LIST OF EARLY AUTOMOBILES
REGISTERED
IN MEDINA COUNTY
In 1907 the
counties in Texas began the registration of its vehicles. The law required
that:
All owners of automobiles or motor vehicles shall before using such vehicles
or machines upon the public roads, streets or driveways, register with the
County Clerk of the county in which he resided, his name, which name shall
be registered by the County Clerk in consecutive order in a book to be kept
for that purpose, and shall be numbered in the order of their registration,
and it shall be the duty of such owner or owners to display in a conspicuous
place on said machine the number so registered, which number shall be in
figures not less than six inches in height. The County Clerk shall be paid
by such owners a fee of fifty cents for each machine registered.
The registration
number displays evolved into what we know today as license plates. The
following is a list of automobiles registered in Medina County. The period
covered by this is probably from 1907 when the Act was instituted to 1923
when all existing license plates were declared void and each person
registering his vehicle for 1923 received a new pair of plates.
(contributed by Doris and Jim Menke)
| No. |
Name |
|
Residence |
Car |
|
1 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Horn |
J.H. |
Quihi |
Maxwell |
|
3 |
Nixon |
J.P. |
Yancey |
|
|
4 |
Fletch |
Dr. J.H. |
Hondo |
|
|
5 |
McLaugherty & Horger |
|
Hondo |
|
|
6 |
Bradley |
B.R. |
Hondo |
E.M.F. |
|
7 |
Leinweber |
E.R. |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
8 |
Gilliam |
Claude W. |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
9 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
10 |
Burgin |
J.E. |
Yancey |
|
|
11 |
Koontz |
Dr. L.A. |
Lacoste |
|
|
12 |
Wurzbach |
A.A. |
Rio Medina |
|
|
13 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
14 |
Mofield |
L. |
Hondo |
E.M.F. |
|
15 |
Clark |
E.W. |
Hondo |
Metz |
|
16 |
Scott |
Mrs. E.E. |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
17 |
Meyer |
H.J. |
Hondo |
Studebaker |
|
18 |
Smith |
W.H. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
19 |
Fohn |
Jacob |
Hondo |
Chalmers |
|
20 |
Yancey Mercantile Co. |
|
Yancey |
|
|
21 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
22 |
Reitzer |
Robert |
New Fountain |
Brush |
|
23 |
Kueck |
Henry |
Yancey |
|
|
24 |
Brown |
F.A. |
Hondo |
|
|
25 |
Merriman |
Henry |
Hondo |
Cole |
|
26 |
Rothe Sr. |
F. |
D'Hanis |
|
|
27 |
Steinhardt |
J. |
Hondo |
Chadwick |
|
28 |
McClaugherty & Horger |
|
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
29 |
Smith |
Mrs. J.D. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
30 |
Bowman |
W.H. |
Devine |
|
|
31 |
Garwood |
E.G. |
Hondo |
Flanders 20 |
|
32 |
Ketchum |
Dan |
Devine |
|
|
33 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
34 |
Grimsinger |
Aug. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
35 |
Wurzbach |
Adolph |
Rio Medina |
|
|
36 |
Newton |
J.G. |
Newton |
|
|
37 |
Wilson |
H.G. |
Yancey |
|
|
38 |
Chancey |
M.A. |
Hondo |
|
|
39 |
Boehme |
Alex |
Rio Medina |
|
|
40 |
Newton |
J.C. |
Newton |
|
|
41 |
Wilson |
S.G. |
Yancey |
|
|
42 |
Howard |
R.C. |
Devine |
|
|
43 |
Christilles |
