Francis John RYELAND^[1]

1902 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Francis John RYELAND  [2]
  Birth	14 Jan 1902	Templemore, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9171431F037C4572A2E817247D62F573A635
  Education	Dover County School for Boys  [5]
  Military	C.Q.M.S.
  Occupation	1916-1920	Bodaybo, , Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia   [5]
  	Mining Engineer, Lena Goldfields, DIals, U.S.S.R.
  Travel	1926	Lagos, , Lagos, Nigeria   [6]
  Travel	14 Feb 1926	Liverpool, , Lancashire, England   [6]
  	from Lagos
  Residence	14 Feb 1926	Dover, , Kent, England   [6]
  	24 Snargate Street
  Travel	1928	Buenos Aires, , Distrito Federal, Argentina   [6]
  Travel	1928	Lisbon, , Lisboa, Portugal   [6]
  Occupation	Abt 1928	Huelva, , Andaluc   [5]
  	Rio Tinto Mining Company
  Residence	Abt 1928	Dover, , Kent, England
  	By Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great Britain) Published 1928 Ryeland, Francis John (Dover, Kent)
  Residence	1928	Huelva, , Andaluc
  	Vista Alegre I, Minas DE Rio Tinto
  Residence	Abt Jan 1928	Cyprus
  	The Mining Magazine Vol. 38, no. 1 (Jan. 1928) "Francis J Ryeland has left for Cyprus."
  Travel	10 Jul 1928	Southampton, , Hampshire, England   [6]
  	from Buenos Aires, , Distrito Federal, Argentina via Lisbon, , Lisboa, Portugal
  Residence	10 Jul 1928	Dover, , Kent, England   [6]
  	26 Snargate Street
  Residence	Abt 1931	Colombia
  	The Mining Magazine - Published 1931 Mining Publications - Vol. 38, no. 1 (Jan. 1928) "F. J. Ryeland has left for Columbia"
  Travel	1933	Kingston, , , Jamaica   [6]
  Travel	1933	Santa Marta, , Arauca, Colombia   [6]
  Travel	20 Feb 1933	Bristol, , Gloucestershire, England   [6]
  	from Kingston, Jamaica via Santa Marta, Colombia
  Occupation	8 Feb 1935	Liverpool, , Lancashire, England   [7]
  	Attorney and Mining Engineer for the Gold Coast Main Reef Ltd
  	Mr. F. J. Ryeland, A.R.S.M., A.I.M.M., fourth son of Captain and Mrs. A. E. Ryeland, sailed from Liverpool for West Africa on Wednesday last. Mr. F. J. Ryeland, who is an old Dover County School boy, has been appointed Attorney and mining Engineer for the Gold Coast Main Reef, Ltd.
  Travel	1936	Takoradi, , , Ghana   [6]
  Occupation	1936
  	Mine Manager - Obuom Gold Mines Ltd.
  	The Mining Year Book - Published 1971 - W.R. Skinner and Financial Times
  Travel	14 Jun 1936	Liverpool, , Lancashire, England   [6]
  	from Takoradi
  Travel	1939	Lagos, , Lagos, Nigeria   [6]
  Travel	1939	Takoradi, , , Ghana   [6]
  Travel	9 Dec 1939	Liverpool, , Lancashire, England   [6]
  	from Lagos, , Lagos, Nigeria via Takoradi, , , Ghana
  Residence	9 Dec 1939	Ramsgate, , Kent, England   [6]
  	Buckland Hachury Ave
  Travel	1944	Freetown, , Western Area, Sierra Leone   [6]
  Travel	1944	Takoradi, , , Ghana   [6]
  Travel	5 Jul 1944	Liverpool, , Lancashire, England   [6]
  	from Takoradi, Ghana via Freetown, , Western Area, Sierra Leone
  Occupation	Attorney and Mining Engineer for the Gold Coast Main Reef, Ltd  [5]
  Occupation	Ghana   [8]
  	The British Government's Chief Inspector of Gold Mines, The Gold Coast (Ghana Africa)
  Occupation	1948
  	Senior Inspectors of Mines
  	The Colonial Office List, Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the ... By Great Britain Colonial Office Published 1948 H.M. Stationery Off
  Occupation	Aft 1957	Pakistan   [9]
  	After the Gold Coast gained its independence in 1957, John, as he was known to us, went as mining engineer to Pakistan in the employ of the government; he did not like it and soon returned to Africa where he started his own business, a quarry for aggregates.
