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Lancashire Roots
New Zealand Settlers
Surname Variants of Rylance
• Pat Ryland, aged 15, a
labourer, who arrived in
Auckland, New Zealand
aboard the ship "Waitangi"
(opposite) on her maiden
voyage in 1874.
• James Ryland, aged 25, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand
aboard the ship "Soukar" in 1874
• Charles Ryland, aged 17, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington,
New Zealand aboard the ship "Hudson" in 1879
Geographic spread
The Rylance family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland
between 1861 and 1920. In 1891, most Rylance families were found in the UK
where 367 Rylance families were living in Lancashire. This was about 70% of
all the recorded Rylances in the UK and included the NZ branch.
In 1881 in the UK, coal miner, gardener and housekeeper were the top three
reported jobs worked by a Rylance. A less common occupation for the Rylance
family was tailor. The most common Rylance occupation in the UK was that of
coal miner, with 15%, five times that for the next groups of gardener ,
housekeeper and tailor which were 3% each.
For the Rylance sister line, cotton workers, confectioners, publicans and paint
manufacturers figure strongly, at least from the time of the Industrial
Revolution.
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