Geo. |
LaCoste |
|
|
44 |
Crow |
J.W. |
Hondo |
|
|
45 |
Odom |
W.B. |
Hondo |
|
|
46 |
Thompson |
J.C. |
Devine |
|
|
47 |
Redus |
J.O. |
Hondo |
|
|
48 |
Biediger |
Louis |
LaCoste |
|
|
49 |
Schmidt |
Geo. |
Biry |
|
|
50 |
Rothe |
A. |
Hondo |
|
|
51 |
Schmidt |
Emil |
LaCoste |
|
|
52 |
Gaines |
C.R. |
Hondo |
|
|
53 |
Butler |
J.O. |
Hondo |
|
|
54 |
Jungman, Jr. |
P. |
Hondo |
E.M.F. |
|
55 |
Liles |
B.B. |
Yancey |
|
|
56 |
Burns |
Leo |
Devine |
Motorcycle |
|
57 |
Burns |
J.F. |
Devine |
|
|
58 |
Meyers |
J.H. |
Hondo |
|
|
59 |
Balmos |
E.J. |
Devine |
|
|
60 |
Williamson |
J.A. |
Devine |
|
|
61 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
62 |
Banks |
T.H. |
Devine |
|
|
63 |
Ketchum |
Dan |
Devine |
|
|
64 |
Ney |
Joe |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
65 |
Williamson |
W.M. |
Devine |
|
|
66 |
Fullerton |
J.W. |
Devine |
|
|
67 |
Teel |
R.N. |
Devine |
|
|
68 |
Ketchum |
Dan |
Devine |
|
|
69 |
Tilley |
Loyd |
Devine |
|
|
70 |
Mofield |
E.F. |
Hondo |
|
|
71 |
Finger |
J.M. |
Hondo |
|
|
72 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
73 |
Halbardier |
A.E. |
Castroville |
Ford |
|
74 |
Fohn |
Joe |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
75 |
Wurzbach |
H.F. |
Cliff |
|
|
76 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
77 |
Price |
L.F. |
Devine |
National |
|
78 |
Schuchardt |
Leo |
Cliff |
|
|
79 |
Rackley Bros |
|
Devine |
|
|
80 |
Schmitt & Steinhardt |
|
Hondo |
Commerce |
|
81 |
Wurzbach |
O.J. |
Cliff |
|
|
82 |
Mass |
Rev. F. |
D'Hanis |
|
|
83 |
Fullerton |
J.C. |
Devine |
|
|
84 |
Crawford |
Mrs. Lou A. |
Devine |
|
|
85 |
Rothe |
A.C. |
D'Hanis |
|
|
86 |
Burell |
Louis |
Castroville |
|
|
87 |
Erck |
Emil |
Hondo |
|
|
88 |
Bradley |
B.R. |
Hondo |
Studebaker 20 |
|
89 |
Schuehle |
And. |
New Fountain |
Hudson |
|
90 |
Briscoe |
Jno. T. |
Devine |
Buick Roadster |
|
91 |
Muennink |
John |
New Fountain |
Hudson |
|
92 |
Franger |
Joe |
Biry |
|
|
93 |
Posch |
Rud. |
Biry |
Cadillac |
|
94 |
Briscoe |
J.F. |
Devine |
|
|
95 |
Haby |
Alois |
Rio Medina |
|
|
96 |
Haby |
Ad. |
Dunlay |
Buick |
|
97 |
Miller |
O.H. |
Hondo |
Stoddard-Dayton |
|
98 |
McClaugherty & Horger |
|
Hondo |
|
|
99 |
Stein |
Jacob |
Cliff |
|
|
100 |
Heath |
L.E. |
Hondo |
Studebaker 35 |
|
101 |
Keller |
M.A. |
Devine |
|
|
102 |
Goff |
G.C. |
Hondo |
|
|
103 |
FitzSimon |
Louis L. |
Castroville |
Moon |
|
104 |
Riley |
Jacob |
D'Hanis |
Hudson |
|
105 |
Dilworth |
J.F. |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
106 |
Koenig |
August |
Castroville |
|
|
107 |
Kauffman |
Emil |
Rio Medina |
|
|
108 |
Bendele |
Edwin |
Hondo |
|
|
109 |
Rothe |
Louis |
D'Hanis |
|
|
110 |
Greigg |
W. |
LaCoste |
|
|
111 |
Muennink |
Fritz D. |
New Fountain |
Marion |
|
112 |
Crutchfield |
U. |
Devine |
|
|
113 |
Bilhartz |
Jac. |
Biry |
Buick |
|
114 |
Bradley |
Horace |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
115 |
Christilles |
Paul F. |
LaCoste |
Ford |
|
116 |
Schuchart |
Manuel |
Cliff |
|
|
117 |
Gross |
Henry |
LaCoste |
|
|
118 |
Roberts |
C.W. |
Hondo |
|
|
119 |
Decker |
Joe |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
120 |
Taylor |
H.B. |
Hondo |
Maxwell |
|
121 |
Ketchum |
D.A. |
Devine |
