Not sure if this thread is still active but -
I'm tracing my Ryalls family tree, and we got as far back as William Ryalls (born around 1863). There are census record of his parents being John Ryals and Eliza Ryals. With the ages on the census we estimate John was born in 1827 and Eliza in about 1830. But then the trail entirely disappears, I haven't been able to find a record of their birth or marriage.
The coincidental things is that we've got the same story passed down in our family. That at some point there were two brothers, that had something to do with ships. At one point one brother ran away from Ireland and came to England, and we're descended from the brother who ran away.
I'm beginning to wonder if our family tree suddenly stops because we're looking for the wrong name / in the wrong place now.
Does anyone have anything that shows John G Ryall has a son called William?