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This couple married at Poughill, Cornwall in 1804. Their marriage has caused much debate among Westaway researchers over the years, resulting in little by way of a consensus. Sheila Yeo identified William as having been born in 1775 to parents William Westaway and Joan Buffet and therefore of South Tawton descent, but her evidence is not conclusive. Elizabeth Yeo was the youngest of six children of James Yeo and Elizabeth Vincent of Kilkhampton – two of her brothers had connections to Prince Edward Island. She was also a first cousin of Susannah Yeo.
William and Elizabeth had eight children, and emigrated to Ontario on the SS Louisa in 1835:
– William Westaway (1804–1861, emigrated with his parents)
– Betsey Westaway (1808–1880, emigrated with her parents)
– Charlotte Westaway (1808–1820)
– John Westaway (1814–1886)
– George Westaway (baptised 1813 at Kilkhampton)
– Jeremiah Westaway (1814–1833)
– Jemimah Westaway (1817–1911, emigrated with his parents)
– Henry Farley Westaway (baptised 1821 at Kilkhampton).
William died at Sandwich, near Windsor, Ontario in 1835; his wife Elizabeth died a few miles away in Detroit in 1851.
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