Isabella LYLE... TATE and LYLE

[wearyprincess]

Any info on Lyle family, sugar refiners Tate and Lyle, would be most  welcome.

[Emjaybee]

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,146937.0.html

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Mike

[wearyprincess]

My Lyle family go back to 1823, Scotland, but they didn't go south of the border.

See my entry on the  bbc website familyhistory, in answer to Lyle.

[Grey Seagull]

Hi,

As a child, I was told that The Lyle Hill in Greenock, Renfrewshire was named after the Lyle of Tate and Lyle, who was apparently a local man.  There was a T&L sugar refiners in Greenock until maybe 15 years ago.

I suggest you get in touch with the Watt Library in Greenock at http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/Libraries/index.php?module=article&view=13&MMN_position=11:1:4
where I am sure they will be able to help you with some background information.

Sugar was a big business in Greenock, raw sugar being shipped from the Caribbean to Greenock.  As well as Tate & Lyle, there was also a Walker's Sugar refinery in the centre of town.

 

[wearyprincess]

Thank you, G S, I have already done so. A very kind lady tried to help, but there is nothing definately to go on yet.

[John Tate]

I am the great grandson of Sir Henry Tate
My late father worked for Tate and Lyle for most of his life and knew several Lyle's very well
One was Oliver - who my father had great respect for
Another was CoOlin Lyle - who I have met a couple of times
he has written a book on the history of T&L
http://whenbusinessissweet.com/review.html

[wearyprincess]

Many thanks, John.

[marcie dean]

 There is a church in Barbados named St. Johns, up on one of the highest points in Barbados.  The churchyard had several graves of tates and Lyles, it was run by a minister named John Wesley who was the son of a duke I believe.  White walls inside with dark dark wood for the pews and the organ.  A lot of shady areas outside very pretty.  Worth a visit if you can ever get there.

Sorry but i cannot remember the names on the tombstones there were quite a few.  about 20 or so.  Mostly Tate.
marcie

[Pat38]

Hello
Do you know if the Employee Records are available anywhere of Employees of Tate & Lyle, Love Lane, Liverpool. My father was employed there from 1922 to the day he died in May 1964.
Thanks
Pat

I am the great grandson of Sir Henry Tate
My late father worked for Tate and Lyle for most of his life and knew several Lyle's very well
One was Oliver - who my father had great respect for
Another was CoOlin Lyle - who I have met a couple of times
he has written a book on the history of T&L
http://whenbusinessissweet.com/review.html