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Joseph Yeo (1805–1867) was baptised at South Tawton, the third son of Robert Yeo and Susanna Webber (where details of his first marriage are shown).
Joseph’s second marriage was at Tedburn St Mary in 1836 to Ann Westcott; they had six children there:
– George Yeo (see below)
– Mary Yeo (1841–1902, married David Hutchings)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Ann Yeo (born 1848, married Henry John Reeve and William Burridge)
– Susan Yeo (1852–1861)
– Joseph Yeo (1856–1930, married Lucy Mary Strong, five children).
George Yeo (1838–1888, son of Joseph Yeo and Ann Westcott) married Jane Hill in 1867. Their descendants in the Brighton area were researched by Sheila in 2007 following information received from a correspondent, and Emma Hallet has researched the Cheriton Bishop families.
George and Jane lived in Cheriton Bishop and had ten children there:
– John Yeo (1867–1944, married Edith Louisa Underhill, five children)
– George Yeo (see below)
– Mary Josephine Yeo (1871–1952 [note 1], married Walter Breach, daughter May Josephine Yeo Breach, 1895–1988)
– Jessie Yeo (born 1874, married Charles Arthur Popplewell in London in 1902)
– William James Yeo (1876–1970, moved to Bristol and married Margaret Alexander, two children)
– Charles Yeo (see below)
– Alfred Yeo (see Alfred Yeo and Sarah Ann Caroline Burtenshaw)
– Albert Henry Yeo (1883–1940)
– Ernest Joseph Yeo (1886–1951, moved to Bristol and married Violet Nellie Moore, three children)
– Lucy Ann Yeo (born 1888, moved to London, married William Ernest Reynolds).
William Yeo (1843–1920, son of Joseph Yeo and Ann Westcott) married Mary Ann Powlesland in 1866. They lived initially at Cheriton Bishop, where they had seven children:
– Ann Yeo (1867–1924)
– Emily Jane Yeo (1868–1933, married Walter Charles Bulley [note 2])
– Susan Yeo (1869–1870)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Albert Yeo (see below)
– Susan Yeo (born 1874, died as a child)
– Florence Yeo (1875–1956, married George Henry Edgar Pitts)
before moving to Stokeinteignhead and having four more children there:
– Joseph Yeo (1878–1944, married Alice Bennett)
– Mary Elizabeth Yeo (born 1879)
– Alice Maud Yeo (born 1884, married Thomas John Maddicott)
– Frederic George Yeo (1893–1956).
George Yeo (1870–1962, son of George Yeo and Jane Hill) moved to Somerset and married Lucy Evans at Long Ashton in 1899. They had three children there:
– Percy George Yeo (born 1901)
– Norman Henry Yeo (born 1907)
– Alice Mary Yeo (born 1911, died as an infant).
William Yeo (1870–1949, son of William Yeo and Mary Ann Powlesland) moved the short distance from Stokeinteignhead to Dawlish, where he worked for the Great Western Railway. William married Annie Maud Mary Hoare [note 3] and they had two children:
– Edward William John Yeo (see below)
– Amy Doreen Pansy Yeo (1908–1992, married William Alfred Ernest Tothill).
Albert Yeo (1871–1931, son of William Yeo and Mary Ann Powlesland) married Lucy Murch in 1897. They had five children:
– Lucy Yeo (1899–1906)
– Albert Edward Yeo (1902–1986, married Lillian Mills née Burge, formerly Long, one daughter)
– Dorothy May Yeo (born 1905)
– Queenie May Yeo (1907–1907)
– Queenie May Yeo (1909–1992, married Edward John Northcott).
Edward William John Yeo (1904–1970, son of William Yeo and Annie Maud Mary Hoare) [note 4] married Dorothy Mabel Ford in 1928. They had three children:
– Douglas John Yeo (1928–2006, married Miriam Irene Glossop)
– Maureen Ann Yeo (1933–2020, married Bryan Frederick John Back)
– Eileen Yeo (born 1935, married Brian Gillard).
Charles Yeo (1879–1976, son of George Yeo and Jane Hill) moved to Sussex and married Helen Perry at Hove in 1903 [note 5]. They had five children:
– Charles George Frederick Yeo (1904–1972, married Winifred Mabel Bridger, six children)
– Harold Henry Yeo (1907–1994, married Susie Alice Constance Genner, four children)
– Winifred Edith Yeo (1910–1979, married Alfred Stowe and Gordon Sloper)
– Gladys May Yeo (1912–2008, married George William Alfred Painter and George J. Abbott)
– Queenie Mildred Yeo (born 1921, married Mervin F. Brown and emigrated to Canada).
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Notes
1. Birth registered as Mary Jane Yeo; she had a son Owen George Yeo the year before she married.
2. Walter’s brother Alfred Bulley married Susan Jane Yeo in 1896.
3. Married at the Cofton Chapelry in Dawlish in 1899.
4. The 1939 Register records 35-year-old Edward W.J. Yeo at Half Moon Cottage in Cockwood, a village a short distance north of Dawlish Warren. He is employed as a green keeper at a golf course; listed with him are his wife Dorothy M. Yeo (age 34), his son Douglas J. Yeo (age 9) and his daughter Maureen A. Yeo (age 6).
5. The 1911 census for records the family in Mill Road, Portslade. Charles is a 32-year-old furniture porter, Helen is 26, and their children are Charles George Frederick Yeo (age 6), Harold Henry Yeo (4) and Winifred Edith Yeo (ten months).