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Grace Walter Yeo (1796–1885) had different surnames during her lifetime and two Yeo lines of descent, giving her a family history that is not easy to unravel. On her paternal side she was a great granddaughter of Thomas Yeo and Elizabeth Gist. On her maternal side she was a great granddaughter of Henry Walter and Emm Yeo.
Grace was baptised at Bradworthy to parents John Yeo (formerly Oke) and Elizabeth Walter. She married her second cousin Benjamin Yeo Ashton at Bradworthy in 1816 and had four children.
After Benjamin’s death in 1822, Grace married Thomas Yeo (1794–1881, son of Benjamin Yeo and Mary Wade). They baptised three daughters at Bradworthy:
– Mary Jane Yeo (1825–1870, married Henry James Lawry)
– Anne Maria Georgina Yeo (1828–1832)
– Nora Grace Yeo (1839–1902, married Henry Elliott).
Thomas and Grace farmed at Kimworthy, Bradworthy, where Thomas is recorded in 1825 and 1841. They emigrated to Ontario in 1843 with their two surviving daughters. They farmed at Darlington and later moved to Hampton, where they both died.
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