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William Yeo (1816–1886, son of Robert Yeo and Jane Lee) was baptised at South Tawton. He married Rosamond Green at Tedburn St Mary in 1838; their first three children were born in England:
– Jane Yeo (1838–1925, married James Rogers)
– Mary Yeo (c1839–1920, married Richard Brown)
– Samuel Yeo (born 1843, six children with his wife Sarah).
William and Rosalind emigrated to the United States in 1843, sailing from Liverpool on the SS Virginian [note 1]. They settled in Pennsylvania, where they had six further children:
– Rebecca Yeo (born 1846)
– John Yeo (born 1847, seven children with his wife Sophia, including Frank L. Yeo born 1885)
– Sarah Yeo (born 1848)
– William John Yeo (see below)
– Maria Yeo (born 1850)
– Jacob Yeo (born 1852, three children with his wife Catherine, including Samuel R. Yeo born 1902, married Edith Margerum)
– Emma Yeo (born 1855).
William John Yeo (1848–1917, son of William Yeo and Rosamond Green) married Phoebe Thompson Banfield. They had four children:
– William George Yeo (1872–1964, died in Los Angeles)
– Emma M. Yeo (1874–1935) [note 2]
– Edith Yeo (1876–1946, married James Heaton, son James Yeo Heaton (1914–1998, married Floie Carr Henderson)
– Harry Yeo (1880–1936, married Elizabeth Shackleton, three children).
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Notes
1. The passenger list for the voyage is dated 30 May 1843, when the Virginian reached New York. It includes 5-year-old Jane Yeo (recorded in error as John Yeo), 3-year-old Mary Yeo and an unnamed infant, presumably Samuel. There are no matching English birth registrations for Mary or Samuel, and it is possible that Samuel was born on board ship. Mary’s headstone records her as Mary E. Brown and shows the dates ‘1845–1920’, over-stating her date of birth by about six years. Jane’s headstone gives her date of birth as 24 February 1841, over-stating her age by three years (she was baptised at Bridestowe in July 1838 and her birth was registered at Okehampton in the third quarter of 1838).
2. Sheila Yeo recorded Emma’s marriage to Herman Barber at Anderson, Indiana in 1908. Her death certificate describes Emma as single, suggesting that the marriage was dissolved.