Last update: 19th June 2017
See also
| Husband: | John Cole YEO (1835-1898) | |
| Wife: | Mary Kirk PATERSON (1840-1933) | |
| Children: | Mary Elizabeth Jessie YEO (1880-1954) | |
| James Cole YEO (1882-1964) | ||
| Marriage | 22 Mar 1879 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1 |
| St Philip's Church Mary was John's second wife. |
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| Name: | John Cole YEO | |
| Father: | Thomas YEO (c. 1800- ) | |
| Mother: | Mary COLE (c. 1800- ) | |
| Birth | 15 Apr 1835 | Holsworthy, Devon, England2 |
| Christening | 28 May 1835 (as an infant) | Holsworthy, Devon, England3 |
| Emigration | 1857 (age 21-22) | from Holsworthy, Devon, England to New South Wales, Australia4 |
| Marriage Count | 24 | |
| Occupation | Storekeeper4 | |
| Death | 9 May 1898 (age 63) | Yass, New South Wales, Australia5 |
Mary Kirk PATERSON, c. 1864, age 24
Mary Kirk PATERSON, c. 1862, age 22
Portrait of her mother by [Mrs] Mary [Kirk] Yeo
| Name: | Mary Kirk PATERSON | |
| Father: | James [jun.] PATERSON (1808-1881) | |
| Mother: | Janet Wood WATSON (1816-1879) | |
| Birth | 31 Aug 1840 | Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland6 |
| Named after mother's sister. Witnesses were George WATSON & Thomas SMITH | ||
| Census (1) | 6 Jun 1841 (age 9 mns) | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland7 |
| Great Hamilton Street, St James Parish | ||
| Census (2) | 30 Mar 1851 (age 10) | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland8 |
| 93, Sauchiehall St Scholar |
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| Census (3) | 7 Apr 1861 (age 18) | Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland9 |
| Main St Teacher; with 3 siblings |
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| Occupation (1) | frm 1861 to 1865 (age 20-25) | Teacher; Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland9,10 |
| James' daughters were keeping a ladies boarding school in Whithorn, Wigtownshire in March 1865 but were driven out by the defamatory remarks in the press concerning Dr James' role in the Pritchard Case. | ||
| Census (4) | 2 Apr 1871 (age 25) | Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland11 |
| 93, Sauchiehall St | ||
| Occupation (2) | Artist12,13 | |
| "She painted with ability and some of her landscapes won a silver cup at a Queensland exhibition" She painted a portrait of her mother. | ||
| Death | 2 Jun 1933 (age 92) | Yass, New South Wales, Australia14 |
| Holsworthy, Rossi St | ||
| Name: | Mary Elizabeth Jessie YEO15 | |
| Nickname: | Polly | |
| Birth | 10 Mar 1880 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia16 |
| Park Villa, Grampian St | ||
| Occupation | J. P.17,18 | |
| also local historian. She beqeathed her great grandfather's painting of "A general view of the Lake at Kandy" to the Kandy Museum [Sri Lanka] | ||
| Marriage Count | 019 | |
| Child Count | 0 | |
| Death | 12 May 1954 (age 74) | Yass, New South Wales, Australia |
| District hospital | ||
| Name: | James Cole YEO | |
| Spouse: | Vera Kathleen THOMPSON (c. 1900-1956) | |
| Birth | 2 Jun 1882 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia20 |
| Park Villa, Grampian St | ||
| Occupation | Surveyor & Civil Engineer; Yass, New South Wales, Australia21 | |
| Child Count | 019 | |
| Death | 13 Mar 1964 (age 81) | Manly Beach, New South Wales, Australia22 |
| 1 | "Yass Courier" (New South Wales). 1 Apr 1879. Text From Source: YEO-PATERSON.-March 22, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev, W. J. K. Piddington, John Cole Yeo, of Yass, to Mary Kirk, fourth daughter of Dr. James Paterson, of Glasgow. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 2 | [by a member of the Yeo family of Yass], "Yeo family tree" (c.1960). Text From Source: 15 Apr 1838 - mistranscription |
| 3 | Church of J.C. of Latter Day Saints, "International Genealogical INDEX ®" (© 1980, 2002). C05113-1 [Record unseen]. |
| \Family History Library\, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA. Web: http://familysearch.org/search. | |
| 4 | [by a member of the Yeo family of Yass], "Yeo family tree" (c.1960). |
| 5 | "Sydney Morning Herald" (New South Wales). Thursday 12 May 1898 page 1 Deaths. Text From Source: YEO.—May 9,1898, at his residence, Rossi-street, Yass, John C. Yeo, aged 63 years, late of Holsworthy, Devonshire, England. In Memoriam. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 6 | "OPR Glasgow". |
| \National Records of Scotland\, HM New Register House, Edinburgh. | |
| 7 | "1841 Census Britain". 644/1/55/15. |
| 8 | "1851 Census Britain". 586/24/13. |
| 9 | "1861 Census Britain". 900/00 008/00 007. |
| 10 | "The Scotsman" (Scotland). 6th April 1866 page 8. |
| 11 | "1871 Census Britain". 644/06/026/000/019. |
| 12 | "Sydney Morning Herald" (New South Wales). 6 Jun 1933. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 13 | [by a great grandson of Elizabeth Millar PATERSON (1832-1901)], "Raff family info" (2008 via email). |
| 14 | "Sydney Morning Herald" (New South Wales). Tuesday 6 June 1933. Text From Source: YEO -June 2 at her residence Holsworthy Yass suddenly Mary Kirk fourth daughter of the late James Paterson M D of Sauchiehall street Glasgow formerly Professor of Midwifery Andersonlan university of Glasgow granddaughter of the late James Paterson M D 42nd Highlanders (Black Watch) and relict of the late John O Yeo of Yass In her 93rd year. IN MEMORIAM. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 15 | "Yass Courier" (New South Wales). |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 16 | "Sydney Morning Herald" (New South Wales). Saturday 13 March 1880 page 1 Births. Text From Source: YEO.—March 10, at her residence, Yass, the wife of John C. Yeo, of a daughter. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 17 | Eleanor PATERSON (1912-c.2005), "Paterson family tree diagram" (c.2005 [original compilation in 1960s]). |
| 18 | Michael Tomlinson [great grandson of Frances Ann PATERSON (1841-1928)], "Kandy in 1820" (1958 Times of Ceylon Annual, Colombo). |
| \National Library of Australia\. Web: http://www.nla.gov.au/. | |
| 19 | [by a great granddaughter of Elizabeth Millar PATERSON (1832-1901)], "L's letter & email" (1997 & 2008). |
| 20 | "Sydney Morning Herald" (New South Wales). Thursday 8 June 1882 page 1 Births. Text From Source: YEO.—June 2, at Park Villa, Yass, the wife of John C. Yeo, of a son. |
| \Australian Newspaper Archive\. Web: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. | |
| 21 | Eleanor PATERSON (1912-c.2005), "Paterson family tree diagram" (c.2005 [original compilation in 1960s]). Manley N.S.W. not Yass? |
| 22 | [by a descendant of Rev James Paterson in N.Z.], "Paterson family tree diagram" (c.1975). |
James Paterson, (1789-1866), Army Surgeon, Edinburgh, Scotland.