Divorce Announcements &Reporting Compiled and transcribed by Michael R.Reilly Updated 04/18/2005 Gets Divorce From Quarry Operator Elsie Prag, 31, Lannon, was granted a divorce in circuit court late Friday fromWilliam, 40, a quarry operator in Lannon, on grounds of cruel and inhumantreatment. they were married in 1928. Waukesha Freeman, October 9, 1940
Marriage Report Compiled and transcribed by Michael R.Reilly Updated 01/26/2010 Marriage Report John Redford Sarah Goodwin 03 Feb 1786 Alexander Rodger Janet McLagan 06 Aug 1792 Simon Butler Elizabeth Wainwright 04 Mar 1795 Richard Connell Jane Johnson Abt. 1796 Joseph Addison Denny Phebe Henshaw 19 Nov 1799 George Elliott, Sr. Charlotte “Sharlott” Weaver Aft. 1804 Samuel Daugherty Anna Woods… Read more »
Wedding Anniversary Announcements & Reporting Compiled and transcribed by Michael R. Reilly Updated 04/20/2005 Lake Five – Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Loew celebratedtheir silver wedding anniversary Sunday. Waukesha Freeman, Thursday, December22, 1910 Golden Wedding – Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hawes A half century of married life of Mr. and Mrs.Fred Hawes was celebrated at their beautiful farm home in… Read more »
Retrospect, by Fred H. Keller, Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Jan. 5, 2010 1:36 p.m. In the era immediately after World War II until the taking down of the Berlin Wall, the United States, the world, even Sussex, Lisbon and Lannon were involved in the Cold War. In Lannon and around Milwaukee, numerous Nike Sites (anti-aircraft missile systems) were put into… Read more »
Army National Guard Armory: Sussex May 11, 1989 – Whitefish Bay – Village residents may get some relief by 1991 from noise, traffic and parking problems they say are created by the Wisconsin National guard quartered at the armory at 1225 E. Henry Clay St….The Sussex Village Board approved a proposal Tuesday night that will permit the Guard… Read more »
A 1918 letter from France by Seth Pollard by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Aug. 17, 2010 12:28 p.m. Seth W. Pollard was raised in Lannon, Menomonee Falls and the Town of Lisbon. Today, his former 160 acres is Wooded Hills Subdivision south of the former Maass Farm on the corner of Plainview and Town Line Roads. The… Read more »
World War I: The Volunteers and Draftees of Lisbon Township (incl. Lannon) Hugh Donald Campbell; WWI, American Expeditionary force in France, 1st Sgt. of Co. A, 343 infantry, 86th Division. WWI Civilian Draft Registrations Name Birth Date Ethnicity Birth Place City/CountyState Arthur John Rosier 17 Jan 1873 W mom lives SussexWI Lincoln ID Orlo James Billings 17 Jan… Read more »
Two World War II Sussex-Templeton veterans by Fred H. Keller Posted: July 27, 2010, Living Sussex Sun It was hard scabble scrabble for these two Sussex-Templeton urchins in the early 1930s. The one on the left is Richard “Austy” Treloar current Sussex resident of nearly 80 years while the one on the right is the late David Johns. These two… Read more »
Civil War veteran James A. Elliott by Fred H. Keller Posted: June 15, 2010, Living Sussex Sun James A. Elliott was the last born of eight children to George Elliott and his two wives. James’ mother was Lucy Transit. He was born in Augusta, NY, Aug. 7, 1835 and was nearly 2-years-old when his family came to Lisbon from New… Read more »
