LONDO, Sophia Josephine

1900 - 1990  (90 years)

• Name	LONDO, Sophia Josephine
  Birth	31 Mar 1900	Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Female
  Misc	THE LONDO HOMESTEAD written by Sophie (Londo) Madden Source: Town of Hewitt bicentennial (1776-1976) [Families of the town of Hewitt], pp. 50-128 Photo with article http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&id=WI.Hewitt&entity=WI.Hewitt.p0094&q1=londo The Londo family came to Wisconsin from Canada about 1869, when my father, Adlor Londo, was about three years old. They were of French descent and spelled their name Langdeau which was the French spelling. It was later spelled Londo but pronounced the same. They came as far as Stevens Point by train, and from there to Wausau by ox cart. The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Londo and 2 sons and 4 daughters. They purchased the block where the former Bellis Hotel stood now known as Hotel Wausau. They lived there a couple of years and then, my Grandfather homesteaded the North half of what is now the Fraaza Farms in the Town of Hewitt. There were no roads from Wausau out to the property, they had to chop a trail as they went and carry most of their belongings. Indians were living in the woods, and my father told me he used to play with the little Indian children, and he would ask my grandmother for bread and butter for them. He also told me my grandmother raised tomatoes as ornaments and would not leave them eat them as they were poison, but my father tasted them and liked them and ate them when Grandmother was not looking. He also told of an old man that lived on the property just North of my Grandfather's. His name was Pete Shabuts, and father and his brother liked to play tricks on him. He traveled by dog sled and had a trail through the woods from his place to my grandfathers. One Halloween my Dad and his brother hung his sled up in a tree above the trail, and the old man could not find it. He told them later one day he was going along the trail praying that he would find his sled and he looked up to heaven and there it was hanging. Gradually roads found their way to the farm and one was on the West side of the property now Highway "J". My father and mother were married about 1889. A few years later my father took over the farm that my Grandfather, Uncle and my Father had cleared from the woods. My mother was of German descent and came from Two Rivers, but this was one time the French and Germans agreed. Our family consisted of 6 children, 3 sons and 3 daughters of which I was the fourth, and we were all raised on the homestead. The first home I remember was built of 2 by 4's, one spiked on top of the other with square nails. It had a large living room and a huge kitchen and four bedrooms. It was situated about in the middle of the farm. During the time we children were growing up, we had a horse that had twin colts which were the delight of the family, and the talk of the neighbors. The mother died when the colts were I month old and we raised them by feeding them milk from a pan. When the pan was empty you had to run as they would turn and kick at you. About 1913 my father built a new barn that was closer to the highway and a year later a new home was built, which of course we children thought was very grand. About 1930 that home burned down and the house that is presently on the property was built which has been remodeled since. My brother Edmo took over the farm about 1940. The rest of the family were all married and had homes of their own. He sold the farm to Win. Behnke about 1950 and it has changed hands several times since. Needless to say my early life was far different than it is now. We had no electricity, no running water, no indoor bathrooms, our bedrooms were very cold in the winter and my mother would heat a brick for us to take to bed to warm our feet. If we wished to go shopping, it was a long trip with horses and the roads were never plowed. Sophie (Londo) Madden
  Death	6 Nov 1990	Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States
  Person ID	I5699	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Jonas Family Tree (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	LONDO, Adlor Joseph,   b. 13 Jun 1866, Québec, Canada d. 9 May 1946, Hewitt, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States (Age 79 years)
  Mother	JONAS, Anna Maria,   b. 1 Jun 1866, Two Rivers, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 13 Nov 1950, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1889	Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States
  Family ID	F1928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MADDEN, John Edward,   b. 30 Jun 1894, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States d. 3 Jun 1975, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1924	Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living   7. Living
  Family ID	F1932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025