  Occupation	Aft 1958	Zambia   [9]
  	I cannot quite remember whether it was in Zambia or Malawi, but think Zambia. Sometime around late 50s early 60s he suffered a tragic accident whilst using explosives in the quarry and was paralysed from the waste down with no feeling in his legs. He then came to England with wife Mary to see if anything could be done. I visited him in Hammersmith hospital and met Mary. The treatment was unsuccessful and he returned to Africa. Not sure where or when he died but I think he sold up and pretty sure they have moved to South Africa. Mary certainly lived on in South Africa later and kept in contact with the occasional Christmas card etc.
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I7227	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Captain Arthur Edwin RYELAND,   b. 16 Mar 1872, Kings Cross, Islington, , Middlesex, England d. 5 Mar 1963, River, Dover, , Kent, England (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Elizabeth BANFILL,   b. 2 Apr 1873, Camberwell, Surrey, England d. 19 May 1942, Banstead, , Surrey, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1895	All Saints, Deptford, Greenwich, , Kent, England   [1, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  	All Saints, Hatcham Park [10]
  		Arthur Edwin RYELAND and Mary Ann Elizabeth BANFILL Marriage Certificate.jpg
  Family ID	F1333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Annie WILDMAN,   b. Abt 1907   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	6 Mar 1928	Seville, , Andaluc   [5, 7]
  	RYELAND - WILDMAN - On 6th March, 1928, at H.B.M. Consulate, Seville, Spain, Francis John Ryeland, A.R.S.M., to Mary Wildman. - Dover Express - Friday 16th March, 1928
  Family ID	F2321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jan 1902 - Templemore, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland Occupation - Mining Engineer, Lena Goldfields, DIals, U.S.S.R. - 1916-1920 - Bodaybo, , Irkutskaya Oblast', Russia Travel - 1926 - Lagos, , Lagos, Nigeria Travel - from Lagos - 14 Feb 1926 - Liverpool, , Lancashire, England Residence - 24 Snargate Street - 14 Feb 1926 - Dover, , Kent, England Travel - 1928 - Buenos Aires, , Distrito Federal, Argentina Travel - 1928 - Lisbon, , Lisboa, Portugal Occupation - Rio Tinto Mining Company - Abt 1928 - Huelva, , Andaluc Residence - Abt 1928 - Dover, , Kent, England Residence - Vista Alegre I, Minas DE Rio Tinto - 1928 - Huelva, , Andaluc Residence - Abt Jan 1928 - Cyprus Marriage - 6 Mar 1928 - Seville, , Andaluc Travel - from Buenos Aires, , Distrito Federal, Argentina via Lisbon, , Lisboa, Portugal - 10 Jul 1928 - Southampton, , Hampshire, England Residence - 26 Snargate Street - 10 Jul 1928 - Dover, , Kent, England Residence - Abt 1931 - Colombia Travel - 1933 - Kingston, , , Jamaica Travel - 1933 - Santa Marta, , Arauca, Colombia Travel - from Kingston, Jamaica via Santa Marta, Colombia - 20 Feb 1933 - Bristol, , Gloucestershire, England Occupation - Attorney and Mining Engineer for the Gold Coast Main Reef Ltd - 8 Feb 1935 - Liverpool, , Lancashire, England Travel - 1936 - Takoradi, , , Ghana Travel - from Takoradi - 14 Jun 1936 - Liverpool, , Lancashire, England Travel - 1939 - Lagos, , Lagos, Nigeria Travel - 1939 - Takoradi, , , Ghana Travel - from Lagos, , Lagos, Nigeria via Takoradi, , , Ghana - 9 Dec 1939 - Liverpool, , Lancashire, England Residence - Buckland Hachury Ave - 9 Dec 1939 - Ramsgate, , Kent, England Travel - 1944 - Freetown, , Western Area, Sierra Leone Travel - 1944 - Takoradi, , , Ghana Travel - from Takoradi, Ghana via Freetown, , Western Area, Sierra Leone - 5 Jul 1944 - Liverpool, , Lancashire, England Occupation - The British Government's Chief Inspector of Gold Mines, The Gold Coast (Ghana Africa) - - Ghana Occupation - Aft 1957 - Pakistan Occupation - Aft 1958 - Zambia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		F. J. Ryeland Football 1920.jpg
