The Chicago & North Western Bugline (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad) Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 09/18/2007 Railroad workers living in the 1910 Sussex – Lisbon Area (unfortunately therailway they worked for isn’t listed, except for some of the Chicago & NorthWestern employees working to build the new railroad). Source 1910 Federal Census… Read more »
Incorporation Census The following is a listing of individuals living within the area to be incorporated as the Village of Lannon; for some reason, many of the Lots platted in 1914 weren’t included in the census, plus other Lots were business/church/non-residential locations only. “Nicknames”for some residents were added by Editor 10/31/00 with many of them provided by Donald Miller… Read more »
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1850 – 1860 Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Updated 06/02/2005 The first Federal Census thatlisted residents occupations was the 1850. For the town of Lisbon the primarywork performed was that of farming, if you weren’t a farmer, you were a farmlaborer, or you were a… Read more »
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1870 – 1880 Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Updated 06/11/2005 The first Federal Census that listed residents occupations was the 1850. For the town of Lisbon the primary work performed was that of farming, if you weren’t a farmer, you were a farm laborer, or… Read more »
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1900 – 1910 Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Updated 08/19/2005 The first Federal Census thatlisted residents occupations was the 1850. For the town of Lisbon the primarywork performed was that of farming, if you weren’t a farmer, you were a farmlaborer, or you were a… Read more »
Blacksmiths Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Updated 01/10/2006 The first plow is said to havebeen brought in by D. Bonham. At that time, the settlers went to Milwaukee toget their plows sharpened and repaired, which had to be done very frequently,for on much of the land grew what was called red root brush, and the ground,being… Read more »
Marriage Report Compiled and transcribed by Michael R.Reilly Updated 01/26/2010 Marriage Report John Redford Sarah Goodwin 03 Feb 1786 Alexander Rodger Janet McLagan 06 Aug 1792 Simon Butler Elizabeth Wainwright 04 Mar 1795 Richard Connell Jane Johnson Abt. 1796 Joseph Addison Denny Phebe Henshaw 19 Nov 1799 George Elliott, Sr. Charlotte “Sharlott” Weaver Aft. 1804 Samuel Daugherty Anna Woods… Read more »
Biographical Sketches Town of Lisbon Source: “History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin”; The Western Historical Company, Chicago 1880 Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 04/20/2006 Note: The following listing also contains individuals who had ties to the Town of Lisbon but were listed under other townships in Waukesha County. Several Lannon Springs also included. See notations following… 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 »
Selected Biographical Sketches of Town of Lisbon Residents – 1894 Excerpts from: Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county. Published 1894 by Excelsior publishing co. in Chicago. MRS. GEORGE ELLIOTT, one of Waukesha County’s most highly respected ladies, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., November… Read more »
