R. L. POLK & CO.'S
BAY COUNTY
DIRECTORY
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1897
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ABBREVIATIONS
f, farmer; f lab, farm laborer; ft or t, farm tenant; lab, laborer;
carp, carpenter; manfr, manufacturer; p, personal; pr, pro-
prietor; res, reservation; state, state homestead land.
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Following each name
are given: First, business; second, number
of section upon which person resides; third, number of acres;
fourth, assessed valuation; fifth, name of township; sixth,
postoffice address.
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| Surname | Given Name | Business | Section | Acres | Valuation | Township | Post Office |
| Wachaholski | M | f | 16 | 40 | $400 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Wachbinski | Martin | f | 10 | 80 | $1200 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin |
| Wachbinski | Frank | f | 10 | 40 | $500 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin |
| Wackby | Peter | f | 36 | 40 | $1100 | Williams | Auburn |
| Waddle | Richard T | lawyer | Pinconning | ||||
| Wagner | Christ | f | 36 | 80 | $3100 | Williams | Auburn |
| Wagner | Fred | f | 38 | 78 | $2075 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Wagner | Philip | f | 19 | 40 | $2700 | Hampton | Bay City |
| Wagner | Wm | f | 7 | 58 | $1525 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Wainwright | George | f | 4 | 60 | $1150 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Waite | Fred | f | 19 | 40 | $1000 | Monitor | Auburn |
| Waite | Samuel | lab | 23 | I | $300 | Williams | Auburn |
| Waldron | Joseph H | f | 12 | 40 | $450 | Garfield | Michie |
| Walk | Wm | f | 21 | 40 | $600 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Walker | Frank | f | 31 | 80 | $1100 | Beaver | Willard |
| Walker | John | f | 6 | 40 | $800 | Williams | North Williams |
| Walkowiak | Joseph | f | 35 | 80 | $1200 | Merritt | Munger |
| Wall | John | f | 21 | 42 | $450 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Wallace | John | lab | 23 | I | $400 | Williams | Auburn |
| Wallen | Martin | f | 22 | 40 | $1010 | Merritt | Munger |
| Wallen | Oscar J | f | 29 | 80 | $2600 | Merritt | Munger |
| Wallenhop | Anna | 30 | 3 | $500 | Monitor | West Bay City | |
| Walley | Charles | f | 26 | 40 | $1500 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Walraven | A | gardener | 17 | 40 | $1800 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Walsh | Peter | f | 28 | 40 | $500 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Walsh | Wm | 34 | 5 | $450 | Portsmouth | Bay City | |
| Walter | Adam | f | 8 | 40 | $2100 | Frankenlust | Amelith |
| Walter | Charles | f | 12 | 40 | $250 | Gibson | Standish |
| Walter | Ernst | f | 28 | 40 | $825 | Beaver | Williams |
| Walter | Gertrude | f | 8 | 40 | $1100 | Frankenlust | Amelith |
| Walter | Paul | f | 22 | 40 | $550 | Beaver | Loehne |
| Walter | Stephen | f | 28 | 39 | $850 | Beaver | Willard |
| Walthausen | (est) | 26 | 175 | $2500 | Hampton | Bay City | |
| Walther | Dominick | f | I | 53 | $1600 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Walther | J P | 7 | 99 | $600 | Hampton | Arn | |
| Walther | F Peter | f | 1-6 | 93 | $2850 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Walz | John | f | 8 | 30 | $2300 | Bangor | West Bay City |
| Ward | James S | f | 32 | 40 | $1460 | Merritt | Munger |
| Ward | Wm G | f | 31-32 | 80 | $1450 | Merritt | Munger |
| Warmbier | Herman | f | 29 | 80 | $1900 | Williams | Laredo |
| Warren | Charles | f | 16 | 40 | $425 | Beaver | Willard |
