Sussex (Lisbon Township) Brewery History by Michael R. Reilly, editor, January 27, 2013, copyright Last updated08/16/2015 The Sussex Brewery at 36 Main Rd Emsworth PO10 8AU, United Kingdom (probably nothing like what our old brewery looked like). “Very many will remember the first turkey-shoot that came off in this town, and very likely the first in the county. In… Read more »
Milwaukee Liquor Dealer Listing – 1854 to 1918 ARTICLE BY JOHN LINDSAY WITH MUCH SUPPLEMENTALINFORMATION FROM RON CYZCH. edited by Mike Reilly Last Revised 08/15/2015 -AGGART, ALBERT, LIQUOR DEALER, RES. 134 BIDDLE. -ALISON, JOHN, WHOL. WINES & LIQUORS, 96 MICHIGAN ST., RES. CLYBOURN CORCROSS, -PALMER’S ADDITION. -ALLMAYER, FRED -ALTENHOFEN, B.M. -ANDRZEJEWSKI, A. & SON -AVERILL – SEE WEBSTER -BARTH,… Read more »
DEATH OF THE MILWAUKEE LIQUOR INDUSTRY Article courtesy of John Lindsay with minoralterations by the Editor. Last Revised 08/16/2015 About a hundred and twenty years ago, the Milwaukee liquorindustry was dealt a death blow. Here is how it happened. The distilleries and the breweries grew up here before theCivil War in competitive harmony, even though beer was not… Read more »
James Weaver and Hops by Michael R. Reilly, May, 2013 The Hon. James Weaver, was born in the county of Kent, England, October 17, 1800, and died in Lisbon Township, October 8, 1886. In his native land he was reared to the occupation of “gardener”, and received a good common school education. On the 9th or 10th of… Read more »
Slim Strobel, Sussex mechanic for 46 years By Fred H. Keller Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Sept. 1, 2009 Last Revised 09/12/2009 Longtime Sussex resident and mechanic, Cornelius C. “Slim” Strobel, died at age 79. Strobel and Martin Johnson bought a mechanic shop, Sussex Auto, on Main Street in 1963 which is still run by Strobel’s son, Nick. Strobel also sponsored… Read more »
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 »
Community icon Joe Marchese dies at 84 Former county supervisor, Lisbon firefighter By PETER ABBOTT Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Aug. 31, 2010 Town of Lisbon Veteran civic activist and local businessman Joseph “Joe” Marchese of Lisbon, 84, died last Wednesday, Aug. 18. Marchese served on the Waukesha County Board for 26 years, from 1982-2008, and owned Marchese Danceland in… Read more »
Lawler signed Sussex incorporation by Fred H. Keller Living Sussex Sun, Posted: May 21, 2013 Dr. George W. Lawler was an imposing, important person in old Sussex and Lisbon. From about 1910-32, he was the community doctor. However, his big claim to importance was his signing the 1924 incorporation of Sussex as a village, along with 15 other Sussex-Templeton men…. Read more »
Vincent Galbavy II and the United Stone Corporation quarry Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 03/03/2005 Information source – Sussex Sun, issue Tuesday,Oct. 3, 2000, article ” Stone cutting was an art for Galbavy” by FredKeller (?) Vincent Galbavy II was born on Sept.5, 1929 in the Fussville-Lannon area (?) of the Town of Menomonee… Read more »
Sussex-Lannon quarryman J. Dale Dawson dies at 83 One of the great stone barons of Sussex and Lannon, J. Dale Dawson, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at age 83. By FRED H KELLER Sussex Sun, Posted: July 9, 2008 One of the great stone barons of Sussex and Lannon, J. Dale Dawson, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at age 83…. Read more »
