William James Yeo was born at Treswithan, Camborne in 1858, the fourth of twelve children of Henry Yeo and Jane Dunn. He died in Ontario in 1952.
William married Louise Stodden in 1883. They emigrated to Ontario, where they had seven children [note 1]:
– William Earl Yeo (born 1884)
– Elias Yeo (see below)
– Eliza Yeo (born 1887)
– Frederick Yeo (born 1889, married Lottie Trickett, one daughter)
– John Yeo (see below)
– Louis Yeo (born 1895, married Clara Merle Smith)
– Dorothy Yeo (born 1906).
Elias Yeo (1885–1965, son of William James Yeo and Louise Stodden) was born in Southwold. Ontario. He married Marjorie Jackson at Windsor, Ontario in 1911; they had at least eleven children [note 1]:
– William Ernest Yeo (born 1912, died as child)
– Huldah Edith Yeo (1913–2009, married Freeman Shingler)
– Bernice Yeo (1914–1975, married Charles Ross)
– Martha Louise Yeo (1915–2009, married Charles Thomas McMillan)
– Delphine Yeo (1917–1954, married John Douglas McFarlane)
– Clifford Hilton James Yeo (1917–1968, married Mary Ellen Caswell, two children)
– Searles Franklin Yeo (1919–1964 [note 2], married Hilda Noble, four children)
– Mary Franklin Yeo (1921–1994, married her brother-in-law John Douglas McFarlane)
– Lawrence Steven Dunning Yeo (1926–1992, married Shirley Elaine Karl)
– Donald Yeo (1927–1979)
– Everett Henry Yeo (born 1928, died as a child).
John Yeo (1891–1966, son of William James Yeo and Louise Stodden) married Laura Maude Stanley. They had six children:
– Claude Yeo (1915–1993, married Kathleen Mary Freeman, two children) [note 3]
– Vivian Yeo (1915–1915)
– Floyd Yeo (1917–1917)
– Helen Irene Yeo (1920–1998, married John Richmond Waite)
– Russell Francis Yeo (1926–1978)
– Donald Yeo (1927–1979).
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Notes
1. The information on Elias Yeo’s family is from research by Sheila. Some of it is queried in her records, and might therefore not be accurate.
2. Known as Frank.
3. Claude’s role in the Canadian army in the Second World War is documented at Vol XI, p.393 of the Military Service Recognition Book, published by the Ontario Command of the Royal Canadian Legion.