William George Beecroft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1874 - Chicago, Cook Co, IL 2
Christening:
Death: 1924 3
Burial: in Oak Hill Cemetery, Vineland, Cumberland Co, NJ 4
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Military, Interment.net lists Vet
• Census, Federal, 1880 in Flushing, Queens, NY
John R Beecroft, age 33, born ENG, Clerk in Store; Elizabeth, wife, age 31, born PA, Keeping House; Frederick J, son, age 7, born IL; William G, son, age 5, born IL; Edgar C., son, age 3, born IL; Albert A, son, age 1, born IL.• Event, Pelham Manor Tribune, 1 Oct 1894 in Pelham Manor, Westchester Co, NY
Only a few copies of a newspaper briefly published in the 1890s for residents of the Village of Pelham Manor known as the Pelham Manor Tribune are known to exist. The newspaper was established in the fall of 1893 by R. C. Beecroft who quickly "sold out" to Edgar C. Beecroft. William G. Beecroft served as an editor of the publication.• Census, Federal, 1910 in Manhattan, New York, NY
Below is the editorial that appeared on the first anniversary of the newspaper's founding on October 1, 1894.
"Pelham Manor Tribune.
WILLIAM G. BEECROFT, Editor.
EDGAR C. BEECROFT, Manager
50 Cents Per Year.
Ward 12
William G Beecroft, age 35y, born IL; wife Fredrica, age 32y, born NY; son William G, age 4y, born NJ; dau Elizabeth V, age 5y, born NY; son Richard E, age 0y 2m, born NY; mother Elizabeth, age 59y, born PA.
Parents
Father: John Robert Beecroft
Mother: Elizabeth Corbett
Spouses and Children
1. *Fredericka/Frieda Bette Schmidt
Marriage: 24 Jun 1903 - Manhattan, , NY
Status:
Children:
1. Beecroft
2. Elizabeth V Beecroft
3. William G Beecroft II
4. Richard Edgar Beecroft
Sources
1. LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org), William "George" Beecroft.
2. LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org). .... Findagrave.com.
3. Findagrave.com.
4. Findagrave.com. .... Cemetery Transcription Library, interment.net.