|
|
122 |
Gilliam |
Claude W. |
Hondo |
|
|
123 |
Biry |
Jack |
Biry |
Buick |
|
124 |
Haby |
Louis A. |
Dunlay |
|
|
125 |
Fusselman |
Jack M. |
Elstone |
|
|
126 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
127 |
(Not taken out) |
|
|
|
|
128 |
Sauter |
T.J. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
129 |
Schorp |
John J. |
Rio Medina |
Buick |
|
130 |
Brucks |
Ed. J. |
Hondo |
|
|
131 |
Haass |
H.E. |
Hondo |
Oakland |
|
132 |
Bendele |
Hy. |
Devine |
Overland |
|
133 |
Merriman |
J.C. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
134 |
Pledger |
J.A. |
Yancey |
Buick |
|
135 |
Collier |
B.G. |
Hondo |
Chalmers |
|
136 |
Wurzbach |
Hy. F. |
Cliff |
Truck |
|
137 |
Bippert |
Otto |
LaCoste |
|
|
138 |
Schmidt |
Ed. |
LaCoste |
|
|
139 |
Rothe |
Louis F. |
Hondo |
|
|
140 |
Weynand |
H.C. |
Lytle |
Motorcycle |
|
141 |
Vonflie |
Henry |
Castroville |
Ford |
|
142 |
Reymann |
Adolph |
LaCoste |
Ford |
|
143 |
Tondre |
Alex |
Castroville |
Hudson |
|
144 |
Rogers |
C.C. |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
145 |
Scherrer |
Louis |
Castroville |
Studebaker |
|
146 |
Wurzbach |
Hugo |
Rio Medina |
Buick |
|
147 |
Windrow |
W.H. |
Hondo |
Studebaker |
|
148 |
Schmidt |
August |
Biry |
Midland |
|
149 |
Finger |
Joe |
D'Hanis |
Hudson |
|
150 |
Rohlf |
C.H. |
Dunlay |
Maxwell |
|
151 |
Haass |
H.V. |
Castroville |
Ford |
|
152 |
Kirby |
H.S. |
Hondo |
Studebaker |
|
153 |
FitzSimon |
Louis L. |
Castroville |
Avery Truck |
|
154 |
Batot |
Felix |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
155 |
Faseler |
Fritz |
Yancey |
Marion |
|
156 |
Erck |
Emil |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
157 |
Finger |
Ed. |
D'Hanis |
Buick |
|
158 |
Short |
D.W. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
159 |
Koch |
John M. |
D'Hanis |
Studebaker |
|
160 |
Huesser |
Eugen |
Hondo |
Case |
|
161 |
Heckmann |
Rev. A. |
Castroville |
Ford |
|
162 |
Meiser |
Rev. J. |
LaCoste |
Ford |
|
163 |
Gerdes |
Geo. G. |
New Fountain |
Marion |
|
164 |
Finger |
Wm. |
D'Hanis |
Paige |
|
165 |
Koch |
M.S. |
D'Hanis |
Ford |
|
166 |
Westfall |
Frank |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
167 |
Wurzbach |
Frank |
Rio Medina |
Studebaker |
|
168 |
McCaughan |
John |
Yancey |
Cadillac |
|
169 |
Schmidt |
Louis J. |
Hondo |
Studebaker |
|
170 |
Crow |
J.W. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
171 |
Rath |
Matt |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
172 |
Bailey |
H.R. |
Hondo |
|
|
173 |
Kauffmann |
Mrs. M.A. |
LaCoste |
Overland |
|
174 |
Keller |
Frank |
LaCoste |
Studebaker |
|
175 |
Weynand |
Peter |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
176 |
Fred |
M.K. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
177 |
King |
I.H. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
178 |
Boehme |
Ferdinand |
Rio Medina |
Ford |
|
179 |
Fohn |
Nick |
D'Hanis |
Buick |
|
180 |
Ihnken |
John |
LaCoste |
Ford |
|
181 |
Seekatz |
F.P. |
Rio Medina |
Studebaker |
|
182 |
Zuecher |
Hub. |
Castroville |
Studebaker |
|
183 |
Sunrise Lumber Co. |
|
Hondo |
Truck |
|
184 |
Perron |
E.A. |
Devine |
Stoddard Dayton |
|
185 |
Wurzbach |
Chas. |
|
Studebaker |
|
186 |
Haegelin |
Otto |
