John Beecroft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 16 Jun 1842 - Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY
    Christening: 
          Death: 4 Jan 1901 - Southwold Twp, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 1
         Burial: Jan 1901 - Cowal-Mcbride Cemetery, Dunwhich Twp, Ontario, Canada
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Census, Canadian, 1881 in Southwold Twp, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada

John Beecroft, age 38, born USA, farmer, Presbyterian; wife Mary age 38, born Ontario, Presbyterian; son James age 9, born Ontario, Presbyterian; son Jacob age 7, born Ontario, Presbyterian; son John age 4, born Ontario, Presbyterian; dau Rebecca age 2, born Ontario, Presbyterian.

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Parents

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         Father: John Becraft
         Mother: Eliza Ann Mills

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Mary Elizabeth Plain
       Marriage: 6 Apr 1870 - Caradoc Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mary Beecroft
                2. William James Beecroft
                3. Jacob Joseph Beecroft
                4. John Edward Beecroft 2
                5. Rebecca Francis Eliza Beecroft
                6. Frederick Ebenezer Beecroft
                7. Alfred Ernest Beecroft

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Notes

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Death Notes:

on home farm

Marriage Notes (Mary Elizabeth Plain)

At the time of his marriage to Mary Plain John was a laborer in Brooklyn, NY. Strangely in the marriage registration although his parents name is given as Barefoot (a name which occurs in the 1861 and 1871 censuses of Caradoc), John's name is given as something like Beaucrofth. This matches to the John Becroft family present in the 1861 census. In the marriage registration his birthplace is given as Caradoc, but as the Becroft family only appears in Caradoc for the 1861 census, his birthplace of the US makes more sense.

Ontario Marriage Register, 111-c/1870

Sources

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1. LDS, Ontario Deaths 1869-1947.

2. LDS.

1 LDS, Ontario Deaths 1869-1947.

2 LDS.