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Richard W. Yeo

Born before 1915.

born before 1915

Richard W. Yeo married Helen Edith Hegnauer at Pullman, Whitman County, Washington, on 5 December 1933. Helen, twenty-two, was the younger daughter of Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker of Pullman (see their profiles), and the county's marriage record names her parents.1 Thirty years later, when Leonard died at Spokane in November 1963, his obituary listed among his survivors his daughter "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo".2

Nothing else about Richard has yet been found: his birth, his parents, his work, where the couple lived and when he died are all unknown.

What we know

Proven

  • Birth, 1915
  • Marriage to Helen Edith Hegnauer at Pullman, 1933

What's still open

  • Sources. The FamilySearch index of the 1933 Whitman County marriage (the bride's lines; the groom's own lines and the image have not been read) and an index of his father-in-law's 1963 obituary, known as the old family tree cites it (not read).
  • Parents. Not yet identified.

Sources

Source 1

1 Washington, County Marriages, 1911

Source 2

2 U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s–current, 1963

Life in time

before 1915

Birth

proven Source 1

How we know

  1. 1915 Birth before 1915 · proven

    Estimated: he married in Dec 1933. His age and birthplace are probably in the marriage record, which has not been read.

    A groom in 1933 was born before about 1915. No record of his birth has been read.

    Source 1

  2. 1933 Marriage, with Helen Edith Hegnauer 5 Dec 1933 · Pullman, Whitman · proven

    Whitman County marriage record (FamilySearch indexes, which also give 6 Dec 1933, probably the date of the return or the recording). The bride's parents are named as Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker.

    The Washington county marriage index names the bride, Helen Hegnauer, born 1911, daughter of Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker, and the groom, Richard W. Yeo, at Pullman on 5 Dec 1933; an index of her father's 1963 obituary names a married daughter, Mrs. Richard W. Yeo. The record image has not been read.

    Sources 1, 2

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  1. 1 Pullman, Whitman County Marriage 5 Dec 1933

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The evidence 2 facts with their grades, 2 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth before 1915 proven 1
Marriage with Helen Edith Hegnauer 5 Dec 1933 Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States proven 1 , 2

Research notes

  • Sources: The FamilySearch index of the 1933 Whitman County marriage (the bride's lines; the groom's own lines and the image have not been read) and an index of his father-in-law's 1963 obituary, known as the old family tree cites it (not read).1, 2
  • Identity: The marriage index gives Richard W. Yeo as the husband of Helen Hegnauer, daughter of Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker; the obituary index's "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo" is her married name in 1963 (see her profile).1, 2
  • Living flag: Treated as deceased: a groom in 1933 was born more than 100 years ago. No death record has been found.
  • Leads: the groom's line of the marriage record (his age, residence and parents); the 1940 census (Richard and Helen Yeo); the obituary of 12 Nov 1963 in The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review, which should give the Yeos' town; the SSDI and Washington death index under Richard Yeo.
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study, as the husband of Helen Edith Hegnauer.

Working notes

  • Husband of Helen Edith Hegnauer (H0252), m. 5 Dec 1933 Pullman, Wash. (WA marriage index; occurrences O03246-O03250); deceased by 100-year rule unless evidence shows otherwise

Sources

  1. 1

    "Washington, County Marriages, 1855–2008," database, FamilySearch, Helen Hegnauer (born 1911) and Richard W Yeo, married 5 December 1933, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington; bride's parents Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker FamilySearch record QPMP-J8R4; father of the bride FamilySearch record QPMP-J8RH; further entries for the same marriage, dated 5 and 6 December 1933, Whitman County FamilySearch record QPMT-H34M; FamilySearch record QPMT-2XYT; FamilySearch record QPMT-Z1RD (index entries; the groom's own lines and the record image have not been read).

    In the archive: O03246 , O03247 , O03249 , O03248 , O03250

  2. 2

    "U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s–current," database, Ancestry.com, an entry for the obituary of his father-in-law, Leonard Hegnauer (died 10 November 1963, Spokane), in The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review (Spokane), 12 November 1963 (Newspapers.com image 569801153), record 754638097, attached in the old family tree, which took from it a married daughter, "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo" (the index entry and the newspaper page have not been read in this study).

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Evidence Explained

Hegnauer One-Name Study, “Richard W. Yeo (H0375, b. bef. 1915),” hegnauer.family (https://hegnauer.family/people/h0375-richard-w-yeo/ : accessed 28 September 2026).

Chicago (notes)

“Richard W. Yeo (H0375, b. bef. 1915),” hegnauer.family, Hegnauer One-Name Study, accessed September 28, 2026, https://hegnauer.family/people/h0375-richard-w-yeo/.

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