Frank Lloyd Beecroft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Feb 1868 - Saintfield, Ontario, Canada 1
Christening:
Death: 13 Apr 1963 - Whitby, Mariposa, Ontario, Canada 1
Burial: in Mt. Lawn Memorial Gardens, Whitby, Durham, Ontario, Canada 2
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Biography
Frank Lloyd Beecroft was born at Saintfield in Reach Township on February 16, 1868. He worked on his father's farm until 1886 when he attended Lansdowne Model School and Jarvis Collegiate. He attended the British American Business College and went into the dry goods business in Toronto. He joined the Timothy Eaton Company in 1889 and was in charge of the mail order department for 13 years. In 1903 he went into the housing business in Toronto. In 1918 he moved to the Grange property in Whitby and in 1921 purchased the lumber yard formerly owned by Richard Oke on Pine Street. He continued with this business until 1938. Mr. Beecroft served two years on the town council and 15 years on the Whitby Board of Education. For 30 years he was Recording Steward of the Methodist Tabernacle and later Whitby United Church. He died at Whitby on April 13, 1963 and is buried at Mount Lawn Cemetery, Whitby.• Census, Canadian, 1871 in Reach Township, Ontario, Canada
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1871 census 049b4 family 134
@ca.on.ontario_county.reach_township division 4 page 37 film C9975 lds0349175 <http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/7/7.htm>
electoral district of Ontario County North
14 BEACOFT Alvery m 41 Eng PMeth English carpenter married
15 BEACOFT {?} Margaret f 37 Ont PMeth Irish married
16 BEACOFT Albert m 16 Ont PMeth English
17 BEACOFT Hannah E. f 10 Ont PMeth English
18 BEACOFT Rosena f 8 Ont PMeth English
19 BEACOFT Heslevan? f 5 Ont PMeth English
20 BEACOFT Franklin m 3 Ont PMeth English
indexed 2003 by members of OGS Durham Region Branch <http://www.ogs.on.ca/branches.htm>
Parents
Father: Alvary Beecroft 1
Mother: Margaret Lloyd 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Eva Gertrude Armour
Marriage: 1 Jan 1901 - Lindsay, Victoria Co, Canada 1
Status:
Children:
1. Julian Balfour Beecroft
2. Eric Armour Beecroft
3. Frank Beecroft
Notes
Marriage Notes (Eva Gertrude Armour)
16730-01 Francis Lloyd BEECROFT, 32, merchant, Reach twp., Toronto, s/o Alvary BEECROFT & Margaret LLOYD, married Eva Gertrude ARMOUR, 24, Bobcaygeon, Lindsay, d/o Samuel ARMOUR & Elizabeth McNEIL, witn: Mahlon McINTOSH of Toronto & Anny ARMOUR of Gleonto?, 1 Jan 1901 at Lindsay
Sources
1. LDS.
2. http://www.islandnet.com/.