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Genealogy: Family
Histories
Beier Family
Compiled and Edited by Michael R.
Reilly
Last Revised
08/04/2009
Descendants of Cristopher (Christian) Byer Baier Beier
Generation No. 1
1. C RISTOPHER
(CHRISTIAN)
BYER
BAIER1
BEIER
was born Abt. 1839 in Austria (1870) / Mecklenburg, Germany, and died 25 Apr
1891. He married ANNA
(ANNE)
?
16 Dec 1865. She was born Mar 1845 in Austria (1870) / Mecklenburg, Germany, and
died Bet. 1920 - 1930.
More About C RISTOPHER
BEIER
and ANNA
?:
Marriage: 16 Dec 1865
Children of C RISTOPHER
BEIER
and ANNA
?
are:
2. i. CHARLES F. 2
BEIER, b. Abt. 1867, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
3. ii. JOHN BEIER, b. Mar 1870, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
iii. EDWARD W. BEIER, b. Jul 1872, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin;
d. Aft. 1930; m. AUGUSTA ?; b. Mar 1875, Wisconsin; d. Aft. 1930.
Generation No. 2
2. C HARLES
F.2
BEIER
(CRISTOPHER
(CHRISTIAN)
BYER
BAIER1)
was born Abt. 1867 in Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married CATHERINE
?
20 Aug 1893. She was born Abt. 1877 in Wisconsin.
Notes for C HARLES
F.
BEIER:
Charles buys Chas. Horst's farm of 48 acres for $3,200 Source: Daily Freeman
(Waukesha, Wisconsin) > 1890 > May > 9 and The Waukesha Journal (Waukesha,
Wisconsin) > 1890 > May > 10
More About C HARLES
BEIER
and CATHERINE
?:
Marriage: 20 Aug 1893
Child of C HARLES
BEIER
and CATHERINE
?
is:
i. THERESA 3
BEIER, b. Abt. 1894, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
3. J OHN2
BEIER
(CRISTOPHER
(CHRISTIAN)
BYER
BAIER1)
was born Mar 1870 in Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married MINNIE
?
26 Nov 1892. She was born Nov 1875 in Wisconsin.
More About J OHN
BEIER
and MINNIE
?:
Marriage: 26 Nov 1892
Children of J OHN
BEIER
and MINNIE
?
are:
4. i. HERBERT RAYMOND 3
BEIER, b. 26 Dec 1897, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
ii. MAE BEIER, b. 28 Dec 1903, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; m.
NICK WILDT; d. 1957.
Notes for MAE BEIER:
HAPPY 100
Staff photo by Robert Bailie December 30, 2003
Mae Wildt celebrated her 100th birthday with a party at River
Hills nursing home in Pewaukee on Dec. 28.
Wildt (nee Beier) was born in the town of Lisbon and has lived in
the communities of Lisbon, Sussex and Lannon. She attended Sussex
Grade School and graduated from Pewaukee High School. She married
Nick Wildt, who served as a village of Lannon trustee, and who died
in 1957. The couple had two children, Norman, who also died in 1957,
and Betty Umhoefer. Mae Wildt has also been a lifetime member of
Sussex Methodist Church.
Generation No. 3
4. H ERBERT
RAYMOND3
BEIER
(JOHN2,
CRISTOPHER
(CHRISTIAN)
BYER
BAIER1)
was born 26 Dec 1897 in Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin. He married JEANNETTE
BROWN.
She was born Abt. 1901.
Notes for H ERBERT
RAYMOND
BEIER:
Owned a group of buildings on the southeast corner of Waukesha Avenue and
Main Street in Sussex. There was a home, an apartment and the Templeton Garage.
Today, all that land is the northern part of Hardee's in Sussex. Source: "Tom
Beier dies", Sussex Sun, March 13, 2002, by Fred H. Keller, Staff Writer
More About H ERBERT
RAYMOND
BEIER:
Occupation: 1930, Garage Mechanic in Sussex
Children of H ERBERT
BEIER
and JEANNETTE
BROWN
are:
i. THOMAS "TOM" 4
BEIER, b. 05 Dec 1938; d. 02 Mar 2002, Lannon, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Notes for THOMAS "TOM" BEIER:
Thomas Beier had the misfortune to be born with a crippled arm
and a malformed leg. In his youth, he had numerous operations on his
leg so he could walk. Because of his infirmities and his
personality, he became something of a mascot to the community. He is
survived by his sister-in-law, Joanie of Sussex, his aunt, May Wildt
of Lannon, two nieces, four nephews and a host of friends.
