Howard Melvin Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 29 Aug 1896 - Baltimore, Baltimore Co, MD 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 25 Nov 1978 - Baltimore, Baltimore Co, MD 1
         Burial: 30 Nov 1978 - Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Soc Sec Num, 705-05-6073

Long-time or retired railroad workers

• Census, 1900 Census, 1900 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, MD

Cornelius A. Becraft age 28, Oct 1871, MD; wife Catherine age 28, Sep 1871, MD; son Howard M age 3, Aug 1896 MD; brother-in-law Charles H. Snack age 26, Nov 1873, MD.

• Draft Registration ², WW I Draft Registration Card in Baltimore, Baltimore City, MD

Howard melvin Becraft, 29 Aug 1896, born MD; USA, Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), MD

• Military ³, Maryland in the World War (I)

Becraft, Howard Melvin
2633 Wilkens Ave., Baltimore
Baltimore, Md.; 8/29/96
Ind 8/27/18 pvt
45 Co 154 Dep Brig; Hq 5 Prov Bn
Engrs Ft Benjamin Harrison Ind.
9/30/18; Det B Ft Benjamin Har-
rison October Aut Repl Draft 10/
22/18; Co L 2 Engr Tng Regt
Camp Humphreys Va. 11/23/18;
Co C 2 Engr Tng Regt 1/5/19
Hon disch 3/26/19

• Occupation, Brakeman - B&O
• Census, 1930 Census, 1930 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, MD

Cornelius Becraft age 58 listed as head of household with wife Katherine age 58 and son Howard age 33.

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Parents

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         Father: Cornelius Arthur Becraft
         Mother: Sarah Catherine Snack 4

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Margaret Becker

2. Catherine Oriole Shultz
       Marriage: 1 Mar 1937 - Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Fairfax Co, VA
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Howard Melvin Becraft Jr

Sources

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1. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.

2. Ancestry.com (National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration.)

3. Maryland War Commission Records, Maryland in the World War, 1917-1919, Military and Naval Service Records, Volume 1.

4. Findagrave.com, Sara K. Becraft.

1 U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.

2 Ancestry.com (National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration.)

3 Maryland War Commission Records, Maryland in the World War, 1917-1919, Military and Naval Service Records, Volume 1.

4 Findagrave.com, Sara K. Becraft.