Richard Yeo was baptised at Merton 1786 to parents Robert Yeo and Susanna Down. He married Susanna Pilliphant at Merton in 1810; they had eleven children, including:
– Robert Yeo (see below)
– William Yeo (1819–1903, married Ann Williams, six children including Richard Yeo [note 1])
– Jane Yeo (see Edward Sanders Welsh and Jane Yeo)
– Eliza Yeo (1833–1907, married William Fowler).
Robert Yeo (1815–1889, son of Richard Yeo and Susanna Pilliphant) married Mary Ann Fulford and emigrated with her to Canada. Their seven children were born in Prince Edward Island:
– William Yeo (1843–1918, married Jane Brundage, two children)
– Thomas Yeo (1848–1928, married Mary Elizabeth Hosford, three children)
– Frank Yeo (1848–1920, married Mary Ann Carmault, four children)
– James Yeo (see below)
– Robert Yeo (see below)
– Louisa Yeo (1854–1930, married Nelson Hosford)
– John Yeo (1857–1929, married Annie Sellor, died in New Brunswick).
Robert Yeo (1852–1921, son of Robert Yeo and Mary Ann Fulford) married Orentha Pridham. Their ten children were born in Prince Edward Island:
– Charles Edward Pridham Yeo (1880–1956, married Ethel Penelope MacNell, two daughters)
– William Atlee Yeo (1881–1881)
– Elizabeth Abelena Yeo (1883–1972, married Colin Campbell Rix)
– Daniel Preston Tuplin Yeo (1885–1959, married Annie Bruce, four children, died in Massachusetts)
– William Colwill Yeo (1887–1972, married Annie Sanderson, three children, died in Massachusetts)
– Ruby Hannah Yeo (1890–1970, married Robert George Thurlow)
– Eliza Campbell Gordon Yeo (1891–1983, married John Alexander MacLeod, died in Massachusetts)
– George Earl Yeo (1892–1955, married Mary Livingstone, five children)
– Harry Secord Yeo (1895–1973, married Gladys Josephine Corbett, four sons)
– Sampson Robert Yeo (1896–1954, married Bertha Coburn, four children).
James Yeo (1850–1930, son of Robert Yeo and Mary Ann Fulford) remained in Prince Edward Island, where he married Mary Ann Chisholm. They had nine children, including:
– Horatio Nelson Yeo (1880–1906, died in the United States)
– Frank Wentworth Yeo (see below)
– Robert Charles Mackenzie Yeo (1888–1979, married Etta Blanche Acorn, six children).
Frank Wentworth Yeo (1880–1977, son of James Yeo and Mary Ann Chisholm) married Susan Augusta Gibbs [note 2]). They had three children:
– Wentworth Arthur Yeo (1910–1979, married Zena Frances Barbour, two daughters)
– Mabel Helen Pearl Yeo (1912–1969, married surname Harrison)
– Georgia Annie Yeo (1928–1937).
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Notes
1. Born 1858 at Monkleigh. Married Ellen Jane Ellis, three children.
2. This 1909 marriage appears to have been a Methodist ceremony held at the home of the bride’s parents. The parties were recorded as Frank Wentwith Yeo and Susie Augusta Gibbs.