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The births of sixteen boys were registered in Devon and Cornwall between 1860 and 1876 with the name William Henry Yeo. They have often been confused with each other, leading to errors in many family trees – including some that are searchable online. Two had a third forename, which should help to distinguish them, although this is sometimes omitted.
This is a summary of their details:
William Henry Allin Yeo (1860–1945, birth registered at Bideford, son of William Allin Yeo and Elizabeth Shute), married Emily Mabel Wyatt
William Henry Yeo (born 1860, birth registered at Okehampton in the first quarter of 1861, son of Richard Yeo and Mary Ann Cann), married Ann Bird, son William Archibald Yeo born 1899
William Henry Yeo (1861–1931, birth registered at Plympton, son of William Yeo and Elizabeth Robins Treble), married Elizabeth Ann Smerdon
William Henry Yeo (born 1862, birth registered at Stoke Damerel, son of John Emanuel Yeo and Maria Ash)
William Henry Yeo (born 1862 at Kilkhampton, birth registered at Stratton, son of Ann Yeo), married Selina Bonetto
William Henry Yeo (1863–1945, born at Bradworthy, baptised in the Kilkhampton Wesleyan Methodist circuit, birth registered at Holsworthy, son of Thomas Yeo and Matilda Brimacombe Daniel), married Ann Hawke
William Henry Yeo (1865–1967, birth registered at Stratton, son of Robert Yeo and Ruth Ponsford)
William Henry Yeo (born 1867, birth registered at Bideford, son of Philip Thomas Yeo and Emma Westcott)
William Henry Yeo (born 1867, birth registered at St Thomas, mother unknown)
William Henry Yeo (1868–1890, birth registered at Liskeard, son of Thomas Henry Yeo and Ann Meech)
William Henry Yeo (born 1871, birth registered at Liskeard, son of Edward Yeo and Ann Ford)
William Henry Yeo (born 1873 at Marwood, birth registered at Barnstaple, son of Mary Ann Yeo)
William Henry Harvey Yeo (1875–1969, birth registered at Bodmin, son of Emma Yeo)
William Henry Yeo (1875–1947, birth registered at Okehampton, son of William Henry Yeo and Elizabeth Augusta Coleman Syms), married Annie Worden Bray
William Henry Yeo (1876–1929, birth registered at Plymouth, son of William Yeo and Selina Hawke), married Lucy Margaret Winsor
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