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John Yeo and Isaac Yeo were brothers, sons of John Yeo and Joanna Keenor.
John Yeo (1803–1891) married Alice Luxmoore at Germansweek in 1834. They had four children at Lifton:
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1837)
– Mary Yeo (born 1839)
– John Luxmoore Yeo (see below)
– Susanna Yeo (1844–1921, married Edward Steward)
and two after moving to Lewtrenchard:
– Samuel Luxmoore Yeo (1846–1918, married Elizabeth Ann Hole, two children including Ernest John Yeo, see below)
– Maria Yeo (born 1848, married Thomas Hendy).
The 1861 census records 58-year-old John Yeo farming at Orchard, Lewtrenchard.
Isaac Yeo (1815–1901) married Elizabeth Luxmoore in 1839. Their seven children were born at Germansweek:
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1840)
– John James Yeo (see below)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Samuel Luxmoore Yeo (1848–1849)
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Ellen Elizabeth Luxmoore Yeo (1853–1853)
– Ellen Yeo (1856–1922, married George Wise).
The 1861 census records 45-year-old Isaac Yeo farming at Beechcombe, Lewtrenchard [note 1].
John Luxmoore Yeo (1841–1878, son of John Yeo and Alice Luxmoore) married Alice Foot at Lamerton in 1869. They had five children:
– William Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Alice Yeo (born 1872)
– Frederick Foot Yeo (1874–1874)
– John Foot Yeo (1876–1877)
– Henry Yeo (1877–1878).
William Yeo (1846–1916, son of Isaac Yeo and Elizabeth Luxmoore) married Eliza Anne Kennard [note 2]. They had two children at Bratton Clovelly:
– Frederick George Yeo (born 1871)
– Samuel Yeo (1873–1950)
and two more after they moved to Peter Tavy:
– Sydney William Yeo (1876–1969)
– Alfred Yeo (see below).
Samuel Yeo (born 1850, son of Isaac Yeo and Elizabeth Luxmoore) married Agnes Maria Madders in 1850. They emigrated to the United States and settled in California, where they had four children:
– Nellie Yeo (1884–1957)
– William Luxmoore Yeo (1885–1968)
– Evelyn Luxmoore Yeo (1892–1976)
– Rita Luxmoore Yeo (born 1893, married Winthrop Randall Austin).
William Samuel Yeo (1870–1937, son of John Luxmoore Yeo and Alice Foot) married Annie Ada Robinson and Lily Maud Webb née Gregg. There were three daughters from his first marriage:
– Annie Alice Yeo (1892–1987, married Archibald Sherrard)
– Gladys May Yeo (1893–1960, married John Albert Pooley)
– Florence Kate Yeo (1896–1997, married William Rogers Sproul and Harry George Daw).
Ernest John Yeo (1875–1956, son of Samuel Luxmoore Yeo and Elizabeth Ann Hole) was born at Lewtrenchard. He married Martha Pengelly in 1914 [note 3] and they had four children:
– Phyllis Elizabeth Yeo (1915–1984, married Leslie Archibald Roger Huggins)
– Edith Joan Yeo (born 1916)
– William Ernest Yeo (1918–2001)
– Stanley Luxmoore Yeo (born 1923).
The 1921 census for Peter Tavy records the family: Ernest (age 47) is farming at Bearwalls and is listed with his wife Martha (30, born at Tywardreath), his children Edith Joan Yeo (4) and William Ernest Yeo (2), his niece Ivy May Pengelly (19), brother-in-law Lewis John Pengelly (27) and farm worker Alfred Thomas Clark (17).
Alfred Yeo (1878–1959, son of William Yeo and Eliza Ann Kingdon) married Alice May Kingdon in 1919. They had two children, including:
– Alfred Sidney Yeo (1921–1983 [note 4], married Eva Amelia Carthew Peterson, two children).
John James Yeo (1845–1919, son of Isaac Yeo and Elizabeth Luxmoore) married Ellen Susanna Burnard. They farmed at Germansweek until about 1880, then at Berry Pomeroy [note 5] and had seven children:
– John Henry Yeo (1873–1912, died in South Africa)
– Alfred Burnard Yeo
– Herbert Thomas Yeo (1887–1912, married Kate Louisa Skinner, five children)
– William Louis Yeo
– Albany Yeo (1882–1942, died in Vancouver)
– Helena Olivia Yeo (1884–1915)
– Samuel Luxmoore Yeo (1890–1969, married Helen Loram, three children).
For further information about these families, see Ian Pykett’s book The Life & Times of Revd John Reddaway Luxmoore (1829–1917) – details under Recommended reading.
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Notes
1. See Yoe in the 1861 census.
2. Surname recorded by Sheila Yeo as Hamaid; also recorded as Wilson.
3. Marriage registered at Tavistock.
4. Also recorded as Sidney Alfred Yeo.
5. The 1881 census records them at Wildwoods, Berry Pomeroy. John James Yeo, age 36, is farming 203 acres and employing three farm labourers. Listed with him are his wife Ellen S. Yeo (age 30); his sons John H. Yeo (8), Alfred B. Yeo (6), Hebert T. Yeo (4) and William L. Yeo (2); farm labourers John Tuckett, Elias Tuckett and William Down; domestic servant Amelia J. Routley; and a visitor, Ellen’s sister Mary M. Bernard.