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The 1871 census for Marylebone records gas engineer George Yeo at 31 Paddington Green; his age is shown as 63 and his birthplace as Christian Malford, Wiltshire. Listed with him are his wife Susannah Yeo (age 59, also born at Christian Malford) and his unmarried daughter Louisa Yeo (age 30, born at Sutton Benger, a village close to Christian Malford).
George Yeo (1809–1873) was baptised at Christian Malford by his mother Jane Yeo. He married Susannah Townsend at Sutton Benger in 1832; they had four daughters there:
– Julia Yeo (1836–1836)
– Emily Yeo (1839–1897, married Richard Cross at St Saviour, Paddington in 1866)
– Louisa Yeo (1841–1930) [note 1]
– Fanny Yeo (1853–1898, married Alfred Hastings Davis at St Stephen the Martyr, St John’s Wood in 1884).
The 1861 census records them in London [note 2].
Susannah has not been found in 1881, but the 1891 census for London records her as a 79-year-old widow at 3 Warwick Street, Deptford. She is listed in the household of 37-year-old draper’s assistant Alfred Davis. Alfred is married to Susannah’s daughter Fanny, and Susannah’s unmarried daughter Louisa Yeo is also listed [note 3].
Susannah died at 3 Warwick Street in 1902; her death certificate records her as the widow of gas engineer George Yeo [note 4].
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Notes
1. Louisa’s birth was registered without a forename.
2. At 6 Margaret Terrace in Bayswater. George Yeo is a 50-year-old smith, his wife Susannah is 49 and their three surviving daughters Emily (age 22), Louisa (20) and Fanny (11) are listed with them.
3. The Davis family is recorded at the same address in 1901. Alfred is a widower; also in the household are his 15-year-old daughter Florence Davis, his 89-year-old mother-in-law Susannah Yeo and his 54-year-old sister-in-law Louisa Yeo. The Davis family were still in London in 1921, at 35 Hillside, Harlesden. Listed with Alfred are his daughter Fanny Florence Davis (age 33) and his sister-in-law Louisa Yeo (age 79).
4. George is recorded as a builder on the 1884 marriage certificate of his daughter Fanny and as a smith in the 1861 census.