James Yeo (1773–1835) was a great grandson of Andrew Yeo and Prudence Avery of Hatherleigh and Beaford. He married Elizabeth Upham at Dawlish in 1805; they baptised seven children there:
– Mary Yeo (baptised c1805)
– Ann Yeo (baptised c1806)
– Grace Yeo (baptised 1807)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Elizabeth Yeo (1811–1893, married William Hole – Sheila was able to make contact with two of their descendants)
– James Yeo (baptised 1813, married Eliza Coleman, two daughters)
– Alice Yeo (baptised 1818, married Samuel Snow).
John Yeo (baptised 1809, son of James Yeo and Elizabeth Upham) married Elizabeth Batstone at Kinsgsteignton in 1837. Their six children were born there:
– Jane Batstone Yeo (born 1838)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Henry Yeo (see Henry Yeo and Jane Lee)
– Helena Maria Yeo (see below)
– Charles James Yeo (see below)
– John Yeo (see John Yeo and Elizabeth Kate Maclean).
William Yeo (born 1840, son of John Yeo and Elizabeth Batstone) moved to London, where he married Elizabeth Ann Templeman [note 1] in 1883. They had six children:
– William Henry Yeo (see below)
– Charles James Yeo (see below)
– Ellen Elizabeth Yeo (1876–1890)
– John Yeo (1877–1934)
– Robert Ernest Peter Yeo (1879–1880)
– Bessie Maud Yeo (1881–1881).
Charles James Yeo (1848–1905, son of John Yeo and Elizabeth Batstone) moved to London, where he married Jane Caterer Allen in 1878 [note 2]. Charles and Jane had eight children. The first four were born at Brentford:
– Emily Jane Yeo (born 1876 needs confirmation)
– Charles John Yeo (1878–1934)
– Elizabeth Jane Yeo (born 1880, married Sydney Cooke)
– Grace Yeo (1882–1972, married Reuben Sweales)
and the other five at Southall:
– John Henry Yeo (see Christopher Charles Andrew and Kathleen Jane Yeo)
– Harry Yeo (1885–1967)
– Mary Jane Yeo (born 1887, married Jack Allen in Hammersmith in 1910, daughter Mary Jane Allen Yeo, born 1887 I)
– Alice Yeo (born 1890, married Henry Stevens)
– William James Yeo (born 1892).
Helena Maria Yeo (1845–1934, daughter of John Yeo and Elizabeth Batstone) moved to London, and is recorded as a servant in the 1861 census [note 4]. She married William White at the parish church in Upton cum Chalvey, Buckinghamshire in 1865.
William Henry Yeo (born 1872 [note 5], son of William Yeo and Elizabeth Ann Templeman) married Florence Louise Loring at St James, Bermondsey in 1896. They had five children:
– Nellie Florence Yeo (1897–1985, married Stanley Gillard)
– Ivy Grace Yeo (1899–1997)
– Mabel Maud Yeo (1902–1906)
– Reginald William Yeo (1905–2000)
– Percy John Yeo (1914–1995, married Margaret Olwen Griffiths and Catherine Eileen Talbot née Evans).
Charles James Yeo (1874–1928, son of William Yeo and Elizabeth Ann Templeman) married Fanny Louisa Hole in Kilburn in 1901. They had two sons:
– Arthur John Yeo (born 1903–1929 [note 6], married Helena Susan Morris)
– Charles George Yeo (born 1907, married Lilian Maud Burman).
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Notes
1. Recorded by Sheila as Hannah Templeman.
2. The 1891 census for Norwood, Middlesex records the family at Tiddesley’s Cottages. Charles is a 43-year-old labourer in a gas works, his wife Jane is 40, and children Charles J. (age 12), Elizabeth J. (10), Grace (9), John H. (7), Harry (6), Mary J. (4) [note 2] and Alice (0) are listed with them.
3. See Yoe in the 1901 census.
4. Helena is living at 4 Bloomsbury Square in the household of William Middleton, a 36-year-old coach builder, whose wife Mary Ann is 39. Helena’s age is over-stated as 19 and her birthplace inaccurately recorded as Dawlish.
5. No record of William’s death has been found. His wife Florence lived until 1939.
6. Baptised at St John the Evangelist, Kilburn as Arthur George Yeo.