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William Yeo (1775–1856, a great grandson of Daniel Yeo and Barbara Easton) was baptised in the Wiltshire parish of Wootton Bassett. He moved to London and married Adeliza Galifant [note 1] at the parish church of All Saints, West Ham in 1805. They had nine children:
– Ann Eliza Yeo (1807–1863)
– William Yeo (baptised 1809)
– Shadrach Yeo (1813–1852)
– John Yeo (baptised 1815)
– Henry Yeo (1816–1880, married Susanna Parker, five children)
– Harriet Yeo (1817–1821)
– Elizabeth Yeo (baptised 1822)
– Charles Yeo (see below)
– Maria Yeo (baptised 1825).
The 1851 census for Plaistow records William and Adeliza living there with five adult children: William is 75 and his occupation is given as ‘marshman’. He died at Plaistow five years later.
Henry Yeo (1816–1880, son of William Yeo and Adeliza Galifant), married Susanna Parker. They had six children:
– Henry William Yeo (born 1852)
– Susannah Yeo (born 1854)
– Unnamed son (born 1858, died as an infant)
– Adeliza Yeo (born 1860)
– Richard Yeo (see below)
– Emma Yeo (born 1864, married George Sidney Johnson) [note 3].
Charles Yeo (1823–1870, son of William Yeo and Adeliza Galifant) married Elizabeth Bateman Sheriff [note 2] in Woolwich in 1854. They had three children:
– Charles Yeo (1859–1930, emigrated to Queensland, married Esther Sin Won, seven children)
– George Frederick Yeo
– Frederick Yeo (see below).
Richard Yeo (1863–1921, son of Henry Yeo and Susanna Parker) married Ellen Balls in 1889. They had four children:
– Ethel Yeo (1890–1975, married Thomas Dipple)
– Frederick Yeo (1892–1978)
– William Harry Yeo (born 1895)
– Edith Mary Yeo (1899–1919).
Frederick Yeo (1863–1945, son of Charles Yeo and Elizabeth Bateman Sheriff) married Mary Catherine Warby. They had four children:
– Frederick George Yeo (1893–1916) [note 4]
– Lillie Katherine Yeo (1894–1969, married Leonard Baker)
– Charles Ernest Yeo (1907–1944) [note 5]
– Laurence John Yeo (1914–1971, married Daisy Winifred Lane).
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Notes
1. 1784–1865, baptised at the parish church of St Andrew, Halstead.
2. Surname also recorded as Sherriff.
3. Although the 1911 census (completed by the householder) stated that George and Emma had been married for 19 years, they married at Woolwich Register Office in 1923. No record of Emma’s death has been found.
4. Died in France while serving with the Royal Kent Regiment, see War deaths.
5. Died in Malta while serving with the Royal Air Force, see War deaths.