Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Richard Errol Baycroft and Doris Lilly Dogget

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Husband Richard Errol Baycroft [7098] ¹

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           Born: 12 Jun 1921 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 1 2
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           Died: 12 Apr 2007 - Markham, York, Ontario, Canada 2
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GCM3-DZ7

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         Father: Thomas Errol Baycroft [7092] (1897-1967)
         Mother: Mary Maude Isabelle Young [7097] (1902-1980) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Doris Lilly Dogget [7103] (details suppressed for this person)

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FamilySearch ID: GCM3-9SQ

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Children

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1 F Jennifer Baycroft [7104] (details suppressed for this person)

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         Spouse: McDonald [7105] (living)

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2 F Diane Baycroft [7106] (details suppressed for this person)

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         Spouse: Falconer [7107] (living)

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3 F Sharon Kathleen Baycroft [7108] ¹

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           Born: 7 Nov 1946 - New Toronto, Etobicoke Township, York Co, Ontario, Canada 1
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           Died: 25 Dec 1995 - North Bay, Widdifield Township, Nipissing Dist, Ontario, Canada 1
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GCMK-88W

         Spouse: Lambe [7109] (living)

         Spouse: Richardson [7110] (living)

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Notes: Marriage (Doris Lilly Dogget):

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Unionville Home Society, Annual Report 2004/2005

Richard and Doris

Residents Richard and Doris Baycroft are
also looking forward to the move and into
their much larger living space. Married for
62 years, they will have adjoining rooms,
enabling them to share one as a bedroom
and convert the other into a sitting area.
Like many Union Villa residents, Doris
and Richard are war veterans, giving extra
special significance to the generous donation
to the UHS of the Unionville Veterans'
Hall by the Unionville and District Veterans'
Association.

Born in Saskatchewan, Richard enlisted
in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in
Hamilton, Ontario in 1940, and Doris enlisted
in Portsmouth England with ACHACH in
1941. When Richard was sent to England
for training, they met and were married in
April 1943.

As the war was coming to an end, Doris
and their 11/2 year old daughter, Jennifer,
boarded the Aquatania in Scotland and
headed to Canada to stay with Richard's
parents in New Toronto. Not long after,
Richard sailed over on the Queen Mary,
making it just in time for the birth of their
second daughter, Diane, and then in 1946,
they welcomed the arrival of their third
daughter, Sharon. A talented carpenter,
Richard built his family homes in Toronto,
Orillia and Coldwater, Ontario.

The Baycroft's have many wonderful
memories of their 62-year marriage, but
what's Richard's fondest memory? Without
hesitation, he smiles and points to his wife;
"Doris, she's my fondest memory".

Sources

1 roncox@videotron.ca, Ronald Cox's Ancestors, Cousins, and their allied families (rootsweb.com).

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Richard Errol Baycroft, person ID GCM3-DZ7.