The 1939 Register for Hornsey in north London records Daniel E Yeo at 36 Lightfoot Road; his occupation is recorded as ‘grocer and provision manager’. Listed with him are his wife Elsie B Yeo and his widowed mother Clara Yeo.
Daniel Edward Yeo was born in 1910 to parents Henry Yeo [note 1] and Clara Murphy, who had five other children:
– Henry Yeo (born 1908) [note 2]
– Clara Rona Yeo (1911–1978, married Charles Robert Leighton)
– Marguerite Yeo (born 1913)
– Alec Yeo (born 1914)
– Dora May Yeo (born 1916).
Daniel Edward Yeo married Elsie Beatrice Proudman in 1933; they had one daughter.
Daniel’s father Henry Yeo died in 1929. His mother Clara Yeo re-married in 1943 – her second husband was James J. Dixon; she lived until 1963.
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Notes
1. 1873–1929, son of Edward Yeo and Rosina Elizabeth Coles.
2. There appears to be no English marriage or death record for Henry. Did he emigrate as a single man, or die young?