he married anne doris wood, the daughter of sydney george wood, in 1926 and then had two children before she died in 1975. on the death of her father in 1942, ian and anne yeaman moved to his home, moat house in uckington. sir ian survived his wife, dying on 28 february 1977. after his death, the house passed to his son, keith, but he sold it on, having settled with his own family in the cotswolds.