Gerken / Becker Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 02/10/2015 Becker was long-time volunteer in Sussex ByFred Keller Feb. 9, 2015, posted Living Sussex Sun Dolores E. Becker of Sussex, died at age 85 Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Under her maiden name of Gerken, she attended the one-room, stone Lisbon Plank School (today a stone museum at… 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 »
Church celebrates Anna Motz’s 98th The 160-year-old Lisbon Presbyterian Church on Hillside Road hosted a birthday party for a lifetime member who was celebrating her 98th birthday April 6. Posted: April 23, 2008 Sussex Sun By FRED H. KELLER The 160-year-old Lisbon Presbyterian Church on Hillside Road hosted a birthday party for a lifetime member who was celebrating her 98th… Read more »
Joseph Dent Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 06/07/2009 Note: This is a limited/narrow research version Descendants of Joseph Dent Generation No. 1. JOSEPH1 DENT was born Abt. 1780 in England. He married ANN NANCY TONGE. Children of J OSEPH DENT and ANN TONGE are: i. JOSEPH H. 2 DENT, b. Bef. 1799. 2. ii…. Read more »
Edward Lannon Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/01/2005 Lennan, Lennon, Lannan, Lannon, Linnane: Variations of the Gaelic name Ó’Leannáin. Lennon – Ó Leannáin. A number of western O’Leanáins (one ‘n’) eventually became Leonards. Lennan, Lennon, Lannan, Lannon, Linnane. Fermanagh, Mayo and Galway. Lannon – A Kilkenny version of Lennon. Lennon – Sometimes Lennan. From O’Leannáin (leann… Read more »
William H. S. Edwards, Lisbon farmer, teacher & politician Photos from the collection of Sussex Village Historian Fred H. Keller by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, June 28, 2011 William H. S. Edwards was a giant presence in the Town of Lisbon from 1861 to 1944. He was the grandson of early pioneers Henry and Helen Edwards, who… Read more »
George Elliott Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 09/05/2012 MRS. GEORGE ELLIOTT, one of Waukesha County’s most highly respected ladies, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., November 24, 1831, and is a daughter of William Weaver, Sr., a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. She was a maiden of eight summers when, with… Read more »
Evert, Roy A. Born in 1906 and raised in Pewaukee, Roy A. Evert moved to Sussex in the early 1940s and died here at age 75 in early 1982. In his time, he worked as a mechanic and businessman; served the village as a trustee, fire chief and Wastewater Treatment Plant operator; and was acclaimed as a local sportsman… Read more »
