Thomas Yeo’s three marriages

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Thomas Yeo (1826–1891) was a son of Samuel Yeo and Esther Dean. He married three times. From his marriage to Hannah Eastman at Pilton in 1845 he had two children:
– William Yeo (see below)
– Elizabeth Yeo (born 1847).
From his marriage to Honor Newcombe [note 1] in 1850 he had three children:
– Mary Jane Yeo (1851–1919, married Samuel Bennett)
– Charles Henry Yeo (born 1863)
– Annie Eliza Yeo (born 1866).
From his marriage to Esther Mitchell [note 2] at Withycombe Raleigh in 1867 he had four children:
– Eliza Jane Yeo (1868–1965)
– Emily Susan Yeo (1870–1898) [note 3]
– Thomas Elias Yeo (1871–1874)
– John Yeo (1874–1943, married Faith Kingston, one daughter).

William Yeo (1845–1915 [note 4], son of Thomas Yeo and Hannah Eastman) married Mary Martha Smith in 1881. They had five children:
– Alice Maud Yeo (1879–1900) [note 5]
– Elizabeth Jane Yeo (1882–1917, married William Henry George Stone)
Samuel Thomas Percy Yeo
William Henry Yeo
– Florence Emma Yeo (1891–1946, married Harold Binns King).

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Notes
1. Before she married Thomas Yeo, Honor had a son William Martin Newcombe (1847–1931, married Eliza Quant).
2. Esther was baptised as Hester Mitchell at Newton Poppleford about 1833 to parents John Mitchell and Asenah Dean. Her death was registered as Hester Yeo.
3. Emily appears to have died in childbirth or shortly afterwards. Her daughter Hannah Emily Yeo (1898–1929) married George Perkins.
4. William was baptised at Landkey, but his birth was not registered. William was serving with the Royal Marines at East Stonehouse at the time of his marriage. He was living in Plymouth when he died, and was buried at Ford Park Cemetery.
5. Alice appears to have been born before her parents married. No birth registration has been found, either as Yeo or Smith.

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