Castroville |
Studebaker |
|
187 |
Schuchart |
A.L. |
Cliff |
Studebaker |
|
188 |
Nehr |
Chas. |
D'Hanis |
Buick |
|
189 |
Jagge |
Fred |
Castroville |
Ford |
|
190 |
Huegele |
Otto |
Rio Medina |
Studebaker |
|
191 |
Zueberbueler |
John & Bros |
Dunlay |
Buick |
|
192 |
Callaham |
J.E. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
193 |
Hillard |
E.F. |
LaCoste |
Ford |
|
194 |
Schott |
Eug. |
Rio Medina |
Studebaker |
|
195 |
Burnett |
W.H. |
Devine |
Overland |
|
196 |
Hollaway |
J.W. |
Hondo |
Stoddard Dayton |
|
197 |
Reinhart |
Paul |
D'Hanis |
Maxwell |
|
198 |
Wernette |
W.W. |
Castroville |
Paige |
|
199 |
Newton |
Mrs. W.E. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
200 |
Hondo Auto Sales Co. |
|
Hondo |
Paige |
|
201 |
Brown |
C.B. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
202 |
Keller & Tondre |
|
Castroville |
Hupmobile |
|
203 |
Stiegler |
Louis A. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
204 |
Bendele |
Geo. H. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
205 |
Cole |
Wm. J. |
Castroville |
Mitchell |
|
206 |
Haegelin |
Ad. L. |
Hondo |
Case |
|
207 |
Haegelin |
Edmund B. |
Rio Medina |
Case |
|
208 |
Groff |
Joe |
Castroville |
Ford |
|
209 |
Bendele |
Armin |
Dunlay |
Paige |
|
210 |
Richter |
Paul |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
211 |
Meredith |
W.R. |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
212 |
Wurzbach |
Aug. |
Castroville |
Studebaker |
|
213 |
Schott |
Robt. |
Rio Medina |
Buick |
|
214 |
Fly |
D.H. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
215 |
Schott |
Jos. |
Rio Medina |
Hudson |
|
216 |
Haby |
Nick |
Rio Medina |
Paige |
|
217 |
Halliburton |
Dr. B.S. |
Devine |
Ford |
|
218 |
Metzger |
Chas. |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
219 |
Bader |
J.F. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
220 |
Williamson |
A.B. & Son |
Devine |
Overland |
|
221 |
Schmitt |
Wm. A. |
Hondo |
Hudson |
|
222 |
Hans |
Ed. |
Castroville |
Hudson |
|
223 |
Kroeger |
Gus. |
LaCoste |
Ford |
|
224 |
Bippert |
Dave |
LaCoste |
Buick |
|
225 |
Gaines |
C.R. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
226 |
Harrell |
B.C. |
Yancey |
Ford |
|
227 |
Jagge |
Armand |
Castroville |
Ford |
|
228 |
Miller |
O.H. |
Hondo |
Truck |
|
229 |
Burgin |
H.N. |
Yancey |
Paige |
|
230 |
Koch |
Pete |
D'Hanis |
Ford |
|
231 |
Thomas |
R.P. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
232 |
Weynand |
H.C. |
Natalia |
Buick |
|
233 |
Hollaway |
A.G. |
Hondo |
Motorcycle |
|
234 |
Jungman |
S.A. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
235 |
Peters |
A.F. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
237 |
Wurzbach |
Willie |
Rio Medina |
Cadillac |
|
238 |
Wurzbach |
Louis |
Rio Medina |
Buick |
|
239 |
Haegelin |
Chas.F. |
Castroville |
Avery Truck |
|
240 |
Etter |
Aug. |
Castroville |
Avery Truck |
|
241 |
Lacy |
E.W. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
242 |
Finger |
Chas. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|
243 |
Carle |
Geo. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
244 |
Frerichs |
Harm |
Hondo |
Paige |
|
245 |
Honegger |
Irving C. |
Hondo |
Ford |
|
246 |
Bless |
C.J. |
Hondo |
Buick |
|