John Thomas Yeo

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John Thomas Yeo (1863–1925) was the eldest son of John Thomas Yeo and Amelia Cooper. He married twice, first to Eliza Wiffin at the parish church of St Saviour, Newington in 1882. They had eight children, including [note 1]:
– George William Yeo (born 1883) [note 2]
– John Thomas Yeo (1883–1937, married Florence Maud Southgate)
– Harry Yeo (born 1885)
– Florence Edith Yeo (born 1887)

Eliza died in 1903, and John married Mary Ann Harmer née Murphy at the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, Southwark in 1904. They had three children:
– Frederick Charles Yeo (born 1905) [note 3]
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1906)
– Edward John Yeo (born 1910, married Mary Saunders, son John Edward Yeo born 1944).

The 1911 census records John and Mary Ann living in Bermondsey with their children Mary Ann Yeo (age 5) and Edward Yeo (1). Also listed in the household are Mary’s son Thomas Harmer (age 11) [note 4], John’s sons Henry Yeo (age 20) and Thomas Yeo (age 18) from his previous marriage, and 54-year-old lodger John Edmonson.

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Notes
1. Family based on a pedigree by Sheila Yeo. Further research is required. For the family of William Yeo and Martha Wiffin, see James Yeo and Susanna Poole.
2. Birth registered at Portland as an Army birth.
3. Frederick appears to have died before the 1911 census was taken.
4. From her previous marriage to Thomas Harry Harmer in 1898.

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