Wednesday 10 April 2019

Great Great Aunt Pearl May Yeo Sandford

My Great Great Aunt Pearl (1909 - 1909) was a younger sister of my Great Grandfather George 'Len' Leonard Sandford (1902 - 1976).



Pearl May Yeo Sandford was born in July 1909 in the district of Crediton, Devon, to Mark Sandford (37), a horseman and farm labourer, and Annie Sandford (nee Yeo) (41), a charwoman.

Pearl had three older half siblings, his mother's illegitimate children born before her marriage:

  • Beatrice 'Beattie' Mary Victoria (or Beatrice Florence Victoria)  1886 - 1973 (87 years old)      
  • Alberta 'Florrie' Florence W  1888 - after 1927  (at least 39 years old)                    
  • Archibald John Weedon  1893 - 1899  (6 years old)

Pearl was the forth of five children (three boys and two girls) born to Mark and Annie:

  • George 'Len' Leonard Yeo  1902 - 1976 (74 years)
  • Archibald Arthur Yeo  1903 - 1904 (15 - 21 months)
  • Archibald Arthur Yeo  1906 - 1906 (0 - 3 months)
  • Pearl May Yeo  1909 - 1909 (0 - 3 months)
  • Barbara May Yeo  1912 - 1927 (15 years)

Sadly, on 17th August 1909, Pearl passed away, at only one month old, at Buttparks in Bow. The cause of death was premature infant inanition. Four of Mark and Annie's five children passed away in childhood, which is a strikingly high amount.

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