William Yeo and Susan Wonnacott

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William Yeo (1826–1911, son of William Yeo and Jane Fanson) emigrated to Ontario with his parents.

He married Susan Wonnacott at Fullerton in 1849; they had eight children:
– John Wonnacott Yeo (see below)
– James Wesley Yeo (see below)
– Mary Jane Yeo (1854–1940, married Charles White)
– William Fletcher Yeo (1857–1861)
Benjamin Wellington Yeo
– Regina Ruth Yeo (1864–1961, married John Cornforth Yeo)
– Nelson Abiather Yeo (1868–1861, married Margaret Emma Beacon, three children)
– Minnie Gelina Ann Yeo (1872–1971, married William Alfred Turner).

John Wonnacott Yeo (1850–1930, son of William Yeo and Susan Wonnacott) married Annie Jemima Roberts at Markham, Ontario in 1877. They had four children [note 1]:
– William Jasper Yeo (1877–1937, married Jane Elizabeth Woods, three children)
– Alma Annie Yeo (1877–1953, married Russell Herbert Forster)
– Eldred Alban Yeo (1880–1941, married Effie Marie Scarlett Snowden, three children [note 2])
– Lenus Egbert Yeo (see below).

James Wesley Yeo (1851–1940, son of William Yeo and Susan Wonnacott) married Catherine Jane Alcock. They had five children:
– Marie Susan Yeo (1878–1963, married Charles Lewis Edgar Newton)
– Regina Frances Yeo (1880–1965, married William Taylor)
– Eva Elizabeth Jane Yeo (1882–1937)
– William Fletcher Yeo (1884–1955, married Catherine May Brewster)
– Kathleen Edna Yeo (1894–1970, married Frederick John Whigham).

Lenus Egbert Yeo (1882–1961, son of John Wonnacott Yeo and Annie Jemima Roberts) married Caroline Maud McGrattan at Goderich, Ontario in 1919. They had four children:
– John Lenus Yeo (1921–1941, died while serving with the Canadian Air Force, see War deaths)
– Alma Loreen Yeo (1923–1991, married Francis William Taylor)
– Bruce Ernest Alan Yeo (1928–1995, married Patricia Jean King, four daughters)
– Donna Lenus Yeo [note 3] (1933–2003, married Stanley Gerald Smythe).

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Notes
1. Descendants based on research by Sheila Yeo.
2. Including Thomas Franklin Yeo (1916–1993, married Effie Alexandra Mae Jewell, two children).
3. Sheila Yeo recorded Donna’s second forename as Lois and her married surname as Smyth).

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