Sheila first researched this family with a correspondent in 2002.
James Yeo (1804–1882, originally from Torquay [note 1]) moved to London and married Susannah Poole in Marylebone in 1831. They had five children in London:
– Ann Yeo (born 1834, married William Garrett, two sons)
– George Patterson Yeo (1835–1837)
– Richard McCartney Yeo (1837–1837)
– James Yeo (see below)
– Susannah Yeo (born 1841)
and then moved to Northampton, where they had four further children:
– George Yeo (1842–1898, married Sarah Ann Ellender, one son)
– Richard Yeo (born 1844) [note 2]
– William Yeo (born 1846, married Martha Whiffen, five children including William Dearing Yeo, see below)
– Henry Yeo (born 1849).
James and Susannah moved back to London, where they had another daughter:
– Elizabeth Frances Yeo (born 1854).
James Yeo (1837–1894, son of James Yeo and Susannah Poole) married Lydia Mary Hicks in 1861. They had nine children [note 3]:
– Lydia Mary Yeo (1862–1954, married James Wadsworth Bradford)
– James Henry Yeo (born 1865)
– James Yeo (1867–1928, married Alice Upsom, died in New Zealand)
– George Henry Yeo (1868–1958, married Fanny Mann née Baveystock, son Edward George Yeo, see below)
– Eliza Jane Yeo (born 1870)
– William Edward Yeo (1872–1937, married Clara Emily Doubtfire, two daughters)
– Susan Ann Yeo
– Edward Yeo (born 1876)
– Ernest Alfred Yeo (born 1878).
William Dearing Yeo (1890–1956, son of William Yeo and Martha Whiffen) was born in London [note 4]. The 1911 census records him as a gardener in the Surrey village of Cranleigh, and shortly afterwards he married Minnie Porter at nearby Hambledon. They had ten children:
– Leslie William Yeo (born 1912)
– Wilfred George Yeo (born 1915, married Margaret Procter in 1941, three children)
– Doris Yeo (1918–2002, married Geoffrey Veitch)
– Edwin Yeo (1920–2013, married Eva Doris Punt, son Marcus Yeo)
– Mollie Yeo (born 1922, married Allen Edward Bickmore in 1943)
– Evelyn Betty Yeo (born 1924, married Francis Doidge in 1946)
– Joan Yeo (born 1925, died as an infant)
– John Yeo (born 1925)
– Olive Nora Yeo (born 1926, died as a child)
– Frank Yeo (born 1929, married Joyce Edwards [note 5], two daughters).
Edward George Yeo (1896–1983, son of George Henry Yeo and Fanny Mann née Baveystock) married Ethel Marjorie Lawrence in London in 1921 [note 6]. They had one son:
– John Lawrence Yeo (1925–1995, married Barbara Clare Seppings, no recorded children).
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Notes
1. According to Sheila’s correspondent, James’s parents were George Yeo and Elizabeth Barnsby; this information requires confirmation.
2. Richard is recorded in the 1861 census as a shoemaker in Northampton.
3. The first two children were born in Northampton. Sheila also recorded a daughter Ellen Yeo (born 1870) who requires confirmation – no matching birth registration has been found.
4. Baptised at the church of St John the Evangelist, Holborn as Willie Yeo. The parish register records his father as William Yeo of 3 Leigh Street, a watchman and caretaker, and his mother as Martha Yeo.
5. Marriage requires confirmation.
6. Edward and Ethel married at Christ Church, Brondesbury – in Christchurch Avenue, a turning off Willesden Lane, London NW6. Edward is recorded on their marriage certificate as a bachelor, a civil servant of 47 Warner Road, Hornsey; his father George Henry Yeo is a silversmith. Ethel is recorded as a spinster of 17 Staverton Road; her father Charles Lawrence is a sanitary inspector. Banns had been read.