The Stead line in my family lived in the Horsforth, West Riding Yorkshire area and it's not far from Leeds. They could possibly be cousins. My great-grandmother was Harriet Stead Mathers and it was her son, Aquila Mathers who immigrated around 1912 to Canada and then a couple years later to Detroit, Michigan. Our family stayed in the Detroit metro area. Most of my family is still there. I moved out East seven years ago.
With regards,
Cathy