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Hi singingsusie,
                        Here is the information I have on Percy.

Full name - Percy Augustus Learoyd

b. 1849 Huddersfield
baptised 18 October 1850 - St Peters Church Huddersfield
m. Mary Stuart Mitchell  15 Aug 1859 - Park Church Glasgow
d. 27 March 1924 - Henley on Thames

 Percy on his marriage certificate stated his occupation as a Shipowner.

I don't know if Percy and Mary had any children.

There are a couple of mentions for Percy in the London Gazette one on 18 Feb 1876 dissolving a Cotton Spinners and Doubling business called Williamson and Learoyd in Huddersfield and one on 30 August 1878 dissolving a partnership involving a Shipowners and Brokers in London.

 That is about all I have.

Hope it helps!

Kate

There was a large Learoyds Mill on Leeds Road, Huddersfield.  Further on the road is Bradley.  Would your relatives have been connected to the Mill.  The building is now used by a tile company, but I'm sure it would not be difficult to get some information about Learoyds Mill.

regards
Quigs

Alan
Further to my answer below, when I was talking to my aunt this morning, I thought her ears pricked up when I said the name Davis, although it's not the person you are looking for, I have had a look on Free BDM and it looks as if my grandmother's brother, Timothy Ryan was married to Gertrude Davis.  It must be my grandmother's brother because I know he was married to a woman called Gertie.  Children of Timothy and Gertrude were Timothy, Terence, Joseph and Mary.
This might be worth looking at further.

I don't know if Robert had brothers and sisters, but his father was William and his mother was Margaret Bourke.  Patrick is a name that runs through each generation of my mother's family.  Robert and his wife had one son, my grandfather William. The Ryans mentioned above are my mother's paternal family, her mother's family were also called Ryan and lived  in Lancashire, Leeds and Bradford.
My other Ryan gr grandfather, Timothy, definitely had a brother called Patrick.  Family stories say that Timothy born about 1862 in the Tipperary area went to America with his brother Patrick as young men.  In 1891 Timothy was in England and living in Bury in Lancashire with his wife and first child Katie, as he is in the 1891 census with them.  In 1901 he was married at Leeds Register Office, living at Harper Street, he is in Bradford by 1904 when my grandmother's youngest sister Johanna was born.  As far as I know Patrick also came back from America and lived in Bradford, I would imagine if he had sons he would have called one of them Patrick.  There were other brothers of Timothy and Patrick who also lived near to my mother when she was a child, I know there was a Thomas, a Joseph and James, as far as I know they were a large family.
Have you any addresses where your Ryans lived in Bradford and surrounding areas, also what other surnames are you looking for?

Hi
I have just found out that my Ggrandfather is buried in Bowling Cemetery, and was wondering if anyone is visiting there to ask if thay could see if there is a grave stone and let me know so I could visit.
His name is Allen Lee he died 1903 he is in section V grave number 242 in Con (consecrated) section.
Many Thank's

 Alan...

Alan
I have family buried in Bowling Cemetery and had a search done in August 2000, I found the staff there extremely helpful.  The cemeteries usually have more details about the person buried than is shown on a death certificate.  I found out the names of two sets of my great grandparent's parents which enabled me to find the marriage and births of my gr gr grandparents.  There was a very reasonable standard charge which if I remember rightly searched the records for up to four graves.  The address is Cemeteries & Crematoria, Scholemoor Cemetery & Crematorium, Necropolils Road, Bradford BD7 2PS.  The tel no at the time was 01272 571313.
Good Luck
Quigs