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John Yeo (1824–1863, son of Thomas and Mary Yeo) was baptised at Pilton. His work at sea took him away from north Devon, and he spent some time in Liverpool, as he married Sarah Jopson at the parish church in Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool in 1845. Their marriage certificate describes John as a bachelor and a mariner, and records his father as Thomas Yeo deceased, a millwright [notes 1, 2]. Sarah is described as a spinster. She was baptised in the same church in 1824 to parents Robert Jopson and Alice Rigby.
John Yeo was captain of the merchant ship Whinfell – he died at sea while sailing to New South Wales in 1863. His wife Sarah remained in England, re-married in 1864 [note 3], and lived until 1897.
John and Sarah had eight daughters:
– Mary Elizabeth Yeo (1846–1850)
– Alice Louisa Yeo (see below)
– Margaret Rowson Yeo (1851–1922, married George Roberts)
– Sarah Elizabeth Yeo (1854–1932, married Matthew Leavens Fawcitt, daughter Alice Yeo Fawcitt [note 4])
– Mary Elizabeth Yeo (born 1856)
– Elizabeth Caroline Yeo (1859–1930, married Edward Thomas Lloyd)
– Emily Miriam Yeo (1860–1956, married Harry Coop)
– Florence Mary Yeo (born 1862).
The 1851 census for Liverpool records Sarah as a 26-year-old mariner’s wife, living in Portland Place, Everton. Her daughters Alice and Margaret are listed with her.
Alice Louisa Yeo (1848–1915, daughter of John Yeo and Sarah Jopson) married German rope maker Augustus Frederick Hanewinkel (1861–1904) [note 5]. Their eight children included Alice Yeo Hanewinkel (1880–1882).
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Notes
1. Researchers have speculated that John’s parents were Thomas Yeo and Elizabeth Shapland or Thomas Yeo and Sally Bale, but the line of descent presented here is based on a 2008 pedigree by the late Patricia Gore. We are also grateful for information received from James Evans and Sarah Carrington.
2. Millwright Thomas Yeo of Pilton appeared in court in 1825 after failing to pay wages to John Furse.
3. She married John Armstrong at the parish church of St Philip, Liverpool.
4. 1897–1984, married Charles John George Hedges.
5. Alice was baptised at the parish church of St Martin, Liverpool. She and Augustus married at the church of St Stephen the Martyr, Edge Hill in 1873 (recorded in the West Derby registration district).