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Old Age Pension of 1935

The 1935 special census was taken of individuals over the age of 21 in each household. It did not count minor children under the age of 21. The individuals listed were subject to a $2.00 tax for the benefit of the Old Age Pension Fund, and was payable in 1935 as required by the 49th general assembly.
The census appears to have been taken between January and April of 1935, with some names "pencilled in" a month or two later, which usually contain no further information about the person.
Each assessor was asked to obtain the following information:
  • Last Name
  • First Name (Could be complete name, initial or abbrevation)
  • Middle name (Could be complete or only initial)
  • Current residence (Place where they get their mail)
  • Date of Birth (not always complete)
  • M/F
  • Race
  • Place of birth (Can be town, county, state or Country)
  • Fathers name
  • Mothers name (many times illegible due to large government stamp on page)
  • Employer (many times illegible due to large government stamp on page)
The goverment stamped "carried to deliquent" by some names. Many times this stamp was made directly over the mothers last name and/or the employers name.
The following is a list of each towship and town enumerated with the items available. Some enumerators noted the section in which they lived, although it was not asked.
  • Belleville township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Cedar township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Place of Birth
  • Center township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date, Place of Birth
  • Colfax township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Cummins township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Age, Section
  • Des Moines township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Year born
  • Dover township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date, Place born, Father, Mother
  • Fonda town- Last, First, MI
  • Garfield township - Last, First, Current Residence, Age
  • Gilmore City - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date, Place born, Father, Mother, Employer
  • Grant township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Havelock town - Last, First, MI, Current Residence
  • Lake township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Section, Birth Date, Place of birth, Father, Mother, Employer
  • Laurens town - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Age
  • Lincoln township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence
  • Lizard township - Last, First, Current Residence, Birth Date, Father, Mother
  • Marshall township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date, Place of Birth, Father, Employer/Occupation
  • Palmer town - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Plover township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date, Place of Birth, Father, Mother
  • Pocahontas town - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date, Place of Birth, Employer
  • Powhatan township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Rolfe town - Last, First, MI, Birth Date
  • Roosevelt township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Sherman township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Swan Lake township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date, Place of Birth, Father, Mother
  • Varina town- Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date
  • Washington township - Last, First, MI, Current Residence, Birth Date