Source: "Tom Beier dies", Sussex Sun, March 13, 2002, by Fred H.
Keller, Staff Writer
Tom Beier dies
Fred H. Keller, Staff writer March 13, 2002
Tom Beier was born in Sussex and grew up to became one of those
persons who was described as a "character of the community" in
Sussex and Lannon. He was found dead Friday, March 2, at age 64.
His parents were Herbert Beier and Jeannette Brown, who had a
group of buildings on the southeast corner of Waukesha Avenue and
Main Street in Sussex. There was a home, an apartment and the
Templeton Garage. Today, all that land is the northern part of
Hardee's in Sussex.
Thomas Beier had the misfortune to be born with a crippled arm
and a malformed leg. In his youth, he had numerous operations on his
leg so he could walk. Because of his infirmities and his
personality, he became something of a mascot to the community.
He was born on Dec. 5, 1938. He was the fourth child born and the
last one living. His sister, Doris Johns, and brothers, Jack and
Bill, preceded him in death.
He graduated from Sussex Main Street School in 1953 and Waukesha
High School in 1957.
Tom loved sports and made valiant efforts to participate, but his
afflictions limited him to being a great fan and backslapper. He
initially followed the Sussex basketball and baseball teams in the
Land O' Rivers and Lakes. More than 30 years ago, he moved to an
apartment at the Dugout in Lannon and switched his allegiance to the
Lannon Stonemen. He was an institution collecting donations at the
gate for the ball team.
In the early 1950s there was a "Tommy Rule" for pickup basketball
games at Sussex Community Hall. Since he could only use one hand,
players could not closely guard him when he set to catch a ball or
dribbled, and if he was going to shoot, they could only put up token
defense. No one blocked his shots.
Besides baseball, Tom played on a Lannon Cribbage Club at Mibb's
and Viv's and followed a lot of sports on TV. His final statement to
his friends was that he was going to his rented room to watch a
Marquette basketball game.
He was found dead in his armchair with his TV on.
A funeral and visitation were well- attended early Thursday
afternoon, March 7, at the A.A. Schmidt Funeral Home in Sussex.
Burial followed at the family plot at Lisbon Central Cemetery.
He is survived by his sister-in-law, Joanie of Sussex, his aunt,
May Wildt of Lannon, two nieces, four nephews and a host of friends.
More About THOMAS "TOM" BEIER:
Education 1: 1953, Sussex Main Street School
Education 2: 1957, Waukesha High School
Residence: Bet. 1970 - 2002, An apartment at the Dugout (Tavern)
in Lannon, Wisconsin (Source: "Tom Beier dies", Sussex Sun, March
13, 2002, by Fred H. Keller, Staff Writer.)
ii. DORIS V. BEIER, b. 03 Nov 1920; d. 07 Jan 2002, Ocala,
Marion, Florida.
iii. JOHN "JACK" E. BEIER, b. 01 Mar 1929; d. 15 Oct 1987,
Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
iv. WILLIAM "BILL" G. BEIER, b. 24 Nov 1930; d. 24 Jul 1996,
Sussex, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Herbert Raymond Beier's World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Mae Beier Wildt - 100th Birthday
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SUSSEX GRADE SCHOOL - The 1918 eighth-grade graduates were (front
row, from left) Erna Mindemann, Alma Manke, Dorothy Grogan, Louise
Hartman, (back row) Mable Taylor, Principal A.W. Vlack and Mae Beier.
This June 1918 photo, taken at Dexheimer Studio in Menomonee Falls,
comes from 100-year-old-plus Mae Beier Wildt, the girl in the top
right-hand corner, who was 14 years old at the time.
The photo is of Sussex Main Street School's last eighth-grade class that
did not have the option to go on to a two-year high school at Sussex
Main Street School, something that was instituted with the freshman
class of Sept. 1919.
