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Henry Yeo was baptised at Goodleigh in 1803 to parents John Yeo and Mary White. He married Elizabeth Vicary [note 1] at Swimbridge in 1828; they moved to Bishop’s Tawton, where all seven of their children appear to have been born:
– Henry Yeo (see below)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Thomas Yeo (see below)
– Samuel Yeo
– Elizabeth Yeo (1837–1899, married William Lewis in 1862)
– William Yeo
– Ann Vicary Yeo (1842–1905, married James Rourke in 1854).
The 1841 census for Bishop’s Tawton records Henry as a farmer, with his wife Elizabeth and their four oldest children. Henry and Elizabeth had returned to Swimbridge by 1851 [notes 2, 3]. Henry died at Goodleigh in 1868.
Henry Yeo (1830–1907, son of Henry Yeo and Elizabeth Vicary) was born at Bishop’s Tawton. His work with the railways took him to London, where he married Elizabeth Ann Trayt in 1853 [note 4]. Henry later moved with his family to Dorset, where his wife Elizabeth died in 1892, and he retired to live in Exeter. Henry and Elizabeth had four children:
– Henry Arthur Yeo (1854–1931, married Emily Davis in 1897)
– Frederick John Yeo (born 1856, appears to have died as a child)
– Clara Adeline Yeo (1861–1941)
– William Augustus Yeo (born 1864, appears to have died as a child).
John Yeo (baptised 1831 at Bishop’s Tawton, son of Henry Yeo and Elizabeth Vicary) moved to Hertfordshire and married Emma Pennyfather in 1867. They had five children:
– Henry Yeo (see below)
– John Yeo (1873–1950, married Elizabeth Mary Holland at St Simon Zelotes, Chelsea in 1907) [note 5]
– Ernest Yeo (1877–1961)
– Alice Yeo (1880–1959)
– Arthur Lisle Yeo (1886–1946, married Amy Elizabeth Tew in 1815).
Thomas Yeo (1833–1916, son of Henry Yeo and Elizabeth Vicary) was baptised at Bishop’s Tawton. He married Mary Bryant in 1859 and moved with her to London, where they had two daughters:
– Alice Elizabeth Yeo (1860–1862)
– Henrietta Yeo (1863–1939).
Henry Yeo (1867–1933, son of John Yeo and Emma Pennyfather) married Sarah Jarrett at St John, Battersea in 1890. They had five children [notes 6, 7, 8]:
– Everard Lisle Yeo (1892–1916, died in France, see War deaths)
– Arthur Henry Yeo (1894–1916, emigrated to Canada, see War deaths)
– Alice Muriel Yeo (1897–1897)
– Edith Irene Beryl Yeo (1900–1973, married Cedric Claude Inkster at Wimbledon in 1925)
– Mildred Vera Yeo (1905–1973).
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Notes
1. 1798–1878. Surname also recorded as Vickery.
2. The 1851 census for Swimbridge records Henry and Elizabeth at West Moor, where 47-year-old Henry is farming 70 acres. Elizabeth is 52; her 86-year-old widowed father William Vicary is living with them, as well as their five youngest children: Thomas (age 18), Samuel (16), Elizabeth (14), William (12) and Ann (8).
3. The 1861 census also records Henry and Elizabeth at Swimbridge, with lodger George Chowen the only other person in the household.
4. Married at the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, Peckham.
5. The 1911 census for 25 Lausanne Road in Hornsey, north London records John Yeo, a 38-year-old solicitor’s managing clerk; his birthplace is shown as Totteridge, Hertfordshire. Listed with him are his wife Elizabeth Mary Yeo (age 28, no occupation given, birthplace Pimlico) and his brother Arthur Lisle Yeo (age 25, occupation bookkeeper and correspondence clerk, birthplace Greenham, Newbury).
6. The 1891 census for Westminster records Henry and Sarah at 95 Vauxhall Bridge Road. Henry is working as a solicitor’s clerk and his sister Alice Yeo is living with them.
7. By 1901 they have moved south of the Thames to 20 Quarry Road, Wandsworth. Alice is not listed, but Henry and Sarah have three children: Everard L. Yeo (age 8), Arthur H. Yeo (6) and Edith I.B. Yeo (1). They also have a lodger, 18-year-old shorthand writer Elaine Boulter.
8. By 1911 they have moved to 12 The Crescent, Wimbledon Park; their four surviving children are recorded with them.