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Thomas Yeo (1790–1875, son of John Yeo and Elizabeth Wallish) was baptised at Lansallos. He married Mary Willcock at Lansallos in 1819. They baptised two children at Polperro:
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Betsey Yeo (see below)
and six sons at Lansallos:
– Thomas Yeo (see below)
– Benjamin Yeo (see below)
– George Yeo (baptised 1833)
– John Yeo (baptised 1835)
– Richard Yeo (baptised 1838)
– William Yeo (baptised 1843).
Samuel Yeo (1820–1890, son of Thomas Yeo and Mary Willcock) was baptised at Polperro. He married Mary Grace Rendle née Langmaid [note 1] in 1854. Their two daughters were born at Polperro:
– Mary Yeo (1855–1876)
– Georgina Yeo (1859–1915 [note 2], married William Charles Jolliff).
Betsey Yeo (1827–1871, daughter of Thomas Yeo and Mary Willcock [note 3]) married Samuel Yeo at Talland in 1854 [note 4]. Their son was born at Talland:
– George Yeo (1855–1924, emigrated to Ontario, had a son and a daughter with his wife Susan).
Thomas Yeo (baptised 1822 at Lansallos, son of Thomas Yeo and Mary Willcock) married Sophia Gedge. Their daughter and son were born at Talland:
– Mary Yeo (born 1849)
– Thomas Yeo (see below).
Benjamin Yeo (1830–1877, son of Thomas Yeo and Mary Willcock) had three children with his wife Sarah Ann Northcott:
– George Albert Yeo (born 1860)
– John Yeo (born 1864)
– Mary Edith Yeo (1868–1949, married David Broad).
Thomas Yeo (1858–1937, son of Thomas Yeo and Sophia Gedge) married Mary Susanna Burt. They had three children:
– John Yeo (1883–1959, married Ethel Mary Fletcher)
– Beatrice Mary Yeo (1888–1967, married Ernest Tamblin)
– Richard Edwin Yeo (1891–1920).
This pedigree is based on unfinished research by Sheila Yeo – many of the details require confirmation. Please Contact Us if you can add to or correct the information shown.
Notes
1. Widow of John Rendle.
2. Birth registered as Georgiana Yeo.
3. Betsey was recorded as Elizabeth when her marriage was registered.
4. Samuel was the only son of William and Ann Yeo of Lanteglos; the 1861 census records him as a beer house keeper in Lower Pont, Lanteglos aged 37. His wife Betsy [sic] is 34 and his son George is 6. Also listed are Samuel’s widowed father William Yeo (age 73, a lime burner) and Betsey’s widowed father Thomas Yeo (age 73, a labourer, recorded as a visitor).