Valerie kindly sent me this photograph after she visited Devon last year. In the picture she is using a very large key to open the door to Milton Damerel Church.

Valerie lives in Australia.

Valerie's Family Tree

Direct Descendants of Wiliam Yeo & Ann Hancock of Holsworthy, Devon

• 1 Wiliam Yeo 1738 - 1778
• .. +Ann Hancock - 1789
• .. 2 Henry Yeo 1767 -
• ....... +Mary Dayman
• ...... 3 Thomas Yeo 1804 - 1894
• ........... +Mary Elliot - 1883
• ........... 4 James Yeo 1841 -
• ................ +Mary Michell
• ............... 5 James Yeo 1870 - 1944
• .................... +Dorothea Eliza Green
• .................... 6 Roderick Edward Yeo 1901 - 1969
• ......................... +Winifred Alice Smith 1907 - 1997
• ........................ 7 Clifford James Yeo 1935 - 1994
• ............................. +Valerie Grace Payne 1935 -
• ............................. 8 Anthony James Yeo

From: cherylandperry@bigpond.com To: sheila@yeosociety.com Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:24 AM

Subject: Lavinia Mary Yeo

Dear Sheila, Just thought I would send you this photo that I found of my GreatGrandmother, Lavinia Mary Yeo, daughter of James Yeo & Mary Michell. You may use it for your site. I have been in contact with Valerie Yeo in Australia, and she has been a great help. I was just wondering if you could tell me which direction to go back further than Thomas Yeo & Mary Elliott?? I have also had a email from Faye Stone, who looks like she is the greatgranddaughter of Ella Lavinia Yeo who married Horace Emerson, I have given her your website address. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks Regards Cheryl

• 1 Nicholas Yeo 1520 -
• .... +Unknown
• .. 2 Walter Yeo 1545 - 1621
• ...... 3 Roger Yeo 1575 -
• ............. +Mary
• ........... 4 William Yeo 1613 -
• ................. +Ann Prewe
• ............... 5 William Yeo 1644 -
• ...................... +Ann
• .................... 6 Richard Yeo 1681 -
• .......................... +Penelope Heddon
• ........................ 7 Richard Yeo 1715/16 - 1802
• ............................... +Honor Bynes
• ............................. 8 Wiliam Yeo 1738 - 1778
• ................................... +Ann Hancock - 1789
• ................................. 9 Henry Yeo 1767 -
• ........................................ +Mary Dayman
• ...................................... 10 Thomas Yeo 1804 - 1894
• ............................................ +Mary Elliot - 1883
• .......................................... 11 James Yeo 1841 -
• ................................................. +Mary Michell
• ............................................... 12 Lavinia Mary Yeo 1872 -
• ..................................................... +Robert Henry Cochrane 1871 -
• ................................................... 13 Jean Ann Cochrane 1911 -
• .......................................................... +Granville Berkely Walters
• ........................................................ 14 X Walters
• ............................................................ 15 Cheryl Wilson

• 1 James Yeo b: 1841 in Milton Damerel,
• .. +Mary Michel
• l . 2 James Yeo b: 1870 d:1944
• ..... +Dorothea Eliza Green
• ..... 3 Ella Lavinia Yeo b: 1906 d:1994
• ......... +Horace Emerson d: 01 Apr 1928
• ........ 4 Joan Eliza Emerson
• ............ +John Herman Palmer Corben
• ............ 5 Faye Stone

Chris is a Doctor in Sydney, Australia

It is me again..I think that we have some great interest here so I should share some information with you that you can share with the other people. Thomas Henry Mitchell Yeo was my grandad and he did marry Elizabeth Rimmer. I never knew him as he died before I was born As a small child I do remember very well the shop which she ran in Clovelly in Sydney.As a young child she would come from Sydney on a train and arrive in Nowra and my parents would go and collect her from there. Bessie died at Forster in 1966. She died from stomach cancer. She was cremated at Beresford in 1966. Her ashes are interred in Rookwood under the family name which is James. She had a library and a gift section with lots of toys which just gave me so many fond memories of her. Her son Laurence Yeo was my dad and was born in 1909. He married Joyce Emily Hood in 1941 at St Thomas's Church Parramatta on the 26th of January.After that they moved to various parts of the state and I was born at Junee in NSW on 12/12/1949. I forget the actual address. My dad and mum moved quite a few times from Junee to Sydney where my dad ran a post office at Westmead.. I had a nurse called "Vicki" and she would take me as a young child to the station and rock me to sleep to the sounds of the trains coming and going. After that we moved to many parts of the state . My dad Laurence Yeo was a dentist.At the age of 19 or so I went into Medicine where I am am today. Sheila is any of what I have just stated is of use.. Mate do not know ..I have heaps more info..does this sort of stuff help you with what you are experptly doing..thanks so much Chris

1 William Yeo b: 13 Nov 1738
. +Ann Hancock
.. 2 Henry Yeo b: 13 Sep 1767
...... +Mary Dayman
...... 3 Thomas Yeo b: 18 Nov 1804
.......... +Mary Elliot
........... 4 James Yeo b: 1841
............... +Mary Michell
............... 5 Thomas Henry Mitchell Yeo b: 04 Apr 1879
................... +Elizabeth Maria Rimmer b: 1885
.................... 6 Laurence Thomas Rimmer Yeo b: 01 Aug 1909
........................ +Joyce Emily Hood
........................ 7 Christopher Laurence Yeo b: 1949