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The north Devon parish of St Giles in the Wood is a short distance south of Great Torrington. George Yeo, son of Anne Yeo, was baptised there in 1806 and married Margery Cooke there in 1834 [note 1]. They had at least eleven children, three of whom did not survive infancy:
– Mary Ann Yeo (1837–1882, married Henry Roberts)
– Sarah Margaret Yeo (born 1843)
– Eliza Yeo (see below)
– Elizabeth Yeo (1845–1925)
– Charles Yeo (1847–1849)
– Clara Yeo (1849–1851)
– Thomas Yeo (1852–1853)
– Giles Yeo (born 1847)
– George Yeo (1854–1930)
– Augustus Yeo (1857–1923, married Sarah Margaret Williamson)
– Lydia Ellen Yeo (1860–1931, married George Powell).
The 1871 census records 65-year-old George Yeo in St Giles in the Wood, working as a mason [note 2].
Eliza Yeo (1844–1925, daughter of George Yeo and Margery Cooke) married Henry May at St Giles in the Wood in 1870. They already had a daughter:
– Sarah Margaret Yeo (1868–1921, married John Harper) [note 3]
Henry and Eliza emigrated to Canada soon after the 1871 census was taken; Sarah appears to have remained in Devon with her grandparents.
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Notes
1. The date of this marriage appears to be correct, but there is no record of any children in the first ten years. Margery died in 1867 aged 51; her death registration and burial records show her as Margaret Yeo.
2. Listed with George, who is recorded as a widower, are his son Augustus Yeo (age 13), his daughter Lydia E. Yeo (10), Henry May (age 21, a blacksmith; George’s son-in-law, but he is recorded as a lodger), George’s daughter Eliza May (26), Henry’s daughter Sarah M.C. Yeo (3) and Henry’s son William May (3 months). The birthplace of all seven people is given as St Giles.
3. Sarah was baptised at St Giles in the Wood as Sarah Margaret Cook [sic] Yeo.