Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Thomas Beecroft and Mary Roberta Barker

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Husband Thomas Beecroft [8607] (details suppressed for this person)

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FamilySearch ID: GK2J-8TS

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   Marr. Status: Divorced on 9 Mar 1984

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Wife Mary Roberta Barker [8608]

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           Born: 1924 - Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
     Christened: 30 Sep 1923 - Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom 1
           Died: 16 Apr 2002 - Hillfoot Crescent, Stockton Heath, , England
 Cause of Death: stroke
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FamilySearch ID: GK2J-HNZ

Events

• She was cremated on 23 Apr 2002 in Walten Lea, , England.

• Her obituary was published in the Cheshire.co.uk on 30 May 2002. MRS MARY R. BEECROFT

From the Guardian Series, first published Thursday 30th May 2002.

Mrs Mary Roberta Beecroft, (nee Barker) wife of Mr Thomas Beecroft, died of a stroke on April 16.

She was 78.

Mrs Beecroft, of Hillfoot Crescent, Stockton Heath, was born in Grappenhall and lived in Stockton Heath for 43 years.

She was employed as a teacher at Padgate Primary School for 10 years

Before her marriage in 1957 Mrs Beecroft lived in one of the cottages which feature in so many paintings and photographs of Grappenhall villages.

She was one of four brothers and two sisters, who were well known in the locality and used to help run popular folk dances in the village large room.

At the end of the War, and after leaving Lymm Grammar School she was briefly in the fire service and Navy, before finding her true vocation as a teacher.

Mrs Beecroft was fond of walking, an animal lover and supported many charities. She loved music, playing the violin for many years and worked tirelessly on behalf of the 'Friends of Walton Hall Music', as well as being prominent in the Civic Society.

Mrs Beecroft was always cheerful and full of fun and was known to light up a room when she walked in.

After her wedding she devoted herself in supporting her husband and daughter.

Mrs Beecroft leaves her husband, daughter, sister and three brothers.

A service was held on April 23 at St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall, prior to cremation at Walton Lea. The Rev Malcolm Kelly officiated.

Arrangements were made by W. Massey Cartwright & Son.

• Event: 20 May 2003. Remembering Mary Beecroft

From the Guardian Series, first published Tuesday 20th May 2003.

MUSICIANS unveiled a new bench at Walton Gardens last week in memory of one of the founders of the Friends of Walton Hall Music Society.

Current members of the music group gathered for a special ceremony and recital to mark the unveiling of the bench in honour of Mary Beecroft.

Mrs Beecroft, from Stockton Heath, died in April last year, aged 78, and the music society wanted to do something in memory of her tireless work and her love of playing the violin.

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From the Guardian Series
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© Newsquest Media Group 2003.

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Children

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1 F Cassandra Beecroft [8609] (details suppressed for this person)

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FamilySearch ID: GK2J-XJT

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Mary Roberta Barker, person ID GK2J-HNZ.