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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 had at least six children [note 1]:
– Mary Yeo (1805–1867, married George Spencer at Kingsteignton in 1836) [note 2]
– Grace Yeo (1807–1900, died in Buckinghamshire)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Elizabeth Yeo (1811–1893, married William Hole at Dawlish in 1838) [note 3]
– James Yeo
– Alice Yeo (1818–1887, married Samuel Snow at Kingsteignton in 1840, died in London).
James’s widow Elizabeth is recorded living with her son John in Kingsteignton in 1841.
John Yeo (1809–1882, son of James Yeo and Elizabeth Upham) was baptised at Dawlish. He married Elizabeth Batstone at Kingsteignton in 1837. They had eight children, the first four at Kingsteignton [note 4]:
– Jane Batstone Yeo (1838–1924, married Peter Knight at Stoke Poges in 1868) [note 5]
– William Yeo (see below)
– Henry Yeo
– Helena Maria Yeo (see below)
followed by a son after moving to Dawlish:
– Charles James Yeo (see below)
two sons after they moved to Torquay:
– John Yeo
– Frank Yeo (1855–1855)
and a further son after they moved to Buckinghamshire:
– David Yeo (1857–1866) [note 6].
William Yeo (born 1840, son of John Yeo and Elizabeth Batstone) moved to London, where he married Elizabeth Ann Templeman [note 7] in London in 1869. They had six children [note 8]:
– 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).
Helena Maria Yeo (1844–1930 [note 9], daughter of John Yeo and Elizabeth Batstone) moved to London, and is recorded as a servant in the 1861 census [note 10]. She married William White at Upton cum Chalvey, Buckinghamshire in 1865 and later emigrated to Ontario.
Charles James Yeo (1848–1905, son of John Yeo and Elizabeth Batstone) moved to London, where he married Jane Caterer Allen at St Clement, Notting Hill in 1878 [note 11]. Charles and Jane had nine children. The first four were born at Brentford:
– Emily Jane Yeo (born c1876)
– Charles John Yeo (1878–1934)
– Elizabeth Jane Yeo (born 1880, married Sydney Cooke at St Saviour, Raynes Park in 1908)
– Grace Yeo (1882–1972, married Reuben Sweales at St John, Southall in 1899)
and the other five at Southall:
– John Henry Yeo
– Harry Yeo (1885–1967)
– Mary Jane Allen Yeo (1887–1967, married Jack Allen at St Mary, Hammersmith in 1910) [note 12]
– Alice Yeo (1890–1864, married Henry Stevens at St John, Southall in 1914)
– William James Yeo (see below).
William Henry Yeo (born 1872 [note 13], 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 Gaillard in 1929)
– Ivy Grace Yeo (1899–1997)
– Mabel Maud Yeo (1902–1906)
– Reginald William Yeo (1905–2000)
– Percy John Yeo (1914–1995, married Margaret Olwen Griffiths in 1939 and Catherine Eileen Talbot née Evans in 1970).
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 (1903–1929 [note 14], married Helena Susan Morris at St Luke, West Kilburn in 1927)
– Charles George Yeo (born 1907, married Lilian Maud Burman in 1933).
William James Yeo (born 1892, son of Charles James Yeo and Jane Caterer Allen) married Harriet Elizabeth Tripp at St John, Southall in 1917. They had a daughter:
– Kathleen Vanessa Incledon Yeo (1889–1971, married Samuel John Ashelford at Exeter Register Office in 1915).
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Notes
1. An additional daughter, Ann Yeo, baptised about 1806, was included in research by Sheila Yeo, but no supporting records have been found.
2. Mary appears to have been baptised at Mamhead; she died at Coombe Pafford.
3. Sheila Yeo was able to make contact with two of William and Elizabeth’s descendants.
4. The 1841 census records John and Elizabeth in Fair Water Street, Kingsteignton. John is recorded as a yeoman (which is unlikely to be inaccurate – he was probably working as a farmhand). Also in the household are their daughter Jane and son William, and John’s widowed mother Elizabeth Yeo née Upham.
5. Jane is recorded with her parents at St Marychurch (Torquay) in the 1851 census. The 1861 census records her in London, working as a servant in the household of John Whitehead at 25 Upper Hamilton Terrace, Marylebone.
6. David was born at Iver. The 1861 census records the family there – John is working as a shepherd. The 1871 census records John and Elizabeth at Gerrards Cross, where John is a farm bailiff; listed with them are John’s unmarried sister Grace Yeo and his granddaughter Elizabeth White (daughter of his daughter Helena).
7. Recorded by Sheila Yeo as Hannah Templeman.
8. 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) and Alice (0) are listed with them.
9. Birth registered as Ellen Yeo.
10. 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 is inaccurately recorded as Dawlish.
11. See Yoe in the 1901 census.
12. The 1911 census for Shepherds Bush in west London records Jack Allen at 27 Melina Road. He is 25 years old, works as a labourer for the Great Western Railway, and was born at Shepherds Bush. Listed with him is his wife Mary Jane, whose age is recorded as 24.
13. No record of William’s death has been found. His wife Florence lived until 1939.
14. Baptised at St John the Evangelist, Kilburn as Arthur George Yeo.