Frost Family Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 10/07/2005 Descendants of Robert Frost Generation No. 1 1. ROBERT1FROSTwas born Abt. 1789 in England (Source: 1860 Federal Census, age 70.). Child of R OBERTFROSTis: 2. i. ALFRED 2 FROST, b. Dec 1817, England; d. 26 Mar 1901. Generation No. 2 2. ALFRED2FROST(ROBERT1)was born Dec 1817 in England (Source: 1900… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
