Helen Mildred Becraft

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      Sex: F

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 15 Oct 1904 - Washington Grove, Montgomery Co, MD
    Christening: 
          Death: 24 Mar 2008 - Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD
         Burial: 27 Mar 2008 - Forest Oak Cemetery, Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Census, Federal, 1920 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD

Becraft, C E age 53, born in Maryland, Rents, manages farm is listed with
KB, wife, age 47, no occupation
MV, daughter, age 26, teacher school
JH, son, age 23, labor farm
EM, daughter, age 21, clerk office
CE, son, age 20, labor farm
HW, son, age 15, none
HM, daughter, age 15, none

• Event, The News, 3 Aug 1922 in Washington Grove, Montgomery Co, MD

Entertain For A successful social event of the season was given Saturday evening. at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E BECRAFT, near Washington Grove, when their daughter, Miss Helen, was hostess to a company -of including her cousin, Miss Penn, Who was celebrating her 16th birthday. Guests were present from Rockville. Gaithersburg, Washington Grove and Washington, D. C. The spacious lawn was illuminate...

• Census, Federal, 1930 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co, MD

Charles E. Becraft age 63, listed as head of household with wife Katie B age 57 and children Mabel V. age 35; John H age 32; Eva M age 30; Henry W age 25; and Helen M age 15.

• Property, 108 Grove Avenue, 1946 in Washington Grove, Montgomery Co, MD

108 Grove Avenue

Lot and Block Lots 17 & 18, Block 4
Old Lots 35 & 36, Block A

Name

Built 1908

Built by Designed by the architect of the Capitol.
Constructed by sub-contractor for Union Station.

Style

Owner(s) Rev E D & Amelia H. Huntley, 1897 (#507) Amelia H. Huntley, 1909 (#507) Margaretta D Wilmann, 1910 (771) Carl A. Loeffler, 1914 (#936) R C Tull, by 1938
Everett B. & Helen Becraft Bean, by 1946 to at least 1975 (liber 900 folio 451)
Edward A & N G Helme, 3 April 1984 (liber 6359 folio 547)

Remarks Design of cottage said to exhibit influence of railroad station design. Site of the Huntley cottage which burned in 1907. Loeffler was a Senate staff member 1910-1940s; during his ownership, the present cottage was rumored to host dignitaries including Sen. Warren G. Harding.

Sources Edwards, 281; Shantz, 69, 89; NR form; tax records c. 1989; Assessment records; Town correspondence 11 June 1938; 1946 tax list; Town records; County tax records. Register of Stock Certificates.

• Obituary, Gaithersburg Gazette, 26 Mar 2008

Helen Bean

Helen Becraft Bean, 103, of Gaithersburg died March 24, 2008 at her home.

Born Oct 15, 1904, in Maryland, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Katie Penn Becraft. She was the wife of the late Everett B. Bean.

Mrs. Bean was an executive secretary at Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company. She was a member of Washington Grove United Methodist Church, the Washington Grove Women's Club and Pentalpha Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mabel V. Becraft and Eva B. Lanahan and three brothers, Herbert Becraft, Clarence E. Becraft and Henry W. Becraft.

A viewing will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Devol Funeral Home, 10 E. Deer Park Drive in Gaithersburg. The funeral service is at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Forest Oak Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Washington Church, P.O. Box 115, Washington Grove, MD 20880.

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Parents

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         Father: Charles Edwin Becraft
         Mother: Katie Bromwell Penn

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Everett B Bean
       Marriage: 2 Aug 1934 - Montgomery Co, MD
         Status: 

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Notes

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Death Notes:

at home