Joyce Fix's research agrees with what Russell Horn Jr. Yo! has found about the origins of Yoe borough's name.
Here's her take:
Reading your article Sunday column about the town of Yoe made me start to shuffle though all my history of early Yoe... .
My great-grandfather was John W. Snyder, son of Aaron W. and Elizabeth. Aaron's first wife was Catherine (Yoe). She died at an early age after having several children; this would have been Moses's mother.
On all the accounts I have - from the Prowell book of history to a report my brother did for a school report of Yoe's history in 1951 - the spelling was Yoe.
I also had heard the dropping of the "h" story, but this is the first that I researched it from my personal history of the town.
There are still a few Yoe decendents so you may find there will be a lot more takes on this story, but I will have to agree with Russell (Horn Jr.). Thanks for getting me to revisit all the ancestors.
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