Category Archives: Genealogy

Anthony “Bubbles” Schumann

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Anthony “Bubbles” Schumann The downtown Sussex Piggly Wiggly has a history of 115 years, from the first store on the site, to the present one. The longest proprietor was the late Anthony Schumann, from 1941 to his retirement 44 years later, in 1985. Antony acquired the usual “Tony” nickname, but as a youngster in the Burlington-Waterford area, he acquired another… Read more »

Thompson Richmond and Family

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Thompson Richmond Thomas Rogers (found further down this page), Thompson’s 5th great-grandfather was a signer of the Mayflower Compact Transcribed and edited by Michael R. Reilly  Descendants of Thompson Richmond Generation No. 1 1. T HOMPSON7 RICHMOND (MICHAEL6, ABNER5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 29 Nov 1817 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, and died 23 Dec 1901 in Lisbon, Waukesha,… Read more »

Redford Family Pioneers in Waukesha County, Towns of Lisbon and Menomonee

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Later this year the Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society will put together a display on “founders” about our original settlers. This two-part series is about one of them. The year 2008 marked the 172nd anniversary of the beginnings of the settlement of the Town of Lisbon, dating back to its undisputed first land claimant, Thomas Spenser Redford (1818-1903), who claimed his… Read more »

Redford Family  Index to Images and Articles – Page 4

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Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles Page 4 see also Thomas Spencer Redford Family and “Redford Pioneers” and Hodgson / Redford Family Images and page 1 of Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles and page 2 Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 2 and page3 Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles… Read more »

Redford, Family Index to Images and Articlesd

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Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles see also Thomas Spencer Redford Family and”Redford Pioneers” and Hodgson / Redford Family Images Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 2 and Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 3 which includes Van Vlack family, and page 4Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 4… Read more »

Redford, Family Index to Images and Articles – Page 2

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Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles Page 2 see also Thomas Spencer Redford Family and”Redford Pioneers” and Hodgson / Redford Family Images and page 1 of Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles and page 3 Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 3 which includes Van Vlack family, and page 4  Redford Family Index… Read more »

Redford, Family and Van Vlack Index to Images and Articles – Page 3

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Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles Page 3 which includes Van Vlack family, see also Thomas Spencer Redford Family and “Redford Pioneers” and Hodgson / Redford Family Images and page 1 of Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles and page 2 Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 2 and page 4 Redford Family… Read more »

Redford, Thomas Spencer, and father Arthur A. Redford

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Thomas Spencer Redford Family also see Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles and Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 2 ,Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 3 which includes Van Vlack family, and page 4Redford Family Index to Images, Photographs, and Articles -Page 4 Hodgson / Redford Family Images Compiled and Edited… Read more »

Podolske Family

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Retrospect Podolske playground, Sussex Village Park by Fred H. Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Aug. 18, 2009 During the Sussex Lions Daze Festival in 1992, the lower playground of Sussex Village Park was named for a family important to both Sussex and the park. The Podolske family was well-known in Sussex from 1915 until the late 1980s… Read more »

Rankin Family

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The Rankin family was once a mighty Lisbon family, as they pioneered the central part of Lisbon, on what is Plainview Road, west of Hillside Road and east of Highway 164. They were a major factor in the community, even serving on school boards and as supervisors for Lisbon. They spread out, helped found a local church, and now in… Read more »