Is this in fact Alfred Yearsley - mother was Sarah Yearsley and father (presumed, as he lived with her and the family!) was James Meredith? No marriage has yet been found of Sarah and James - do you perhaps have details? I have Alfred married to Emma Butterworth in 1886, and four children:
Sarah Elizabeth 1887 who married Herbert Hepworth
Joseph 1890 m Helen Russell and Alice Whittaker
Edith 1896 m Arthur Smith
Alfred m Clarice Grant

Alfred Yearsley/Meredith was a 2nd cousin of mine via Mary Ann Meredith.