Oakview Payroll

View Item Record

Description:

Oakview payroll for the two week pay period ending August 22, 1903. The heading on the top of the page reads, "D.M. Ferry & Co. Seedsman." The D.M. Ferry Company, later known as the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, expanded operations from Detroit to Avon Township in 1902. Oakview Farm comprised the area between South Rochester Road, East Hamlin Road, John R Road, and East Auburn Road. In 1912, the company increased the size of the farm northward, so that it reached to East Avon Road. Oakview was the site of the company’s trial grounds and stock seed breeding operations until 1944. The names on the payroll are: J.C. Ackerman, C. Austin, James B. Austin, G. Becker, Max Brush, Fred Clark, Ernest Cromie, George Cromie, John Cromie, Bruce Crull, V. Curtis, James Dangeow, Arthur Dello, C. Dietrich, Charles Edwards, E. Evans, C. Gottschling Sr., C. Gottschling Jr., George Grandy, F. Grogan, George Grogan, J. Grogan, Fred Hinchman, H.A. Holtz, F.A. Howell, George Irvin, Anthony Klein, Ernest Kimball, Harry Kimball, Charles S. Kinzie, George W. Kinzie, J.C. Kinzie, Willie Kinzie, Clark Lefler, W. Leriche, E. Lindke, D. Lockwood, C. May, H.K. McCotter, J.H. McCotter, Delbert Moore, C. Parish, Alvah Rikerd, Conrad Rikerd, J. Riley, Frank Russell, D.C. Sipperly, P. Sipperly, E.E. Stevens, Percy Todd, F. Tucker, Lou Tucker, Fred Voakes, W. Walmsley, Clark Yost, A. Zoellner, M. Riley, and Charles Lovell. (P-23) Photograph Collection

Notes:

Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.

Data Provider:

Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library

Place:

Unspecified

Subject Topic:

Employment/occupation/union

Format:

Document, legal

Rights:

Digitized by the Rochester Hills Public Library. No known copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

URL:

http://oaklandcountyhistory.org/knowvation/app/consolidatedSearch/#autologin/guest/lb_document_id=3943