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 »
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 »
Samuel Daughtery, aka Dougherty Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 01/28/2009 The Early Years In Massachusetts To SLAHS (Mike Reilly) Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:33:40 EST- Thank you so much in responding. The following information was received from Bob Drinkwater with: http://www.gravestonestudies.org/markers.htm. 1st I didn’t know where he was born or where he died… Read more »
Andrew Davidson Family Transcribed and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/24/2009 Andrew and Margaret (nee Grey) Davidson Photo courtesy of Charmaine Becker Andrew Davidson family Photo courtesy of Charmaine Becker Descendants of Andrew L. Davidson, Sr. Generation No. 1 1. A NDREW L.1 DAVIDSON, SR. was born 08 Sep 1822 in Scotland (Source: 1880 History of Waukesha… Read more »
Norma Day / Mona Kemthorne Family Last Revised 11/24/2008 Retrospect: Local man has ties to worst basketball team in state Posted: November 12, 2008, Sussex Sun By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Norm Day is connected to the worst high school basketball team ever to play in Wisconsin. Norm and his wife, Mona, moved to Sussex in 1973, providing a… 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 »
