Retrospect Podolske playground, Sussex Village Park by Fred H. Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Aug. 18, 2009 During the Sussex Lions Daze Festival in 1992, the lower playground of Sussex Village Park was named for a family important to both Sussex and the park. The Podolske family was well-known in Sussex from 1915 until the late 1980s… Read more »
The Rankin family was once a mighty Lisbon family, as they pioneered the central part of Lisbon, on what is Plainview Road, west of Hillside Road and east of Highway 164. They were a major factor in the community, even serving on school boards and as supervisors for Lisbon. They spread out, helped found a local church, and now in… Read more »
Ravetta / Wierl Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/07/2006 Descendants of Therese “Pat” Ravetta Generation No. 1 1. T HERESE”PAT”2 RAVETTA (FELIX1) was born 17 Mar 1930 in Yokohama, Japan, and died 12 Feb 2006 in Sussex, Waukesha, Wisconsin. She married ALVIN PETER WIERL 19 Jul 1958 in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yokohama, Japan, son of… Read more »
Lisbon twins helped create medical history Henry Ray, 74, of Plainview Parkway in the Town of Lisbon helped create medical history 50 years ago when he donated his kidney to his twin brother, James – making him the first Wisconsin kidney donor. By FRED H. KELLER Sussex Sun, Posted: June 11, 2008 Henry Ray, 74, of Plainview Parkway in the… Read more »
Paul Pichler, a foreign-born former Lisbon Town Chairman Paul Pichler was born in Vienna, the capitol of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1895. He was already 60 years old when he was elected as Lisbon Town Chairman in April 1955 and 66 when he was voted out of the seat in 1961. He beat the longest ever serving Lisbon chairman, William… Read more »
Elisha Pearl Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/17/2005 Descendants of Elisha Pearl Generation No. 1 1.ELISHA2 PEARL (RUFUS1) was born 07 Mar 1819in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, and died 20 Nov 1896 in Town of Lisbon,Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married SARAH TROWBRIDGE Abt. 1841. She was born Abt.1820 in Ashton, Windham, Connecticut, and died 03 Feb 1896… Read more »
John Moyes Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 09/16/2007 Descendants of John Moyes Generation No. 1 1. J OHN1 MOYES was born Abt. 1810 in Scotland, and died Bef. 1850 in Town of Lisbon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA (Source: 1850 Federal Census, Not listed in 1850 Census, wife is head of house and a farmer.). He… Read more »
Mayhew Family Transcribed and edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 12/01/2005 Memories of an Octogenarian Tells of Early Day Experiences in Coming to New West From Old Bay State in 1844 Present Day Readers Will Find Much to Interest Them inFollowing Records Merton, Wis., May 3, 1915. Freeman readers, and especially those who haveresided in Waukesha County, will find… Read more »
Peter Melville Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 11/25/200 Descendants of Peter Melville Generation No. 1 1. P ETER1 MELVILLE was born 1801 in Scotland. He married EMELIA”MILLY” BRUCE (Source: 1850 Federal Census, Lists her as “Milly” age 49.) 18 Dec 1829 in St. Martins, Kilspindle, Perth, Scotland (Source: LDS familysearch.org.). She was born Abt…. Read more »
Meissner Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 02/19/2015 also see Helen May Jeffery Meissner Meissner family buys back Sussex farm eyed for commercial development By Kelly Smith Posted Living Sussex Sun, Jan. 29, 2013 Village of Sussex – The nearly 400-acre Meissner Farm – a landmark property at the corner of Silver Spring Road and Highway… Read more »
