The 1911 census for Bow in the East End of London records 23-year-old James George Yeo at 22 Cantrell Road, his occupation ‘jam factory’. Listed with him are his wife Maud Louisa Yeo (age 21) and his ten-year-old nephew Sidney Line [note 1].
James and Maud had married at the parish church of St Matthias, Poplar the previous year. Soon after the census was taken, their first child was born; she was followed by twins and another daughter:
– Maudie Annie Yeo (born 1911) [note 2]
– George Yeo (1914–1977, married Gladys Emily George) [note 3]
– Daisy Freda Yeo (1914–1916)
– Doris May Yeo (born 1920) [note 2]
The 1939 Register for West Ham lists James and Maud at 137 Barnwood Road – James is working as a boiler sealer. Only their son George is listed with them, his occupation recorded as ‘barge hand sugar H’.
No record of James’s death has been found [note 4]; his wife Maud died in 1969.
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Notes
1. Sydney Charles Richard Line (1900–1957), younger brother of Maud Louisa Line. Their parents were William James Line and Sarah Collins.
2. No marriage or death record has been found for Maudie or Doris, and it seems likely that they both died before 1939.
3. Married in London in 1937; twin sons.
4. James was born about 1887 if his age is correctly stated in the 1911 census. He is shown as George James Yeo in the baptism records of his second and third children, so there are several ways his name might have been recorded when he died. Did he perhaps emigrate to look for work?