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John Yeo was baptised at Hartland in 1824 to parents Thomas and Dorothy Yeo. In 1846 he married Cardiff-born Priscilla Lewis née Hallard [note 1] by licence at the parish church in St John, near Cardiff.
On their marriage certificate, John is recorded as a bachelor, his occupation as engineer and his father as farmer Thomas Yeo. Priscilla is recorded as a widow, daughter of baker Thomas Hallard. Both are recorded as of full age (i.e. over 21) and from St John.
John and Priscilla moved to Lancashire soon after their marriage. They had two children before Priscilla’s death in 1849 at the age of 35:
– Thomas Yeo (see below)
– Priscilla Yeo (born 1849).
John married his second wife Sarah Crowe in 1858 at Lockwood, near Huddersfield. John and Sarah registered the births of three children at Blackburn:
– Charlotte Yeo (born 1859)
– John William Yeo (born 1860)
– Arthur Yeo (born 1862)
before emigrating to the United States. Their fourth child was born in Chicago:
– Mary Jane Yeo (born 1865).
Thomas Yeo (1847–1925, son of John Yeo and Priscilla Lewis née Hallard) married Mary Jane Pippett in Devon in 1868. They had nine children, including:
– Priscilla Ellen Yeo (1868–1869)
– Frank Yeo (1880–1944, died in Canada)
– John Yeo.
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Note
1. Widow of Daniel Lewis, whom she married in 1838.