Donna:

I have not found a link yet. This Thomas was from Ballaugh, not especially far from mine in Foxdale, Peel and surrounding areas. My GG grandfather and several brothers came to the US, originally the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as iron ore miners, then moved after about 10 years or so, my GG father to Minnesota, one brother to Idaho as a quartz miner then to Canada to farm.

Since there are relatively few Teares in the US, I have tried to track many of them hoping to make links. My Teares came to the US in the later 19th Century and do not appear to be immediately related to the early migration to the Cleveland Ohio area.

John