Charles Ringling Lancaster

Family/Spouse: Alice N. Knobloch. Alice was born on 17 Jan 1917; died on 27 Jun 2006 in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clifton married Hester Margaret Ringling on 12 Jun 1915 in Cook County, Illinois, USA. 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
• Census: 1885, Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, 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).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Trinity College, Cambridge
• Education: Trinity College, Dublin
• Education: University of Edinburgh
• Occupation: doctor
• Military service: 1811-1829; Surgeon, West Meath Militia
• Immigration: 1835, New York, USA

Notes:

It is possible that Rogers Cotter was born in Kilmichael, County Cork, Ireland, since his father was Vicar there from 1784-1797. Rogers Cotter is identified in his 1810 marriage record as "Rogers Cotter of City of Dublin Esquire." He attended Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1806, but did not graduate), and later graduated as a physician and surgeon from Trinity College, Dublin, and then the University of Edinburgh, on 1 August 1815. His dissertation was entitled "Dissertatio medica inauguralis de tympanita," and was published in Edinburgh in 1815. He entered the army as a surgeon's mate in the West Meath Militia on 26 March 1811. He was assistant surgeon from 1817 until 1829, when the regiment disbanded. He was also surgeon and physician of Balinacaryge Dispensary. He published "The Fables of Aesop, in Latin hexameter verse translated from the original Greek," in Dublin in 1833. Rogers Cotter and his family emigrated in 1835. They sailed on the ship Tallahassee, originating in Ireland, and departing ultimately from Liverpool. The ship arrived in New York on 8 July 1835. The following family members are on the passenger list: Rogers Cotter, no age given; Mrs. (?) Cotter, age 39; James L. Cotter, age 17; George L. Cotter, age 19; John R. Cotter, age 13; Lydia Cotter, age 15; Annabella M. Cotter, age 11, and; A. Cotter, age 1 (female). Upon their arrival, Rogers stated that his destination was Ohio. However, he went instead to Ontario, settling in Toronto Gore Township, Peel County, Ontario. There is no record to indicate that he ever went to the Park Hill, Ontario, area with his sons. On 28 September 1835, he applied to purchase Lot 12, Concession 10, of the Gore of Toronto (Clergy Reserves), but the lot was not for sale. He was described as a "Doctor of Medicine and Surgeon," and "lately arrived in this province with a numerous family." Rogers Cotter is listed in the 1837 census of Toronto, Gore Township, York County, as "Dr. Cotter," living at Concession 10, Lot 12, in the Gore of Toronto. On 9 July 1839, he applied to purchase the same lot, where he had been living as a lessee. Rogers Cotter is listed in "The City of Toronto and the Home District Commercial Directory and Register with Almanack and Calendar for 1837." He appears on page 38 in a list of physicians and on page 162, as living in the Gore of Toronto, Northern Division, Concession 10, Lot 12. Rogers Cotter may have been the Cotter (first name not given) who was buried in McGillivary Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, on 23 September 1845, age 60.

The address given on the baptismal record of his son, George Sackville Cotter, is Strawling Lodge. The baptism took place in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.

Rogers married Arabella Lyon on 13 Nov 1810 in St. Andrew's, Dublin, Ireland. Arabella was born in cir 1794 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to family tradition, Rogers Cotter "ran off with a parlor maid." Living with James Cotter at the time of the 1860 Clark County, Ohio, census was a 66-year-old woman named Anna Cotter, who may have been his mother. The baptismal record of her daughter, Mary, states that Arabella's name was Isabella Ann. Isabella is also the name given on the marriage record of her daughter, Annabella, to Amos Barber. Her maiden name may have been Lyne.