| Warren | John | f | 31 | 80 | $1600 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin |
| Warschkow | Aug | lab | $200 | Frankenlust | West Bay City | ||
| Warsaw | Herman | f | 34 | 30 | $700 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin |
| Wasalaski | George | f | 23 | 120 | $475 | Mt Forest | Pinconning |
| Wasalaski | Joseph | f | 24 | 80 | $325 | Mt Forest | Pinconning |
| Wasalaski | Lawrence | f | 13 | 40 | $200 | Mt Forest | Pinconning |
| Washer | John | 8 | 10 | $850 | Bangor | West Bay City | |
| Watt | Alexander | f | 30 | 40 | $1020 | Merritt | Bay City |
| Watts | Wm | f | 29 | 40 | $300 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Wau Wauega | Mary | f | 32 | 20 | $350 | Bangor | Kawkawlin |
| Wazin | John | f | 18 | 51 | $1400 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Weaver | George | lab | 28 | 2 | $80 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Weaver | Michael | f | 12 | 40 | $800 | Williams | Laredo |
| WEbb | Charles | f | 4 | 31 | $2100 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| WEbb | John | f | 15 | 40 | $500 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Webb | Mrs Wm | f | 19 | 80 | $1800 | Williams | Auburn |
| Webber | Charles | f | 25-26 | 131 | $9000 | Hampton | Bay City |
| Webber | Charles | f | 21 | 40 | $800 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Webber | John | f | I-36 | 83 | $2625 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Webber | Philip | 36 | 40 | $1100 | Portsmouth | Bay City | |
| Webber | Philip | f | 25 | 52 | $3800 | Hampton | Bay City |
| Webber | Wm | f | 35 | 40 | $1050 | Williams | Auburn |
| Weber | Charles | f | 33-34 | 118 | $2150 | Beaver | Willard |
| Weber | Edward D | f | II | 40 | $300 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Weber | Mrs E J | f | II | 22 | $400 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Weber | Henry | 21 | 10 | $225 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin | |
| Webster | H H | f | 26 | 60 | $1700 | Williams | Auburn |
| Webster | T E | f | 25 | 267 | $3000 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Wegener | Adam | f | 29 | 80 | $1800 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Wegener | August | $200 | Frankenlust | West Bay City | |||
| Wegener | Christian | f | 31 | 24 | $750 | Monitor | W Bay City |
| Wegener | Heinrich | 6 | 30 | $775 | Frankenlust | W Bay City | |
| Wegener | Henry | f | 31-36 | 57 | $2825 | Monitor | W Bay City |
| Wegener | John | f | 29 | 80 | $2300 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Wegener | Katharina | f | I | 37 | $1700 | Frankenlust | West Bay City |
| Wegener | Ludwig | f | 31 | 161 | $5500 | Monitor | W Bay City |
| Wegener | Wm | f | 6 | 78 | $2700 | Frankenlust | West Bay City |
| Weggel | John G | f | 16 | 57 | $2460 | Frankenlust | Amelith |
| Wehner | August | f | 26 | 40 | $800 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Wehrman | John | f | 24 | 40 | $810 | Merritt | Munger |
| Weidyck | Nicholas | f | 17 | 63 | $2200 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Weir | Andrew | f | 18 | 80 | $1000 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Weiss | Andreas | f | 9 | 160 | $6700 | Frankenlust | Amelith |
| Weiss | John | f | 1-10 | 146 | $6100 | Frankenlust | W Bay City |
| Weiss | Martin | F | 8 | 30 | $1350 | Frankenlust | Amelith |
| Weiss | Michael | f | 4-7 | 240 | $7800 | Frankenlust | Amelith |
| Welch | Isaiah | f | 17-18 | 80 | $1300 | Williams | Colon |
| Welch | James | f | 27 | 40 | $850 | Williams | Auburn |
| Welch | John | lab | 30 | 5 | $600 | Monitor | Auburn |
| Weller | Russell | lab | 19 | I | $250 | Bangor | West Bay City |
