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Rodney Silk sent information about this family to Sheila Yeo in 2007; his information has since been expanded from further research and with details supplied by other correspondents.
Jacob Yeo (1781–1871) was baptised at Lydiart Millicent in Wiltshire, a great grandson of Daniel Yeo and Barbara Easton of the same parish. He moved to London and married Ann Reader in Stepney in 1807. They baptised ten children [note 1]:
– Rachel Yeo (baptised 1807, married Timothy Clark 1831 at the parish church of St Paul, Shadwell)
– Jacob Yeo (baptised 1809) [note 2]
– Jane Yeo (1811–1901, married George Harris 1834 in Stepney)
– Eleanor Yeo (1813–1901, married Samuel Cotton 1834 in Stepney)
– Mary Yeo (1815–1883, married Charles William Hofman 1841 in Stepney)
– Ann Yeo (1817–1886, married Alfred Dunn 1845)
– Sarah Yeo (1819–1894, married John Casmear Banner [note 3] in 1841 at the parish church of St Clement Danes, Westminster)
– Elizabeth Yeo (1822–1823)
– Daniel Yeo (1824–1824)
– James Yeo (see below).
James Yeo (1825–1880, son of Jacob Yeo and Ann Reader) married twice. His first marriage was to Mary Ann Wimshurst [note 4] in Stepney in 1849. They had seven children:
– James Yeo (born 1850)
– William Jacob Yeo (see below)
– Charles Yeo (born 1854, married Emma Mumford)
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1856)
– Henry Yeo
– Alfred Yeo (born 1859)
– Arthur John Yeo.
James later married Hannah Jones née Johnson [note 5] in Hackney in 1880. There were no children from this marriage, and James died shortly afterwards.
William Jacob Yeo (1852–1884, son of James Yeo and Mary Ann Wimshurst) married Helen Amata Choat [note 46] in Hackney in 1873. They had six children:
– Clara Amata Yeo (1874–1928, married Frederick John Yates)
– William Henry Yeo (see below)
– Alfred Edward Yeo (born 1878, married Caroline Clara Church, three children)
– Edith Mary Yeo (born 1879, married Thomas Futrill)
– Isabella Jessie Yeo (1881–1963, married Arthur Leonard Blowers)
– Winifred Helen Yeo (1887–1958, married Arthur Yates).
William Henry Yeo (1876–1954, son of William Jacob Yeo and Helen Amata Choate) married Alice Maud Freeman at Islington in 1902. They had five children:
– Winifred Ellen Amata Yeo (1902–1983, married Charles Hilton Byart)
– Alice Marion Yeo (1905–1986, married Frederick Charles Silk)
– Hilda Kathleen Yeo (1909–1960, married Alexander Buck)
– William Francis Yeo
– Leslie Alexander Yeo.
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Notes
1. Rachel, Jacob, Jane, Eleanor, Mary, Ann, Sarah and Elizabeth were baptised at West Ham. Daniel and James were baptised at East Ham, with their surname recorded as Yoe.
2. Some researchers have confused Jacob with the Jacob Yeo who married Mary Leary in 1834.
3. Spelling of surname from marriage certificate. Also recored as Berner.
4. 1839–1873, baptised at Rotherhide to parents William James Wimshurst and Mary Ann Harvey. Her surname is often incorrectly transcribed as Winshurst.
5. Widow of John Salmon Jones, who she married in 1856. No record of Hannah’s death has been found, and it is possible that she married for a third time.
6. Helen was born in 1849 to parents Edward Choat and Isabella Blain; her surname has been incorrectly transcribed as Chout or Choate. After William’s death she married Michael Walters in 1894. Helen died in 1914 at the age of 64, her age incorrectly recorded as 66 when her death was registered.