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The Cornish Guardian published a brief report on 3 October 1940 of the funeral of Elizabeth Rosewall, held at the Methodist Church at St Newlyn East near Newquay. The report describes her as the 78-year-old widow of Josiah Rosewall. The published list of mourners includes Elizabeth’s brother Mr S. Yeo (see below), who was unable to attend.
Elizabeth Mary Yeo was born at Duloe in 1862 to parents Thomas Henry Yeo [note 1] and Ann Meech. Elizabeth had a son Ernest Stanley Yeo [note 2] before marrying Josiah Rosewall in 1900.
Thomas and Ann’s three other children were:
– Catherine Meech Yeo (born 1863)
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– William Henry Yeo (1868–1890).
Ann later married Charles Barnecutt in 1880. No record of her death has been found.
Samuel Yeo (1866–1945, son of Thomas Henry Yeo and Ann Meech) married Elizabeth Jane Ede at St Veep in 1865. They had eight children:
– Llewellyn Yeo
– William Norman Yeo (1873–1983, married Adela Pedlar in 1924)
– Bessie Olive Yeo (1896–1896)
– Wesley Charles Yeo (1897–1916, see War deaths)
– Elsie Jane Yeo (1898–1969, married Samuel John George in 1925)
– Samuel Morris Yeo (1899–1900)
– Thomas John Yeo (see below)
– Mabel Annie Yeo (1906–2001, married William John Steer in 1935).
Thomas John Yeo (1902–1988, son of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Jane Ede) married Inez Marlow Hambly in 1931. They had three children, including:
– Douglas John Yeo (1933–2016, married twice)
– Treve Horace Yeo (1947–2014, married Brenda Teresa Jordan in 1968).
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Notes
1. 1839–1870, son of Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Kitt. No record of Thomas’s marriage to Ann has been found.
2. 1890–1950, married Eliza Blanche Brenton, died in Canada. Ernest served with the U.S. Army during the First World War – it is not known whether he was posted to Europe, but he is recorded in Arizona in 1918.