Pat & Anita Conlon Family

Pat (grandson of John and Jennie) and Anita Conlon with their three sons, Eric, Chris and Jon, home in Sister Bay for Al Johnson's Funeral in June, 2010. They all worked at Al's Restaurant through college. Al sponsored Anita to the US 46 years ago and has been a close friend ever since. Here's the Journal/Sentinel obit for Al Johnson and a news story from WFRV-TV interviewing Anita.

A visit with the Raths

In early May, 2010 we visited Bill and Mary Beth Conlon Rath in Omaha, NB. 

Here are a few pictures of Mary Beth's dad, Harold Conlon (son of John and Jennie) and her mom Lois Greisen she shared with us.

Harold Conlon as a baby. b. 21 Nov. 1905, d. 21 Jan. 1958

Harold and Lois Greisen b. 22 Mar 1908, m. 07 Nov 1934

Lois and Harold

Harold Conlon

If we put Harold's son Jim's high school senior protrait next to this...

Name these people...

Mary Beth Conlon Rath provided this photo.  Help us out and name everyone! What was the occassion?

Email me with names of people you recognize at rfuller@uwec.edu
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Back Row: 1, 2, 3, 4,  Lois Greisen Conlon

Middle Row: Rose Conlon Fuller, Mary Propsom Moeller Puehler?, 3

Front Row: 1, Mildred Writt Conlon

Harold, Rose & Henry Conlon

I'm guessing this was taken in the early 1930's
Rose Conlon Fuller photo collection

Relatives Donate for New Church

Pat Conlon Walter sent a copy of the 1912 Silver Jubilee booklet for Rev Alph. Broens from St Joseph's Church in Sturgeon Bay.  It included an accounting of the building fund for the New Church Building - the current church which had it's first official service on November 28,1909. Below is the summary costs and expenses and total received.  You will be pleased to know that John Conlon donated $31.  Jenny Propsom Conlon's siblings donated as follows: Matt Propsom $35; Tillie Propsom (church organist) $50; Elizabeth Propsom (Rev Broens' housekeeper) $32 and Margaret Propsom $10. Their mother, Katherine Kartheiser Propsom (who only had one arm) donated $73.  Of course this was all over 100 years ago.

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Bart Conlon Obit

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Pat Conlon Walter sent this clipping from the Door County Advocate.  It is the obituary of Bart Conlon, father of John Conlon Sr,

Additional details:
Bartholomew "Bart" Conlon was born 1831 in Rathangan County Kildare Ireland. He moved to Canada in about 1835. Bart married Mathilda Thompson in Canada and moved to Door County.  Son John was born in Jacksonport, 13 July 1881. John married Jenny Propsom, 10 January 1905.  Mathilda died 5 September 1883 when John was 2 years old.  John was raised by his Uncle Thomas Brooks and Aunt Rose Ann (Conlon) Brooks, taking on the name Brooks until just before getting married when he officially changed it back to Conlon when he was about 21 - When I find that document I'll post it. Bart lived until September 1916, 23 years beyond Mathilda. Two of his children died before his death.

I have connected with Audrey Jacques Cappelle via Facebook and she has sent me some corrections for her family information in the Jacques - Nick Conlon (John's brother) line.  See previous posting Conlon - Conlin - Conlier...

John and Jennie Celebrate Their 50th

John Conlon and Jennie Propsom were married 10 January 1905 at St. Joseph's Church in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.  They celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 1955 in Sturgeon Bay.  Below is the Door County article describing the event.  The clipping is from Pat Conlon Walter, their youngest daughter. The wedding invitation is from Bob Fuller, son of Rose Conlon Fuller, their oldest daughter.

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2010 Conlon Reunion

CANCELLED
Annual Conlon Reunion

Saturday, July 24

Sevastopol Town Park

12 Noon - ?  Lunch will be about 1:00 PM

Bring a dish to pass an

the beverage of your choice.

Main course and plates/utensils furnished

RSVP to Pat pconlon@charter.net

Helen 920 743 4956

Flowers a Bloomin' in Sister Bay

Pat Conlon sent these pictures of how their yard looked recently with the Spring Bloom.  They've planted over 11,600 bulbs and more to come as they're able. Absolutely amazing! Pat says: "I started planting daffodils back in 1984 after we moved in.  First 4000 went in with  Door Co. crowbar - since then an auger is the tool of choice - still not easy in DC rock.  I usually add about 400 a year - they do multiply, but some eventually die off - so each year I stake out where the new ones are to go and then plant them in late September.  It's just something we do for our enjoyment, but quite a few community folks know about it and enjoy driving by this time of the year." Pat & Anita

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The Conlon Seven

Photos from around 1950

Conlon Reunion 1990

The videographer was Marc Fuller...
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Conlon Reunion 1990

Conlon - Conlan - Conlin - Conlier

Doing a little genealogy research today with the help of buddy Roger.  Found that Conlon, Conlan (thanks, Pat) and Conlin are interchangeable.  We also discovered that Conlons were called Conlier in the 1880 US Census for Door County, Jacksonport Township. Page 36B lines 31-37 --about 2/3 down the page. This is where the handwriting of the Census person who wrote the info can make a difference. Check out the actual page.

The 1880 listing starts with V Conlier and this was actually B Conlon (Bartholomew) age 45,.  It lists his wife Matilda, (b. Canada) 35 and children Thomas  (b. Canada)10, Peter (b. Canada) 8, Catherine (b. Wisconsin) 6, Willie (Will, William) (b. Wisconsin) 4 and Nicholas (Nick) (b. Wisconsin) 2.  John - our grandfather was not born until 1881 and therefore doesn't show up in the 1880 Census. Matilda died in 1883, two years after giving birth to our grandfather John and leaving 6 children. Knowing this name difference may now lead to further information.  We have also located postings where others have been searching for Bartholomew and his Irish parents.  The main person searching is Audrey Jacques Cappelle.  Audrey would be our age and is the daughter of Lillian Conlon and Orville Jacques.  Lillian is the daughter of  Nick and Nick and John were brothers. I will make a contact and see where it leads.

On the same page you will find Thomas Brooks 45 who married Rose (Rosiaw) Ann Conlon 45, sister to Bartholomew. This was the family that raised our grandfather John. John was raised as John Brooks and later changed his name to John Conlon prior to his marriage to Jennie Propsom. The Brooks and Conlons (Conliers) appear on the same page of the census as they lived near each other as farmers. Eventually, Nick Conlon farmed the same land near Jacksonport and I have the 1914 Plat map showing the partials.

  The actual 1880 census page can be accessed by Clicking Here When on the page, you can enlarge the image by changing the size in the upper left. Here's a better image of that content - Click here

 This is the same census page. Click on the image below to enlarge.

Here is the content of a posting we found and will followup on it.
I have no idea if this means anything or not but I have this: Bartholomew Conlin. bap 1831 married Mathilda Thompson They had the following children: John, Thomas, Nicholas, Catherine, Peter and William. Bartholmew's parents were Bartholmew and Caterine Orford/Alford. The children were all bap in the RC parish of Kildare and Rathangan Co. Kildare, Ire. I have more on this line if it is something you need, I will do a better job with sequencing and send it to you. Thanks, Carole