James Yeo was born in humble circumstances in Barnstaple in 1859. His parents James Yeo and Betsy Laramy had married in 1856 and had nine other children. His father was a tailor.
James married Ellen Clark in 1883 and they had three sons:
– Lionel James Clark Yeo (1884–1960, married Florence Amelia Cooper, one son)
– Reginald William Clark Yeo (1885–1942, emigrated to the United States and settled in California, married Amy Marguerite Chinn, six children)
– Gerald Herbert Clark Yeo (1887–1906)
After Ellen’s death in 1893, James married Edith Florence Ralph. They had four children:
– Harold Elvery Yeo (see below)
– Edgar Leslie Yeo (1985–1937, married Dorie Hoffman, son James Alfred Yeo born 1928)
– Cecil James Yeo (born in Purley, Surrey in 1898, died on 2 July 1942 while serving as a Lieutenant Colonel with the East Surrey Regiment)
– Phyllis Jessie Yeo (1899–1972, married William Lionel Windover).
James retired as a company director and lived in the affluent area of St John’s Wood in London. When he died in 1940 his estate was valued at over £65,000.
Harold Elvery Yeo (1894–1957, son of James Yeo and Edith Florence Ralph) married Joan Priscilla Green in London in 1933. They had four children:
– Peter Harold Yeo (1934–2011, married Marlene Wiemer, no recorded children)
– Priscilla Dillworth Yeo (1936–2005, married Mark Cornwall-Jones)
– Christopher S. Yeo (born 1939) [note 1]
– Phoebe Joanna Yeo (born 1947, died as an infant).
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Note:
1. Christopher might have married Angela Barrow in 1977. The marriage is recorded in the Windsor and Maidenhead registration district in the third quarter of the year: Christopher S. Hussey-Yeo and Angela M. Barrow. Is this the same Christopher Yeo? Or is Christopher Hussey-Yeo a descendant of Joseph Greek Yeo and Jane Matthews?