More about the community’s North Lisbon School Helen Hartkopf Meissner by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Aug. 31, 2010 The photo in this Retrospect was found by a former teacher at Sussex Main Street, the adjacent Orchard Drive School and the 1960-built Maple Avenue School. The finder was Helen Meissner, daughter of Harvey and Louise Hartkopf. Helen was… Read more »
Frederick”Fred” C. Hawes Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 06/15/2005 Descendants of Frederick “Fred” Hawes GenerationNo. 1 1.FREDERICK “FRED”1 HAWES was born Abt. 1850 in Germany. Hemarried SOPHIA VON WALTERS 16 Oct 1870 in Waukesha. She was born Abt. 1851, anddied 18 Feb 1931. Notes for FREDERICK “FRED”HAWES: Golden Wedding – Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hawes A… Read more »
Former Sussex Village President dies at age 85 Fleischmann also served as a Sussex Lion for 56 years By Fred Keller Posted: March 1, 2011, Living Sussex Sun ]]> Submitted Paul Fleischmann Paul J. Fleischmann, 85, a former longtime Sussex Village President and Sussex Lions Club member died Friday, Feb. 25. Fleischmann was born in 1925 to Arnold and Rosella… Read more »
Frost Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 10/07/2005 Descendants of Robert Frost Generation No. 1 1. ROBERT1FROSTwas born Abt. 1789 in England (Source: 1860 Federal Census, age 70.). Child of R OBERTFROSTis: 2. i. ALFRED 2 FROST, b. Dec 1817, England; d. 26 Mar 1901. Generation No. 2 2. ALFRED2FROST(ROBERT1)was born Dec 1817 in England (Source: 1900… Read more »
Fryda Family Transcribed by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 07/21/2008 WORKING Betty Fryda, Lisbon town clerk for 25 years, performed the unglamorous chore of operating the farm’s manure spreader. FRYDA FARM GOES BACK 76 YEARS by Fred H. Keller, Staff Writer, Sussex Sun, June 8, 2005 Mike Fryda graduated from St. John’s of Lannongrade school and was part of the… Read more »
Belles of Sussex, 1945 by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Sept. 10, 2013 This is a Kodak box Brownie camera photo in the early spring of 1945. The camera belonged to Betty Lou Fuller who lent it to someone to catch this shot of the “Belles of Sussex.” Betty Lou is today 84-year-old Betty Mindemann who now owns… Read more »
Germans migrate to Sussex-Lisbon (First of five parts) by Fred H.Keller, Sussex Village Historian, Source: Retrospect, Living Sussex Sun, Tuesday, May 18, 2009 An old scrapbook that found its way back to Sussex (via California and Chicago) has provided enough material for a five-part Retrospect series exploring the emergence and growth of the German community in the early days of… Read more »
Gibson Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Descendants of James Gibson Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1GIBSONwas born Abt. 1847 in Scotland. He married AGNES?.She was born Abt. 1851 in Scotland. More About J AMESGIBSON: Residence 1: 1880, Empire, Andrew, Missouri Residence 2: 1870, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin Children of J AMESGIBSONand AGNES?are: 2. i…. Read more »
Thomas Gill The Irish community left a major imprint on the greater Lannon area in Waukesha County’s pioneer days, and Thomas Gill was one of its most successful men. In the 1870s, he owned nearly 640 acres in the Town of Menomonee (Menomonee Falls today), plus a “half section” (320 acres) in Clay County, S.D. Thomas was born in County… Read more »
John (Gilmour) Gilmore Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Descendants of John Gilmore Generation No. 1 1.JOHN1GILMORE was born Abt. March 31, 1810 in Gallowayshire, Scotland, and died May12, 1894 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He married ANNE CHAMBERS February 20,1842 in Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland. She was born Abt. February 20, 1811in Scotland, and died February… Read more »
