Frederick was born in Notting Hill in west London in 1890 to parents William Richard Yeo and Annie Elizabeth Sexton. He died in Paris in 1976, at the age of 85.
Sheila looked into Frederick’s line of descent in 1991. She traced it back to Daniel Yeo and Barbara Easton, who married at Steeple Langford in Wiltshire in 1689, but was unable to contact any members of his family.
Frederick’s parents William Richard Yeo (1881–1908) and Annie Elizabeth Sexton had five other children:
– William John Yeo (1881–1908, married Florence Ada Benton) [note 1]
– Ethel Louise Yeo (born 1882, married William Theodore Noakes)
– Annie Elizabeth Yeo (1885–1971, married William Henry Pratt) [note 2]
– Helena Frances Yeo (1888–1892)
– Florence Eva Yeo (1893–1988, married Frank Gilbert).
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Notes
1. William and Florence had two daughters, who emigrated to Canada but married and spent the rest of their lives in the United States: Florence Nellie Yeo (1903–1993, married Howard Otto Haggberg) and Dorothy Ethel Yeo (1905–2004, married Joseph Lindholm).
2. The 1939 Register lists William Henry Pratt, a 53-year-old boot repairer, at 5 Sandrock – a street in Haslemere, Surrey. Listed with William are his wife Annie E. Pratt, also aged 53, and 28-year-old Evelyn M. Ramplin.