John Hackwell Yeo (1851–1901) and Lilla Hill (1857–1926) married at the parish church of St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol in 1884.
John had enlisted in the army eight years earlier [note 1].
John’s parents Joseph Yeo (1848–1854) and Sarah Hackwell [note 2] had married in Bristol in 1847. They had three other sons:
– William Henry Yeo (born 1847)
– Joseph Yeo (1848–1853) [note 3]
– Edward George Yeo (1853–1853).
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Notes
1. The 1881 census records John in Woolwich as a driver with the Royal Artillery. He was discharged in 1883 before completing the twelve years of service he signed up for in 1876. His army record shows that he had been treated in hospital for a fractured kneecap the previous year.
2. Ten years after the death of her first husband, Sarah married James Hussey in Bristol in 1864.
3. Joseph’s death certificate records him as the five-year-old son of carpenter Joseph Yeo. His birth had not been registered.