21 |
$2.10 |
3/22/1922 |
Finkler, Lenard |
7 |
$.70 |
12/02/1921 |
Finkler, Lenard |
16 |
$1.60 |
1/24/1922 |
Finkler, Lenard |
12 |
$1.20 |
2/10/1922 |
Fritz, Frederick |
20 |
$2.00 |
2/10/1922 |
Gross, I. |
15 |
$1.50 |
11/03/1921 |
Gross, Isador |
33 |
$3.30 |
12/12/1921 |
Hearn, L. O. |
28 |
$2.80 |
10/25/1921 |
Hoban, Francis |
8 |
$.80 |
2/10/1922 |
Holleman, T. |
11 |
$1.10 |
10/22/1921 |
Horter, Ed |
15 |
$1.50 |
3/06/1922 |
Horter, Ed |
6 |
$.60 |
3/24/1922 |
Horter, Ed |
13 |
$1.30 |
2/17/1922 |
Horter, Ed |
32 |
$3.20 |
12/16/1921 |
Kluting, Joe |
6 |
$.60 |
2/01/1922 |
Lillibridge, C. |
5 |
$.50 |
12/20/1921 |
Lillibridge, Clar. |
6 |
$.60 |
4/10/1922 |
Lillibridge, Cly. |
15 |
$1.50 |
4/08/1922 |
Luther, G. |
6 |
$.60 |
10/22/1921 |
Luther, Glen |
35 |
$3.50 |
11/19/1921 |
McCarthy, Chas |
7 |
$.70 |
10/22/1921 |
McCarthy, Thomas |
6 |
$.60 |
4/07/1922 |
McCarthy, Thomas |
7 |
$.70 |
2/25/1922 |
McCarthy, Thomas |
7 |
$.70 |
3/25/1922 |
McCarthy, Thomas |
5 |
$.50 |
11/19/1921 |
McCarthy, Tom |
7 |
$.70 |
2/06/1922 |
McClure, Harry |
9 |
$.90 |
11/19/1921 |
Mohns, Fred |
29 |
$2.90 |
1/07/1922 |
Mohns, Fred |
16 |
$.160 |
1/31/1922 |
Mohns, Fred |
15 |
$1.50 |
4/10/1922 |
Mohns, L. |
18 |
$.180 |
10/22/1921 |
Moorhead, Wm |
5 |
$.50 |
2/28/1922 |
Peck, John |
7 |
$.70 |
1/30/1922 |
Rasch, Bernard |
12 |
$1.20 |
2/09/1922 |
Rasch, Vernard |
35 |
$3.50 |
11/23/1921 |
Rasch, Vernard |
6 |
$.60 |
11/26/1921 |
Reed, Wallin |
18 |
$1.80 |
11/08/1921 |
Riemersma, Ed |
63 |
$6.30 |
2/18/1922 |
Riemersma, John |
29 |
$2.90 |
12/03/1921 |
Robuck, Joseph |
29 |
$2.90 |
12/30/1921 |
Root, R. C. |
27 |
$2.70 |
12/14/1921 |
Schoenborn, Aug. |
5 |
$.50 |
1/28/1922 |
Schoenborn, Ed |
6 |
$.60 |
12/27/1921 |
Schoenborn, Ed |
11 |
$1.10 |
10/30/1921 |
Schoenborn, J. |
20 |
$2.00 |
3/16/1922 |
Schoenborn, Leo |
9 |
$.90 |
2/18/1922 |
Schoenborn, Otto |
23 |
$2.30 |
12/16/1921 |
Schoenborn, Otto |
32 |
$3.20 |
3/31/1922 |
Schoenborn, P. |
73 |
$7.30 |
11/18/1921 |
Schwallier, Wm |
51 |
$5.10 |
12/01/1921 |
Schwallier, Wm |
41 |
$4.10 |
10/31/1921 |
Seekman, Glenn |
10 |
$1.00 |
2/18/1922 |
Starks, Albert |
6 |
$.60 |
3/12/1922 |
Stephens, Ford |
11 |
$1.10 |
3/25/1922 |
Stephens, Ford |
6 |
$.60 |
4/04/1922 |
Stephens, Ford |
7 |
$.70 |
4/10/1922 |
Stephens, Ford |
5 |
$.50 |
4/05/1922 |
Stephens, Fred |
5 |
$.50 |
3/12/1922 |
Stephens, Fred |
14 |
$1.40 |
3/06/1922 |
Straatsma, A. |
15 |
$1.50 |
3/10/1922 |
Straatsma, A. |
29 |
$.290 |
1/30/1922 |
Umlor, Frederick |
10 |
$1.00 |
4/08/1922 |
Umlor, Robert |
10 |
$1.00 |
3/14/1922 |
Umlor, Robert |
17 |
$.170 |
2/20/1922 |
Walker, Joe |
15 |
$1.50 |
12/03/1921 |
Wasser, Joseph |
6 |
$.60 |
2/16/1922 |
Wasses, J. |
5 |
$.50 |
3/24/1922 |
Wasses?, Joseph |
5 |
$.50 |
12/31/1921 |
Wassis?, Joseph |
5 |
$.50 |
3/01/1922 |
Weis, William |
7 |
$.70 |
12/30/1921 |
Welling, Jacob |
30 |
$3.00 |
1/10/1922 |
Welling, Jacob |
30 |
$3.30 |
12/14/1921 |
Wells, Lester |
10 |
$1.00 |
3/06/1922 |
Wells, R. G. |
12 |
$1.20 |
4/13/1922 |
Wolverton, Del. |
6 |
$.60 |
12/03/1921 |
Wolverton, Nettie |
6 |
$.60 |
10/31/1921 |
Zahm, George |
10 |
$1.00 |
12/12/1921 |
Zimmer, Harold |
77 |
$7.70 |
12/01/1921 |
Zimmer, Joseph |
7 |
$.70 |
4/04/1922 |
Zimmer, Joseph |
29 |
$2.90 |
1/10/1922 |
Zimmer, Lewis |
5 |
$.50 |
12/19/1921 |
From the Wright Township Records transcribed by Loekie Boersma
Location: Grand Rapids Public Library
Created: 11 September 2003