Henry Yeo (c1790–1853) had four children with his wife Anna Maria [note 1]:
– William Yeo (see below)
– Henry Yeo (see Henry Yeo and Ann Flowers Burchett)
– Edward Yeo (see below)
– Ann Maria Yeo (born 1838).
William Yeo (baptised 1826 at Corsham, son of Henry Yeo) married Elizabeth Milford in Melksham in 1848. Thee births of their ten children were registered at Frome:
– William Henry Yeo (born 1849 married Elizabeth Sainsbury, two sons)
– Henry Yeo (born 1850, married Maria Elliot, two sons)
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1852, died as a child)
– Anna Maria Yeo (born 1855)
– Charles Yeo (born 1857, married Mary Kinton, two children including William Edward Yeo)
– Edward Yeo (born 1859, married Helena Holden, six children)
– Albert James Yeo (see below)
– John Yeo (born 1864)
– Rowland Yeo (born 1866)
– Walter Yeo (born 1869).
Edward Yeo (1835–1898, son of Henry Yeo) married Charlotte Orchard [note 2]. They had twelve children, including:
– Frederick Edwin Yeo (see below)
– John Archer Yeo (born 1863)
– Ellen Yeo (1868–1923, married Francis Robert Paul)
– Charles Yeo (1877–1908, married Mabel Mary Davis)
– Gordon Charles Yeo (1932–2006).
Frederick Edwin Yeo (1860-1917, son of Edward Yeo and Charlotte Orchard) married Sarah Ann Fell. They had eight children, including:
– Lottie Lavinia Yeo (1885–1956, married Frederick McKee)
– Henry Edwin Yeo (born 1887, married Alice Mary Georgina Emond)
– Frederick Charles Yeo (see below)
– Edward Yeo (1898–1958, married May Priscilla Tattam)
– Percy Thomas Yeo (1903–1992, married Nora Hunt).
Albert James Yeo (born 1862, son of William Yeo and Elizabeth Milford) moved to south Wales, where he married Clementine Williams in 1844. They had eleven children, including:
– Arthur James Yeo (born 1888, emigrated to South Africa)
– Percival Walter Yeo (born 1894, emigrated to South Africa, married Evelyn Constance Kirkwood in Johannesburg in 1921, four children).
Frederick Charles Yeo (1893–1965, son of Frederick Edwin Yeo and Sarah Ann Fell) married Clara Anne Gardner [note 3]. They had three sons, including:
– Alan Arthur Yeo (1925–2017).
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Notes
1. Can anyone identify Henry Yeo’s parents? See the query at Thomas Yeo and Mary Radford. The 1851 census for Corsham records him living in Porkridge, occupation carpenter and wheeler. Henry’s age is recorded as 62 and his birthplace as Wincanton. Listed with him are his wife Anna Maria Yeo (age 60), son Edward Yeo (19) and daughter Anna Maria Yeo (13). The 1841 census for Corsham includes his son William and shows his wife’s name as Maria.
2. Married in Somerset in 1853 at St Swithin, Walcot. Charlotte’s surname has also been recorded as Archer; this spelling is used in the second forename of her son John.
3. Marriage registered at Swindon in 1919.