The 1871 census for Marylebone records gas engineer George Yeo at 31 Paddington Green; his age is shown as 63 and his birthplace as Christian Malford, Wiltshire. Listed with him are his wife Susannah Yeo (age 59, also born at Christian Malford) and his unmarried daughter Louisa Yeo (age 30, born at Sutton Benger, a village close to Christian Malford).
George Yeo had been baptised at Christian Malford in 1809 to unmarried mother Jane Yeo and had married Susannah Townsend at Sutton Benger in 1832. He and Susannah had four daughters:
– Julia Yeo (1836–1836)
– Emily Yeo (born 1839)
– Louisa Yeo (born 1841)
– Fanny Yeo (1853–1858, married Alfred Hastings Davis).
The 1861 census records them in London [note 1].
George died two years after the 1871 census was taken [note 1].
Susannah has not been found in 1881, but the 1891 census for Deptford records her as a 79-year-old widow at 3 Warwick Street, Deptford. She is listed in the household of 37-year-old draper’s assistant Alfred Davis. Alfred is married to Susannah’s daughter Fanny Yeo, and Susannah’s unmarried daughter Louisa Yeo is also listed [note 3].
Susannah died at 3 Warwick Street in 1902; her death certificate records her as the widow of gas engineer George Yeo [note 4].
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Notes
1. At 6 Margaret Terrace in Bayswater. George Yeo is a 50-year-old smith, his wife Susannah is 49 and their three surviving daughters Emily (age 22), Louisa (20) and Fanny (11) are listed with them.
2. Death registered at Kensington in the fourth quarter of 1873, age recorded as 65.
3. The Davis family is recorded at the same address in 1901. Alfred is a widower; his wife Fanny had died in 1898. Also in the household are his 15-year-old daughter Florence Davis, his 89-year-old mother-in-law Susannah Yeo and his 54-year-old sister-in-law Louisa Yeo.
4. George is recorded as a builder on the 1884 marriage certificate of his daughter Fanny and as a smith in the 1861 census.