| Welters | Charles | f | 15 | 80 | $1550 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Welters | John | f | 15 | 40 | $500 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Wendt | Wm | f | 6-8 | 28 | $1060 | Frankenlust | West Bay City |
| Wendt | Frederick | f | 34 | 40 | $1050 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin |
| Wenglikowski | John | f | 29 | 80 | $850 | Beaver | Willard |
| Went | Wm | f | 27 | 20 | $400 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Wesneske | Willard | f | 12 | 40 | $400 | Beaver | Loehne |
| West | Charles (est) | f | 6 | 35 | $1075 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| West | Louis | lab | 6 | 20 | $600 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| West | Peter | f | 26 | 26 | $1500 | Hampton | Bay City |
| Westbrook | John | f | 13 | 40 | $1000 | Williams | Auburn |
| Westbrook | Joseph | f | 12-13 | 240 | $3700 | Williams | Auburn |
| Westenberg | Fred | 6 | 16 | $350 | Bangor | West Bay City | |
| Weston | A | lots | $150 | Pinconning | Pinconning | ||
| Weston | George | lab | $250 | Pinconning | Pinconning | ||
| Westover | W W | 30 | 124 | $5475 | Hampton | Bay City | |
| Westpeintner | Fred | f | I | 48 | $1900 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Wetters | John | f | 31 | 40 | $500 | Fraser | Linwood |
| Whalen | Alva | 19 | 10 | $600 | Hampton | Bay City | |
| Whaley | Marion | f | 8 | 40 | $550 | Fraser | Michie |
| Wheeler | Amos | livery | Monitor | Kawkawlin | |||
| Wheeler | Mrs | f | 31 | 80 | $625 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Whickey | Charles | f | 33 | 40 | $325 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| White | Charles | f | 22 | 20 | $650 | Williams | Auburn |
| White | C L | lab | 30 | 7 | $700 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| White Feather | Stave & Lumber Co. | 2 | 40 | $1300 | Pinconning | Pinconning | |
| White | Isaac | f | 8 | 40 | $800 | Monitor | Bay City |
| White | Joseph | f | 18 | 40 | $800 | Williams | Auburn |
| Whiteman | Harrison | f | 13 | 40 | $300 | Beaver | Loehne |
| Whiteman | J R | f | 16 | 40 | $500 | Fraser | Michie |
| Whiteman | Theodore | f | 13 | 40 | $300 | Beaver | Loehne |
| Whitney | Arthur | f | 17 | 40 | $220 | Gibson | Bentley |
| Whitney | A N | postmaster | 17 | 80 | $700 | Gibson | Bentley |
| Whitney | Omar | f | 17-40 | 80 | $1200 | Merritt | Munger |
| Whitside | Robert | f | 20 | 30 | $800 | Merritt | Munger |
| Whyte | Daniel | f | 4 | 80 | $920 | Fraser | Michie |
| Whyte | Martin | f | 17 | 160 | $3100 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| WIdmer | Jacob | f | 35 | 80 | $2200 | Williams | Auburn |
| Wiedyk | Frank | f | 16 | 40 | $1100 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Wiedyk | Nicholas | f | 17 | 80 | $2850 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Wilber | John | f | 20 | 40 | $850 | Williams | Auburn |
| Wilcox | David | f | 27-28 | 230 | $7400 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Wilcox | Wm | f | 25 | 40 | $300 | Garfield | Duel |
| Wilder | James | f | 7-18 | 60 | $2000 | Bangor | West Bay City |
| Wilder | W A | stock farm | 10 | 320 | $9350 | Bangor | West Bay City |
| Wildgans | Joseph | f | 12 | 80 | $2800 | Monitor | Kawkawlin |
| Wilkins | Anthony | f | 7 | 40 | $900 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Wilkinson | S | f | 9 | 40 | $300 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Willard | Starr | f | 34 | 36 | $750 | Beaver | Willard |
| Willard | Stuart | f | 34 | 40 | $750 | Beaver | Willard |
| Willett | Laurenta | f | 27 | 38 | $500 | Fraser | Lengsville |
| Willett | Achille | 18 | 16 | $900 | Hampton | Essexville | |
