Tempero Family Compiled by Lesley Margaret Instone Last Revised 02/15/2006 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:21:25 +1300 Hello Mike I came across you site when doing a Google search for Tempero as I also have Tempero ancestors (I’m descended from Henry Tempero a nephew of Charles and Thomas Tempero who were the two members of the family who emigrated from Great… Read more »
Dave Topping married the wealthiest girl in Lisbon The “1880 History of Waukesha County” has this notation about Dave P. Topping: “Dealer of dry goods, notions, groceries, etc. was born in Sloansville, NY Feb 9., 1842, came with parents George and Maria Topping to Sauk Co., Wis., moved thence to Columbia Co. where he engaged in the mercantile business in… Read more »
Andrew Watson Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 06/17/2005 Descendants of Andrew Watson Generation No. 1 1.ANDREW1WATSON was born Abt. 1796 in Perthshire, Scotland, and died 07 Apr 1835. Hemarried CATHERINE (KATHARINE ROGERS) RODGERS 11 Dec 1820 in Kilspindle, Perth,Scotland (Source: IGI Individual Record.). She was born Abt. 1803, and died 23Jun 1875 in Age 72 (Source:… Read more »
Lisbon pioneer John Watsons remaining service in the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment consisted mainly of garrison duty with the occupation Army of rebel state Arkansas, and waiting to be assigned to the next big push. The Waukesha Regiment had 961 men, 36 were from the Town of Lisbon. During its garrison duty in Arkansas from April 1863 to February… Read more »
Ada Ruth Weaver Living Sussex Sun, Posted: March 2, 2010 12:52 p.m. Ada Ruth Weaver was the second and final daughter of a Lisbon Civil War veteran named Alfred S. Weaver and his wife, Sarah Ann Archer Howard. Alfred was born on July 24, 1839, one of 16 children to early settlers James and Elizabeth Weaver. He would serve in… Read more »
Brig Emma Passenger List – Departure Rye, England; Arrival Port of New York; April 19, 1830 Transcribed and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 11/17/2015 Brig Emma Passenger List- Port of Arrival: New York, April 19,1830 Port of Departure: Rye Place of Origin: Great Britain Given Name, Surname, Age at Sailing, Sex Edward Bassett 8 M Elizabeth Bassett 5… Read more »
by Fred H. Keller, Village Historian Living Sussex Sun, Posted: March 16, 2010 I must confess, I am a junkie that reading obituaries everyday in the local newspapers. On Feb. 10 and 11, there was a very large one that attracted my review, one Roberta “Bert” Jean (Brown) Duckett. I had met her in July of 1996 when she and… Read more »
James Stone, Sr. Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 09/06/2012 Descendants of James Stone, Sr. Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1STONE, SR.was born 1792 in Sussex Co., England (Source: St. Alban’s burial record.), anddied September 25, 1854 (Source: St. Alban’s burial record.). He married MARIA(MARIAH)SMITH(Source: Chris Stone Letter dec. 2, 2003.) in Sussex Co., England. She was… Read more »
Retrospect: Emma Stier’s life took her from city to farm By Fred Keller Posted: Sep. 10, 2008, Sussex Sun Emma Stier lived 96 years, 73 of them in Lisbon and Sussex. In that time she gave birth to six children, married a teacher, became a farmers, then a politicians wife, took on the Sussex postmaster gig and finally became the… Read more »
‘Pepper’ Steffen: 85-year Lisbon-Sussex resident by Fred H. Keller, Historian Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Nov. 19, 2013 On Pembrook Street, behind the Piggly Wiggly, Norman Pepper Steffen is living out his long life, which began in Lisbon and since the age of 6 has been in Sussex, as the Depression pushed his family off of a two-generation farm holding just… Read more »
