William Edward Baycroft and Edith Leona Law
Husband William Edward Baycroft [4907] 1
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Born: 8 Mar 1873 - Tecumseth Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 1939 - New Toronto, Etobicoke Township, York Co, Ontario, Canada![]()
Buried: - Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada FamilySearch ID: LLQF-TS1 Find A Grave ID: 114296396
Father: Thomas Baycroft [4757] (1828-1904) 1 Mother: Jane Green [4919] (1842-1915)
Marriage: 2 Oct 1895 - Cookstown, Essa Township, Simcoe Co, Ontario, CanadaEvents
• He appeared on the Canadian census in 1881 in Tecumseth, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada. Thomas Baycroft, age 55, born England, Farmer, Methodist Canada; Jane age 38, born Ireland; George H, age 15, born Ontario, Farmer Son; Jane E. age 13, born Ontario; Elizabeth A. age 12, born Ontario; Mary G. age 10, born Ontario; William E. age 8, born Ontario; Olive E. age 5, born Ontario; Ethel S. age 8/12 born Aug, Ontario.
• He appeared on the Canadian census in 1891 in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Tecumseth, Dist. D-2, page 44
Baycroft Thomas ---- c.1830, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 13
Baycroft Jane ---- c.1843, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 14
Baycroft Elizabeth ---- c.1870, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 15
Baycroft Mary ---- c.1873, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 16
Baycroft Willam ---- c.1874, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 17
Baycroft Aline ---- c.1877, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 18
Baycroft Ethel ---- c.1881, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 19
Baycroft Bertha ---- c.1884, Tecumseth Dist D2 Pg 44 Line 20.• He appeared on the Canadian census in 1901 in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Tecumseth, Simcoe South, G-4, page 2
Baycroft, E. William, m, head, m, March 8, 1873, age 27, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Eadeth, f, wife, m, August 25, 1875, age 24, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Earle, m, son, s, September 9, 1897, age 3, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Delvitte, m, son, s, October 26, 1899, age 1&5m, b: Ontario.• He appeared on the Canadian census in 1911 in Beeton, Tecumseth, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Beeton, Simcoe South, Dist. 27, page 10 & 11
Baycroft, William, m, head, m, March 1873, age 38, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Edith, f, wife, m, August 1876, age 35, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Eerol, m, son, s, September 1897, age 13, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Dewitt, m, son, s, October 1899, age 11, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Blanche, f, daughter, s, January 1902, age 9, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Gordon, m, son, s, October 1904, age 6, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Luis, m, son, s, September 1906, age 4, b: Ontario.![]()
• Event: Founder and owner of W.E. Baycroft & Son Funeral Home - orignally at 212 Lake Shore Road, New Toronto, Phone 127. Then at 980-982 Lake Shore Road - Phone 127, per advertisments in the Peptimist, a Mimico High School yearbook. A later ad, in 1944, shows the company as Baycroft & Son, Errol T. Baycroft, owner. W.E. Baycroft was also at one time the president of the New Toronto Business Men's Association.
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• Event: 1934.
Wife Edith Leona Law [7091]
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Born: 25 Aug 1875 - Tecumseth Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 30 Jul 1952 - New Toronto, Etobicoke Township, York Co, Ontario, Canada![]()
Buried: 1 Aug 1952 - Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada FamilySearch ID: 9XT1-FNG Find A Grave ID: 114296440
Other Spouse: George Edgar Janes [8610] (1877-1955) - After 1939 - Ontario, CanadaEvents
• Her obituary was published. JANES, Edith Law (Baycroft) - Suddenly, on Wednesday, July 30, 1952, Edith Law Janes, dearly beloved wife of George E Janes, 77 3rd St, New Toronto, dear mother of Errol T Baycroft, of Barrie, Gordon and Richard Baycroft of New Toronto, and Mrs. N. Davy (Blanche) of Kingston, the late De Witt Baycroft of Chalk River, Garnet Janes, Guy Janes, Mrs. M. Costello (Lydia), Mrs. F Williamson (Mabel) of New Toronto, and Mrs. S. Sharpe (Berta) of Toronto. Resting at the Baycroft funeral home, 980 Lake Shore Rd (at 14th St), New Toronto until Friday at 2:30 pm, then to St. Margaret's Church of England, 6th St. Margaret's Church of England, 6th St, New Toronto for funeral service at 3 pm. Interment Park Lawn Cemetery.
• She appeared on the Canadian census in 1901 in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Tecumseth, Simcoe South, G-4, page 2
Baycroft, E. William, m, head, m, March 8, 1873, age 27, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Eadeth, f, wife, m, August 25, 1875, age 24, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Earle, m, son, s, September 9, 1897, age 3, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Delvitte, m, son, s, October 26, 1899, age 1&5m, b: Ontario.• She appeared on the Canadian census in 1911 in Beeton, Tecumseth, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Beeton, Simcoe South, Dist. 27, page 10 & 11
Baycroft, William, m, head, m, March 1873, age 38, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Edith, f, wife, m, August 1876, age 35, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Eerol, m, son, s, September 1897, age 13, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Dewitt, m, son, s, October 1899, age 11, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Blanche, f, daughter, s, January 1902, age 9, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Gordon, m, son, s, October 1904, age 6, b: Ontario
Baycroft, Luis, m, son, s, September 1906, age 4, b: Ontario.
Children
1 M Thomas Errol Baycroft [7092]
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Born: 9 Sep 1897 - Beeton, Tecumseth, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 28 Feb 1967 2![]()
Buried: - St. Andrews Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada FamilySearch ID: LT2K-6QM Find A Grave ID: 230407548Spouse: Mary Maude Isabelle Young 2 [7097] (1902-1980) Marr: 31 May 1920 - Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada 2
2 M Dewitt William Baycroft [7093]
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Born: 26 Oct 1899 - Beeton, Tecumseth, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada 3 Christened: Died: 1951 - Chalk River, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada 3 Buried: 1951 - Forest View Cemetery, Chalk River, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada 3 FamilySearch ID: LT2K-NLC Find A Grave ID: 203285312Spouse: Ella Arnetta Lloyd [8611] (1920-2008)
3 F Blanche Ethel Charlotte Baycroft [7094]
Born: 19 Jan 1902 - Tecumseth, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada 4 Christened: Died: 27 Dec 2001 - Muskoka, Ontario, Canada Buried: - Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada 4 FamilySearch ID: LT2K-D9G Find A Grave ID: 280142446Spouse: Norman John Davy [7130] ( -1974) Marr: Sep 1945 - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
4 M Gordon Milton Baycroft [7095]
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Born: 4 Dec 1904 - Beeton, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada 5 Christened: Died: 18 Sep 2001 - Burlington, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death: cancer![]()
Buried: 2001 - Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada 5 6 FamilySearch ID: LT2K-F3Q Find A Grave ID: 139284119Spouse: Doreen McCrudden [7774] (1907-1993) Marr: 19 Jun 1937 - Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
5 M Richard Louis Baycroft [7096]
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Born: 2 Sep 1906 - Tecumseth Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Christened:![]()
Died: 11 Sep 1978 - New Toronto, Etobicoke Township, York Co, Ontario, Canada![]()
Buried: 13 Sep 1978 - Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada 6 Find A Grave ID: 114296457Spouse: Helen [11139] ( -2000)
Notes: Marriage (Edith Leona Law):
Ontario Archive marriage record:
Reel # MS932-87, #011192-95 William E. BAYCROFT, 22, farmer, Tecumseth, same, s/o Thomas & Jane, married Edith LAW, 20, