Local School Bands Lannon School Marching Band, April 1941; Note: Editor Mike Reilly’s Mother, Marie Miller, is in front row just to right of drum. 1939 – new Lannon Elementary School is built and dedicated on September 1st, and classes began on Monday September 11th. Grade 1 had 8 enrolled; grade 2 – 10; grade 3 – 14; grade… Read more »
Maude Brown Kraetsch: Waukesha Freeman Newspaper Correspondent Transcribed by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 01/15/2014 Help Represent Your Community… Do You Know Your Waukesha Daily Freeman Correspondent? Sussex – Not too far from Menomonee Falls and Lannon and a short distance from Pewaukee lies an area rich in stone quarries named after a county in England. The village of Sussex… Read more »
Incorporation Census The following is a listing of individuals living within the area to be incorporated as the Village of Lannon; for some reason, many of the Lots platted in 1914 weren’t included in the census, plus other Lots were business/church/non-residential locations only. “Nicknames”for some residents were added by Editor 10/31/00 with many of them provided by Donald Miller… Read more »
This Old House by Linda Schafer, 1985 Reprinted with permission of the author Except for four months of his life, my grandfather , Willard E. Schafer, had lived all of his 78 years in the same house. That beautiful old houseis the subject of this paper which I would like to dedicate to my grandfatherbecause of his long… Read more »
First Town of Lisbon Settler – ThomasSpencer Redford or ? Written and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/28/2013 To Thomas S. Redford, probably, belongs thedistinction of having been the first one to drive his stake in this town.When he first came here, he accompanied the surveying party of Hudson (?),Garret Vliet and John Brink, who surveyed… Read more »
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1850 – 1860 Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Updated 06/02/2005 The first Federal Census thatlisted residents occupations was the 1850. For the town of Lisbon the primarywork performed was that of farming, if you weren’t a farmer, you were a farmlaborer, or you were a… Read more »
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1870 – 1880 Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Updated 06/11/2005 The first Federal Census that listed residents occupations was the 1850. For the town of Lisbon the primary work performed was that of farming, if you weren’t a farmer, you were a farm laborer, or… Read more »
Occupations of Early Town of Lisbon and Village of Sussex Residents: 1900 – 1910 Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Updated 08/19/2005 The first Federal Census thatlisted residents occupations was the 1850. For the town of Lisbon the primarywork performed was that of farming, if you weren’t a farmer, you were a farmlaborer, or you were a… Read more »
Using Newspaper History Description: Check the local library or historical society in the area in which your ancestors lived for more information about other available newspapers. Newspapers can be used to find valuable genealogical information about historical events in the lives of our ancestors. They supply all sorts of clues about vital statistics (birth, marriage, and death announcements), obituaries, local news,… Read more »
Sussex VFW welcomes new members in new space Post finds more accommodating home on Waukesha Avenue By Paige Brunclik Posted: Dec. 24, 2012,Living Sussex Sun ]]> Horne Mudlitz Post 6377 VFW members (from front) Art Rude, Chuck Eberhardt and Tom Klein sit at the post’s historic bar at the post’s new location on Waukesha Avenue. The group hopes the new… Read more »