Great Great Uncle Archibald Arthur Yeo Sandford (2nd of his name)

My Great Great Uncle Archibald (1906 - 1906) was the second younger brother of my Great Grandfather George 'Len' Leonard Yeo Sandford (1902 - 1976).

Archibald Arthur Yeo Sandford (2nd of his name) was born on 14th April 1906 in the district of Crediton, to Mark Sandford (34), a horseman and farm labourer, and Annie Sandford (nee Yeo) (38), a charwoman.

Archibald 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)

Archibald was the third 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 18th April 1906, Archibald passed away, at only four days old, in Bow. The cause of death was inanition, which is defined as exhaustion due to lack of nourishment. Archibald had been named by his parents after his elder brother of the same name, who had also passed away as a baby, less two years before this Archibald was born. Sadly, four of the couple's five children passed away in childhood, which is a strikingly high amount.

Over twenty years after Archibald's premature death, the only Sandford sibling who survived into adulthood, Len, perhaps with brief memories of his short-lived younger brothers, would name his first-born son Archibald. Happily, this Archibald, known as Archie, would live to see the next millennia.