Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Chris Armun Beecroft and Elaine Virginia Baisden

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Husband Chris Armun Beecroft [4379] ¹

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           Born: 13 Jun 1922 - Turtle Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Feb 1995 - Henderson, Clark, Nevada, United States 2
         Buried: 23 Feb 1995 - Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark Co, NV 3 4
FamilySearch ID: GGQ8-SXJ
Find A Grave ID: 96119820

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         Father: Thomas Aldridge Beecroft [4374] (1883-1968) 5
         Mother: Selma Lowella Retruhm [4375] (1890-1929) 1

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       Marriage: 

Events

• Military: US Marine Corps, CPL.

• Soc Sec Num: 474-14-0320.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN. Name: Chris A Beecroft
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 11, St. Paul, St. Paul City, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Son
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Estimated Birth Year: 1924
Residence in 1935: Same House
Enumeration District Number: 90-277
Family Number: 16
Sheet Number and Letter: 61A
Line Number: 7
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 2003
Digital Folder Number: 005455005
Image Number: 00662
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Thomas Beecroft M 49 England
Son Chris A Beecroft M 16 Wisconsin.

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Wife Elaine Virginia Baisden [4433] ⁶

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           Born: 13 Oct 1923 - Ramsey, Anoka, Minnesota, United States 2 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Sep 2002 - Henderson, Clark, Nevada, United States 2 7
         Buried: 19 Sep 2002 - Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark Co, NV 3 4
FamilySearch ID: GGQ8-61Z
Find A Grave ID: 96119821

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 476-16-8085.

• Her obituary was published. BEECROFT, Elaine V (BAISDEN); 78; St Paul MN>Las Vegas NV; Las Vegas R-J; 2002-9-17; rossy
BEECROFT, Elaine V (BAISDEN); 78; St Paul MN>Las Vegas NV; Las Vegas Sun; 2002-9-17; neb.

• Her obituary was published in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. Elaine Beecroft

Elaine V. Beecroft, 78, died Sunday at Nathan Adelson Hospice.

She was born Oct. 13, 1923, in St. Paul, Minn. A homemaker, she was a 35-year resident of Henderson.

She is survived by her sons, Chris Jr. of Las Vegas, Douglas of Riverside, Calif., and Richard of Wildomar, Calif.; brothers, Ken Baisden of Texas, Lowell Baisden of Appleton, Wis., and Orrin Baisden of Central, Utah; sister, Norma Kovacik of Las Vegas; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Palm Mortuary-Eastern followed by burial at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The family requests memorial donations be made to Nathan Adelson Hospice.

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Children

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1 M Richard Gary Beecroft [4435] ⁶

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           Born: 4 Jun 1947 - St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN 2 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jun 2003 - Wildomar, Riverside, California, United States 2 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Treena [4440] (living)

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2 M Douglas Warren Beecroft [4434] (details suppressed for this person)

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Anne Williams [4443] (living)

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3 M Chris Arnum Beecroft Jr. [4436] ⁶

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           Born: 18 May 1949 - St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Dec 2016 - Nevada, United States
         Buried: 
Find A Grave ID: 175071776

         Spouse: Christine Brigitte Caffo [4437] (living)

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Burial Notes: Husband - Chris Armun Beecroft

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Beecroft, Chris A, b. 06/12/1922, d. 02/16/1995, US Marine Corps, CPL, Plot: I 0 175, bur. 02/23/1995

CPL US MARINE CORPS
World War II
Section I Site 175

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Burial Notes: Wife - Elaine Virginia Baisden

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section I, Site 175

Sources

1 Marisa Benson (rootsweb.com).

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

3 gravelocator.cem.va.gov.

4 Findagrave.com.

5 Marisa Benson (rootsweb.com), Tom.

6 Gary and Bonnie Nelson, The Genealogy of the Family of Martin Johnson and Lena Peterson Johnson: 1831-1996.

7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Elaine Virginia Baisden, person ID GGQ8-61Z.

8 http://www.eons.com.