| Willett | Alexander | 13 | 11 | $550 | Hampton | Essexville | |
| Willett | Fabian | f | 18 | 27 | $1000 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Williams | Albert R | f | 4 | 80 | $980 | Fraser | Michie |
| Williams | Ira D | f | 2-3 | 80 | $625 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Williams | Mill C | 22 | 40 | $3700 | Williams | Auburn | |
| Williamson | Edward | f | 8 | 20 | $175 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Willies | John | f | 8 | 80 | $350 | Beaver | Duel |
| Willoth | M | lab | 6 | 0 | $200 | Frankenlust | West Bay City |
| Wilson | Alice E | f | 7 | 59 | $2300 | Monitor | Bedell |
| Wilson | Eugene | f | 9 | 38 | $550 | Fraser | Michie |
| Wilson | F L | f | 16 | 120 | $1160 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Wilson | John | f | 26 | 80 | $325 | Mt Forest | Pinconning |
| Wilson | Oscar | f | 35 | 80 | $300 | Mt Forest | Mt Forest |
| Wilson | Robert | f | 18 | 90 | $3550 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Wilson | Wm | f | 9 | 40 | $700 | Fraser | Michie |
| Wilson | Wm | f | 22 | 10 | $250 | Williams | Auburn |
| Wilson | Wm O | f | 17 | 40 | $360 | Fraser | Michie |
| Wine | John | f | 8 | 40 | $710 | Merritt | Munger |
| Wineguest | August | 34 | 10 | $325 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin | |
| Wineguest | Charles | f | 31 | 80 | $600 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Wineguest | G | f | 31 | 80 | $600 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Wintermeier | Charles | 27 | 20 | $500 | Kawkawlin | Kawkawlin | |
| Winters | John | f | 19 | 10 | $550 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Wirsing | T | f | 34 | 40 | $900 | Beaver | Willard |
| Wirth | Mrs George | f | 31 | 61 | $1650 | Monitor | W Bay City |
| Wirth | Michael | f | 17 | 80 | $2900 | Frankenlust | Amelith |
| Wispintner | Jacob | f | 1-2 | 122 | $4850 | Portsmouth | Bay City |
| Witbroth | August | f | 18 | 66 | $1800 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Witzke | Carl | f | 21 | 80 | $900 | Beaver | Willard |
| Witzke | Emanuel | f | 21 | 20 | $200 | Beaver | Willard |
| Wojciechowski | Valentz | f | 16 | 40 | $00 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Woloszyk | Jacob | f | 16 | 39 | $900 | Kawkawlin | Bedell |
| Wolverton | Mrs Henry | f | 24 | 37 | $1400 | Williams | Auburn |
| Wood | Frank | saloon | $300 | Monitor | Kawkawlin | ||
| Wood | Frank | f | 29 | 40 | $400 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Wood | Charles | f | 35 | 20 | $200 | Fraser | Linwood |
| Wood | Mrs Leon | f | 24 | 118 | $3900 | Williams | Auburn |
| Woodbury | D | 13 | 5 | $375 | Hampton | Essexville | |
| Woodbury | J | f | 15 | 80 | $900 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Woods | Adelbert | gardener | 18 | 5 | $275 | Hampton | Essexville |
| Woods | Charles | f | 18 | 80 | $1600 | Williams | Auburn |
| Woolfit | Wm E | f | 17 | 40 | $350 | Pinconning | Pinconning |
| Wright | B | f | 8 | 40 | $600 | Hampton | Essexville |
| WRight | David | f | 18 | 78 | $3835 | Merritt | Bay City |
| Wright | Francis K | f | 7 | 80 | $830 | Fraser | Michie |
| Wright | John W | f | 17 | 40 | $450 | Fraser | Michie |
| Wright | P J | f | 6 | 10 | $600 | Bangor | Kawkawlin |
| Wrobaliski | Simon | lab | 34 | 5 | $450 | Portsmouth | Arn |
| Wrzerinski | Martin | f | 14 | 40 | $350 | Beaver | Loehne |
| Wupper | Henry | f | 30 | 72 | $2700 | Monitor | West Bay City |
| Wyman | Orville | f | 34 | 40 | $900 | Williams | Laredo |
| Wyrowski | John | f | 20 | 40 | $850 | Williams | Auburn |
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