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John Yeo and Isaac Yeo were brothers, both baptised at Inwardleigh to parents John Yeo and Joanna Keenor.
John Yeo (1803–1891) married Alice Luxmoore at Germansweek in 1834. They lived at Lifton, where they had four children:
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1837)
– Mary Yeo (1839–1935, married Richard Kennard at Lamerton in 1861)
– John Luxmoore Yeo (see below)
– Susanna Yeo (1844–1921, married Edward Steward at Lewtrenchard in 1873)
before moving to Lewtrenchard, where they had two further children:
– Samuel Luxmoore Yeo (see below)
– Maria Yeo (born 1848, married Thomas Hendy in Nottingham in 1890).
The 1861 census records 58-year-old John Yeo farming at Orchard, Lewtrenchard.
Isaac Yeo (1815–1901) married Elizabeth Luxmoore at Germansweek in 1834. They had eight children:
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1837 at Germansweek)
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1840 at Germansweek)
– John James Yeo (see below)
– William Yeo (see below)
– Samuel Luxmoore Yeo (1848–1849, born at Germansweek)
– Samuel Yeo (see below)
– Ellen Elizabeth Luxmoore Yeo (1853–1853, born at Germansweek)
– Ellen Yeo (1856–1922, born at Lifton, married George Wise in 1874).
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) was born at Germansweek. He 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).
Samuel Luxmoore Yeo (1846–1918, son of John Yeo and Alice Luxmoore) married Elizabeth Ann Hole. Their two children were born at Lewtrenchard:
– Ernest John Yeo (see below)
– William Samuel Yeo (1883–1957, married Lily Louisa Evelyn in 1910).
William Yeo (1846–1916, son of Isaac Yeo and Elizabeth Luxmoore) was born at Germansweek. He 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) was at Germansweek. He 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.