Charles Leo Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Feb 1899 - WA 1
Christening:
Death: 27 Sep 1987 - Sedro Wooley, Skagit Co, WA 2
Burial: in Union Cemetery, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Co, WA 3
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Occupation
http://www.stumpranchonline.com/skagitjournal/S-W/Gen/SkagitSteel/SkagitSteel01-BirthTimeline.html• Soc Sec Num, 534-03-7195
By 1916, Skagit Steel became the preferred place to work. Leo Becraft quit the veneer plant that year and did not retire until 1964, setting the seniority record. Jack Hebert started two years later and retired around the same time that Becraft did. After rocky years during the Depression, much of the nucleus of the work force stayed with the company for 20-30 years. An article in the May 14, 1916, Seattle Post Intelligencer shows another new product: the gas-powered jitney bus manufactured by the company. The product was snapped up by many school districts and transit systems in smaller cities, even though one of the three photos showed what happened when the bus collided with a train just as it was leaving Clearlake with a load of passengers, none of whom were injured. The bus was built on a Model-T chassis but stretched with a Skagit Steel "truck attachment," much as limousines are stretched today.
as Becroft• Census, Federal, 1900 in Avon, Skagit Co, WA
Skagit County, Avon, ED: 203 sheet 4B (67-69)• Census, Federal, 1910 in Sedro Wooley, Skagit Co, WA
Charles Beecraft b. Oct. 1856 CA
Annie b. Sept 1863 CA
John E. b. May 1885
Rebecca A. b. Oct. 1887
Agnes R. b. Aug. 1890
Ruth M. b. Apr. 1893
Archie b. Dec. 1896
Charles Leo b. Feb. 1899
Becraft C E 53 CA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 59• Census, Federal, 1930 in Sedro Wooley, Skagit Co, WA
Becraft Anna 46 CA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 60
Becraft Rachel 19 WA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 61
Becraft Ruth 17 WA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 62
Becraft Archie 12 WA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 63
Becraft Leo 11 WA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 64
Becraft Orem 9 WA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 65
Becraft Ethel 7 WA Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 66
Becraft James T 82 KY Skagit Sedro Woolley P1 259 299B 67
1930 WA Skagit Sedro Woolley ED: 52 sheet 4A (p.7)
105-106 Becraft, Leo 31 WA US US
Hilma 23 WA Norway WI
Barbara 5 WA WA WA
Parents
Father: Charles Edward Becraft
Mother: Annie B Snyder 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Hilma Olsen
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Barbara Becraft
2. Shirley Becraft
Sources
1. http://www.eons.com, 22 Feb 1899.
2. Ancestry.com, Washington Death Index, 1940-96 (Ancestry.com. Washington Death Index, 1940-96 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: Index created by: Washington State Department of Health. Microfilmed copy of index obtained from: Washington State Archives.), Certificate# 031992. .... http://www.eons.com.
3. Findagrave.com.
4. LDS, Annie B. Snyder.