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John Yeo was baptised at Kilkhampton in 1798 to parents Philip Yeo and Elizabeth Hallett. He married Ann Weare at the parish church in Kilkhampton in 1838 [note 1], shortly after the start of civil registration. The 1851 census records him as a boot maker.
Ann was baptised Ann Barrett at Morwenstow about 1799 [note 2] and had previously married John Weare at Kilkhampton in 1826.
John and Ann lived at Kilkhampton. They had seven children [note 3]:
– Elizabeth Ann Yeo (baptised 1835)
– Elizabeth Ann Yeo (1840–1846)
– John Yeo (1839–1839)
– Emma Yeo (1841–1841)
– John Gregory Yeo (1842–1923)
– Emma Yeo (born 1844)
– unnamed daughter (1847–1847).
John Yeo had died by about 1860 [note 4] and Ann continued to live in Kilkhampton; the 1881 census records her as a widow and she appears not to have re-married. She had four more children:
– William Henry Yeo (see below)
– Mary Jane Yeo (born 1863)
– Thomas Yeo (born 1864)
– Charlie Yeo (baptised 1869).
William Henry Yeo (born 1862 at Kilkhampton, son of Ann Yeo [note 5]) married Selina Bonetto [note 6]. They had five children:
– Edith Yeo (born 1889)
– Beatrice Mary Yeo (1892–1895)
– William Yeo (born 1890 at Bude)
– John Thomas Yeo (born 1898 at Bude)
– Ernest Yeo (born 1902).
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Notes
1. A transcription by Humphrey Toms records the parish as Launcells.
2. Baptism record not found. Some researchers have recorded her surname as Burrow or Burrows.
3. Children identified from baptism and burial records where civil registration records are absent.
4. No death or burial record found. It might be that John deserted his family and died at a later date. The death of a John Yeo in 1902 (registered at Holsworthy, age 84) is a good match.
5. On William’s birth certifcate, his mother is recorded as Ann Yeo formerly Gist. Is this inaccurate or was she married three times?
6. Marriage registered 1899 at East Stonehouse. They are recorded at 5 Granville Terrace, Bude in the 1901 census with their children Edith, William and John. Was Selina related to Robert Bonnetta, who married Charlotte Yeo of Kilkhampton?