Frederick Yeo was born at Dulverton in Somerset, according to the 1911 census. His birth was registered at Dulverton in the fourth quarter of 1898 as Frederick Yeo, but previous generations of the family are recorded with the surname Yaw [note 1].
The 1911 census records Frederick in Hampshire, with his parents William and Emma Yaw at Bulls Rushes Cottages in Oakley, near Basingstoke [note 2].
Frederick moved to Sussex, where married Ethel Mary Knight at West Dean in 1925. They had five children, including:
– Violet Ethel Yeo (1925–1950, married James Smith)
– Doris Emma Yeo (1926–2010, married Neal Fido)
– John Dennis Yeo (1928–2004, married Mary Josephine Quigley, two children)
– Peggy Patricia Yeo (1929–1967, married Alec Miles).
Frederick’s wife Ethel died in 1931, apparently during or following childbirth, and he married Helen Rose Pelling [note 3] three years later. There were also five children from this marriage, including:
– Ronald Frederick Yeo (1935–1976, married Janet Dorey, two children)
– Phyllis May Yeo (1936–2023, married Morris Light)
– David Brian Yeo (1938–1997).
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Notes
1. See Descendants of Thomas Yea of Yea, Wiveliscombe by Mike Darch and David Yaw.
2. The 1939 Register records Frederick living in Fishbourne with his second wife, and working as a bricklayer. He died in Sussex in 1968.
3. Helen already had children Robert George Pelling (1923–2014) and Audrey Joan Pelling (1930–1999). The 1939 Register records Frederick and Helen R. Yeo at 5 and 7 Frederick Road in Fishbourne, near Chichester. Frederick is a bricklayer born in 1899; his wife Helen was born in 1901. There are ten other people in the household, including Audrey J. Pelling (born 1930), Ronald F. Yeo (born 1935) and David B. Yeo (born 1938).