Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military service: Navy, World War II

Notes:

Obituary from Variety, 29 December 2000:

A memorial service for actor-director Stuart Lancaster, who performed in films such as "Edward Scissorhands" and who was a descendent of one of the original Ringling brothers, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Colony Theater, 555 N. Third St. in Burbank. Lancaster, 80, died Dec. 22 in Los Angeles after a long illness.

The grandson of Charles Ringling, one of five brothers to found the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Lancaster was born in Sarasota, Fla. He owned and operated the Palm Tree Theater in Sarasota during the 1950s.

Moving to Los Angeles in 1962, Lancaster began a career in movies that would span 35 years and more than two dozen films, including "The Treat" (1998), "Batman Returns" (1992) and "Edward Scissorhands" (1990).

Other film credits include "The Loch Ness Horror" (1989), "Goodbye, Norma Jean" (1976), "The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried" (1972) and "Born Losers" (1967).

Lancaster also landed recurring roles on the television soaps "Peyton Place" and "The Young and the Restless," and guest starred on shows including "The Invaders," "The Fugitive" and "The Outer Limits."

In addition to his appearances on the big and small screens, Lancaster continued his work in the theater as an actor and director, and was affiliated with the Colony Theater, the Richard Basehart Theater and the Theater Exchange, all in Los Angeles.

He is survived by his wife, actress Ivy Bethune, and daughter, actress-dancer Zina Bethune.

Stuart + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis + Hester Margaret Ringling. Hester (daughter of Charles Edward Ringling and Edith F. Conway) was born on 9 Aug 1893 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA; died in 1965 in Chautauqua, Chautauqua County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles Ringling was one of the circus family, the Ringling Brothers. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ringling.

Charles married Edith F. Conway on 23 Oct 1889 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA. Edith (daughter of William E. Conway and Jane Angeline Olds) was born on 26 Jul 1869 in Zumbro Falls, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA; died on 23 Sep 1953 in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

August + Marie Salome Juliar. Marie was born in cir 1825 in Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Methodist minister

Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, the William Conway family was living in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin. His occupation was given as "Methodist minister." According to his death record, his middle initial was G.

William + Jane Angeline Olds. Jane was born on 15 Oct 1847 in Oxford, Chenango County, New York, USA; died on 15 Oct 1922 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: school teacher
• Census: 1851, McGillivray Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1860, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA
• Census: 1865, Gillford, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
• Probate: 19 Jun 1879, Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

According to the obituary of his daughter, Mary Etta Conway Rogers, Patrick and Margaret Cotter Conway emigrated from Canada to Wisconsin in October 1857. Patrick Conway appears in an 1879 map of Dakota County, Minnesota, landowners in section 16. He is not on the 1874 map.

Patrick married Margaret Cotter in cir 1831. Margaret (daughter of Dr. Rogers Cotter and Arabella Lyon) was born on 13 May 1813 in Dublin, Ireland, or Sussex, England; was christened on 24 May 1813 in St. Peter the Great, Chichester, Sussex, England; died on 28 Sep 1869 in Gillford, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in 1869 in Gillford Cemetery, Oak Center, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Margret
• Census: 1865, Gillford, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Margaret (Mary) Cotter's baptism was recorded at the "Parish of St. Peter the Great alias Subdeanery, Sussex". The abode of her parents was "barracks", and her father's occupation was stated to be Surgeon of the West Meath Militia. The Rev. Bartholomew Middleton performed the baptism. Margaret Cotter Conway was "churched" (became a member) on 28 September 1844, in McGillivray Township, Middlesex County, Ontario. Her birthplace was stated to be Dublin on the death record of her son, William. Her will was probated in Wabasha County in 1869 (Will Book A, page 49).