Robert Yeo (baptised at South Tawton in 1802) was the third son of Robert Yeo and Susanna Webber.
Several researchers, including Sheila, have looked into Robert’s line of descent but have not been able to trace it with certainty. Our working assumption is that he was the Robert Yeo who married Ann Syms. Their marriage took place at South Tawton in 1827, where their first five children were baptised:
– Susanna Yeo (1829–1870, married Francis Dyer)
– Robert Yeo (see below)
– Margaret Yeo (1833–1907, married John Hall)
– Joseph Yeo (1839–1860)
– Ann Yeo (1837–1907, married John Thorne, five children)
The 1841 census records Robert and Ann living with four of their children at Spitlar Cross, to the east of South Tawton in the hamlet of Addiscott. Robert is an agricultural labourer. They had another son:
– John Yeo (see John Yeo and Elizabeth Crout)
Robert and Ann soon moved to Moretonhampstead, where two further sons were born:
– George Yeo (1845–1853)
– William John Yeo (see below).
Robert died at Moretonhampstead in 1878.
Robert Yeo (1831–1907) was the eldest son of Robert Yeo and Ann Syms. He married Ruth Ponsford at Spreyton in 1863; they had ten children:
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1864)
– William Henry Yeo (born 1865)
– Edwin Yeo (1867–1945, married Mary Palmer) [note 1]
– Albert Yeo (1869–1918, married Blanche Elizabeth Pyke)
– Ellen Yeo (born 1867, twin sister of Albert)
– George Yeo (born 1871, married Ellen Arscott, three children)
– Alice Yeo (born 1873)
– Emma Yeo (born 1877)
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1879)
– Emily Yeo (born 1882).
William John Yeo (1851–1935) was the youngest son of Robert Yeo and Ann Syms. He married Mary Pike at Moretonhampstead in 1874; they had ten children:
– Mary Ann Yeo (1876–1971, married Ernest George Mares)
– Emma Elizabeth Yeo (born 1877 at Moretonhampstead)
– William John Yeo (1880–1908)
– Amelia Bessie Yeo (born 1882 at Moretonhampstead, married Samuel John Hawkes)
– Edith Ellen Yeo (1883–1953, married William John Ford Beer)
– Rhoda Lucy Yeo (1884–1960, married Frederick Wilfred Parr Casely)
– Mark Henry Yeo (1891–1952, married Lilian May Grant, son Francis Mark Yeo, 1916–1962)
– Henry Arthur Yeo (born 1887 at Bovey Tracey)
– Alfred James Yeo (born 1896 at Bovey Tracey)
– William Henry Yeo (born 1899 at Bovey Tracey).
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Note
1. Edwin and Mary were ancestors of Ramon Yeo, former Lord Mayor of Exeter.