Michael H. Pendergast, a member of the Irish community that settled in the Lannon area and along Town Line Road in Lisbon, once owned the land where Willow Springs Mobile Home Court stands today on McLaughlin Road, 1½ blocks west of Town Line Road and Highway 74. According to the “Waukesha County 1894 Portrait and Biographical Record,” Michael was 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 »
William Medhurst Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 01/21/2014 Descendants of William Medhurst Generation No. 1 1. W ILLIAM2 MEDHURST (?1) was born 1812 in Kent Co., England, and died 14 Oct 1882. He married LOUISA? Abt. 1836 in England. She was born Bet. 1814 – 1816 in Kent Co., England. Notes for W ILLIAM MEDHURST:… Read more »
Meider Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 06/06/2007 1870 Census Town of Lisbon Martin Myder, b. abt 1817, Württemberg / Wurttemberg Margaret, b. abt 1827, Württemberg /Wurttemberg Leonhard Myder, b. abt 1864, Wisconsin Henry Myder, b. abt 1865, Wisconsin John Myder, b. abt 1867, Wisconsin 1873 plat map shows “M. Muder” owns 110… 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 »
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 »
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 »
John Magnusson Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 06/05/2005 Descendants of John Magnusson Generation No. 1 1.JOHN2 MAGNUSSON (AUGUST1) was born 26 Nov1876 in Sweden (Source: Retrospect, Sussex Sun, Fred Keller, Issue: Wednesday,May 25, 2005, page 16.), and died 01 Jan 1937 in Sussex, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Hemarried HILDA ELIZABETH ANDERSON (Source: Retrospect, Sussex Sun, Fred Keller,Issue:… Read more »
Retrospect: Manke-Stier family played big role creating today’s Sussex-Lisbon By Fred Keller Sussex Sun, Posted: June 11, 2008 The Manke-Stier family were giants in the Sussex-Lisbon community of the 20th century. Their political contributions included time on the Lisbon, Sussex and school district boards and the 59 years the Manke trio of Art, Curt and Dick spent on the Waukesha… Read more »
Community icon Joe Marchese dies at 84 Former county supervisor, Lisbon firefighter By PETER ABBOTT Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Aug. 31, 2010 Town of Lisbon Veteran civic activist and local businessman Joseph “Joe” Marchese of Lisbon, 84, died last Wednesday, Aug. 18. Marchese served on the Waukesha County Board for 26 years, from 1982-2008, and owned Marchese Danceland in… Read more »