  		Francis John Ryeland 1919-1920.jpg
  		Francis John Ryeland.jpg
  		Francis John and Arthur Edwin Ryeland.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  No. 57. MARCH, 1928. VOL. XVIII. HEAD MASTER'S NOTES Summet' Term, 1928.-The Summer Term will commence on Thursday, 3rd May, and end on Wednesday, 25th July, 1928. ...I was equally deligDted to be pleasantly surprised, one morning, by the arrival of a most handseme solid silver Challe':lge Cup from the brothers F. ]., F. G., and E. Ryeland-Capt. Ryeland's three sons, whose' careers at School we remember with the greatest pleasure. They were, as might have been expected, particularly interested in and devoted to the Royal Engirieers School Cadet Company, with whose progress and success they were closely connected as responsible non-commissioned officers. For such service we were much indebted to them, and now they have increased that debt to an extent and :in a manner difficult to repay. Their gift has been handed on to the School Cadet Company as a Cup for Shooting. The Rio Tinto Mining Company of Huelva, Spain, have secured the :services of the eldest brother, Francis John, to whom I have :bad the pleasure of writing, recently, a congratulatory message upon his marriage. I know he will be glad to hear from other .contemporaries at his address: Vista Alegre I, Minas de Rio Tinto, Huelva, SPain. 1st CADET COY. C.P.(F.) R.E. Mention must also be made of three other ex-cadets in connection with the Ryeland Shooting Cup, a most handsome silver trophy which the. three brothers Ryeland, C.Q.M.S. F. J. Ryeland, Serjt. F. G. Ryeland and Serjt. E. Ryeland, have presented to the Corps for an inter-section musketry competition. The Corps is extremely grateful for this generous gift, and has done its best to show its gratitude by commencing to compete' a:t once for the Cqp. The scheme of the competition is as follows :-Each of the. sections will fire on its allotted day throughout the year, at the end of which each will hand in its six best individual targets, the trophy being awarded to the section with the highest aggregate. This competition has, indeed~ aroused such enthusiasm that ~e problem now is to pay for the ammunition used by our zealous, aspiring marksmen. Military [5] (Medical):I cannot quite remember whether it was in Zambia or Malawi, but think Zambia. Sometime around late 50s early 60s he suffered a tragic accident whilst using explosives in the quarry and was paralysed from the waste down with no feeling in his legs. He then came to England with wife Mary to see if anything could be done. I visited him in Hammersmith hospital and met Mary. The treatment was unsuccessful and he returned to Africa. Not sure where or when he died but I think he sold up and pretty sure they have moved to South Africa. Mary certainly lived on in South Africa later and kept in contact with the occasional Christmas card etc. [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] 1911 British Census. [S701] Roger Banfil & Dick Ryeland, Roger Banfil & Dick Ryeland Family Tree. [S179] John Ryeland Family Tree, John Ryeland Family Tree. [S68] Joan Alberta Ryeland, Joan Alberta Ryeland. [S255] Dover County School for Boys Archives, (URL: http://dovergrammar.co.uk/). [S635] Ancestry.co.uk, UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 - Ancestry. [S58] findmypast.co.uk, British Newspapers 1710-1950. [S813] Dick Ryeland, Dick Ryeland, (Location: Email). [S110] David Ryeland, David Ryeland. [S5] Free BMD. [S4] Philip Ryeland, Philip Ryeland Family Tree. [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org). [S172] England and Wales. Registrar General., Arthur Edwin RYELAND and Mary Ann Elizabeth BANFILL Marriage Certificate, marriage certificate (Reliability: 3).