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Note: Lawrence, or Ed as he was known to his friends, ran away from home when he was about sixteen and, the story goes, joined the circus. From the Web Site of Baraboo Wisconsin.." The Circus World Museum is located at the site of the original Winter headquarters of the Ringling Brother's Circus (1884-1918) in Baraboo, Wisconsin. It is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and operated by the Historic Sites Foundation. The original Ringling Brother's buildings are designated a national Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of Interior." Apparently the Summer quarters were in Sarasota, Florida (which seems backwards). But the the circus being in Baraboo would provide an answer as to how Ed and Mae met.
In later years his occupation was stage set builder and prop man in a theater.
He died in the Little Flower Hospital of peritonitis due to a ruptured appendix.
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A family story is that George Henry told his children that in order to avoid confusion with another family named THIERS, he had adopted the Tears spelling, which had appeared on so many old records and which is used by the Kansas branch of the family to this day. When Lawrence left Kansas, he resumed the old spelling - THIERS.
FTM Census Index: Selected States/Counties, 1870:
THIERS, Henry IA Allamakee Co. Linton Twp. 1870 Page 236
Could this be the family?
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The PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT of the estate of W. J. Benson, filed at Hamilton Co. Nebraska, July 1910, named Lawrence as one of the heirs.
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USGENWEB
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/clay.htm
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/cens3.htm
Township: Beaver Nearest Post Office: Lincoln page: 13
1885 Lincoln County Kansas Census Beaver Township
Name AGE SxStatPlace of Birth Where from
Tiers G. H. 30 m m IA IA
S? J.? 28 f m IA IA D.? M.? 4f s KS KS E. A.? 2f s IA KS?
A.? E.? 1 m s NE KS? The Question Marks indicate whoever transcribed this had difficulty reading the Census
G H Must be George Henry
S J Must be SARAH JANE
D M is Della Mabel
E A is Edith Angeline
A E is Arthur Elmer born 1884
From Tiers/Teers/Tears family members and researchers, we have Lawrence as born 1889 in Giltner NE.
1900 Census EXETER TWP�CLAY CO. -----KS Found on Ancestry.com (at FHC)
List William A.(lden) as born 1886 in KS
Lawrence born. 1889 in NEBRASKA.
Twins Ellsworth and Ellwood born 1891 in NEBRASKA
Frank born 1895 in NEBRASKA
Youngest child�Fredrick, born 1897 in KS
It seems that George moved his family back and forth between Iowa�Kansas--Nebraska and back to Kansas on a regular basis!
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