The inscription on a headstone in the burial yard at Saltash Baptist Chapel reads ‘Lavinia Caroline Morris Stephens / wife of the late / Henry Stephens / and daughter of the late / John Yeo / who died Novr. 14th 1880 / aged 77 years’ [note 1].
Lavinia’s death was registered at Plymouth in the fourth quarter of 1880. She was baptised at Stoke Damerel in 1805 as Lavinia Caroline Morris Yeo [note 2] and married Henry Stephens at East Stonehouse in 1833.
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Notes
1. The headstone also commemorates Lavinia’s granddaughter Delia Lavinia Ellacott Ward (1871–1872, birth and death registered at Plympton).
2. To parents John Yeo and Jane Macey Ross.