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Robert Yeo (baptised at South Tawton in 1802) was the third son of Robert Yeo and Susanna Webber. He married Ann Syms [note 1] 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 [note 2]:
– Mary Ann Yeo (born 1864, married Earnest Albert Jane)
– William Henry Yeo (1865–1967)
– Edwin Yeo (1867–1945, married Mary Palmer) [note 3]
– Albert Yeo (see below)
– Ellen Yeo (born 1867, twin sister of Albert)
– George Yeo (1871–1937, married Ellen Arscott, three children)
– Alice Yeo (1873–1942, married George Dimond)
– Emma Yeo (1877–1878)
– Elizabeth Yeo (1879–1961, married Frederick John Lee)
– 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)
– Harry Arthur Yeo (born 1887 at Bovey Tracey)
– Alfred James Yeo (born 1896 at Bovey Tracey)
– William Henry Yeo (born 1899 at Bovey Tracey).
Albert Yeo (1869–1918, son of Robert Yeo and Ruth Ponsford) married Blanche Elizabeth Pyke. They had six children:
– Albert James Yeo (1897–1969, married Nellie Slee)
– William Leslie Yeo (1900–1903)
– Emily Ethel Yeo (1904–1967)
– Frank Augustine Yeo (1906–1974, married Edith Kate Simmons)
– Phyllis Elizabeth Amy Yeo (1910–2003, married Tom Bevan)
– George Norman Yeo (1916–1945) [note 4].
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Notes
1. Several researchers, including Sheila, have looked into Robert’s line of descent but have not been able to trace it with certainty.
2. The 1881 census records the family at Falkadon Cottage, Spreyton. Robert is a 49-year-old agricultural labourer.
3. Ramon Yeo, former Lord Mayor of Exeter, is descended from Edwin and Mary.
4. Died in India; see War deaths.