Fred H. Keller, Staff Writer
November 23, 2004 |
Herb and
Jeanette Beier Photos from the collection of Sussex
Village Historian Fred H. Keller
Posted: Aug. 4, 2009
Living Sussex Sun, Retrospect.
Recently Bruce Johns, grandson of Herbert Ray
Beier and Jeanette Muria Brown and resident of
the Partridge Hills subdivision of Lisbon, gave
the Sussex Lisbon Area Historical Society a set
of three Beier family photos, including the 1919
wedding portrait of Herb and Jeanette.
Herb became a major property owner in old
Templeton, owning the majority of the immediate
southeast corner of Main Street and Waukesha
Avenue in the 1886-established unincorporated
Village of Templeton. When he came on the scene
in the 1920s, the Village of Sussex was
incorporated and took in Templeton as its
eastern province. Today, much of the land that
Beier owned is under concrete in the recent
widening of Main Street and Waukesha Avenue, but
a significant part is grassed-over land
immediately north of the now closed Hardee's
restaurant.
Herb was born Dec. 26, 1897, growing up as a
farm boy in southwestern Town of Lisbon, near
where Lindsey Road is west of the present day
Highway 164.
Jeanette was part of a popular set of Sussex
sisters, the Brown girls, which also included
Jessie. Jeanette married Herb in about 1919.
Herb bought a home, a filling station (with
car sales and repairs) and the adjacent former
Steiner Brothers-Fleischmann cheese factory, all
on the southwest corner of Main and Waukesha.
Meanwhile, Jessie Brown married Roy Stier, who
would become fire chief, Lions Club president,
longtime Village Board member and village
president.
Herb would follow in his friend and
brother-in-law's footsteps, becoming a village
trustee, president of the Lions Club and an ace
mechanic, plus an early electronics specialist
in his later years, repairing radios and
televisions.
When he acquired the cheese factory adjacent
to his home and garage, he converted it to a
rooming apartment on the top level, and in the
basement he taught gun safety and competitive
target practice and competition as the leader of
the Sussex Rifle Club. The target practice and
competition used extra-heavy, extra-long barrel
rifles with scopes. The 11-foot-high basement
that served as the team's shooting gallery had a
floor of bedrock limestone. The training and
competitive shooting involved teams from all
over Waukesha County and beyond, and the
small-bore rifle club in Sussex lasted during
the 1930s and 1940s, closing in the 1950s.
Herb served as president of the Sussex Lions
Club from 1952-53, and his brother-in-law Roy
Stier served from 1948-49.
Going back to the 1920s, Beier sold new
Hudson and Essex cars, but later reverted back
to just gasoline sales and automotive repairs.
Herb and Jeanette Beier had four children.
The first was Doris, who later married Dave
Johns. She and her husband were outstanding
athletes. For many years she was a swimming
instructor at the Sussex quarry, where she also
served as a lifeguard. Dave played high school
sports at Sussex and Hartland High School, and
later played Sussex Land O' Lakes basketball and
baseball. He became a Sussex village worker and
keeper of the Sussex community hall. Doris
graduated in 1936 from Sussex's two-year high
school, while David was a 1939 graduate. After
David died, she moved to Florida to retire.
Doris died in 2002.
Herb and Jeanette's son John Edgar Beier,
known as "Jack," was a 1945 graduate of Sussex
Junior High School, and later joined the Army.
He was unfortunate in life, as he was married
and divorced, and died in Milwaukee.
William Beier, born in 1930, graduated from
Sussex Junior High in 1946. He and Jack served
on the Sussex Fire Department: Bill from 1957-77
and Jack from 1956-72. Bill, Jack and their
father combined served well over 40 years in the
department.
The final boy, Tom, was born handicapped in
1939. He was a popular member of society,
closing out his life as a "character" in Lannon
who was looked after by the local population.
Tom died in 2002.
Herb died Oct. 31, 1955, three years after
serving as Lions Club president. Jeanette lived
on, serving as a waitress and cook at the former
Three Pines restaurant by the Vulcan quarry.
Today, the restaurant has been transformed into
the Quarry Mart, a filling station and mini
market at N52 W23206 Lisbon Road. Jeanette died
in 1969.
All members of the Beier family are now
deceased. Herb, Jeanette, Doris and Tom are
buried in the Lisbon Central Cemetery.
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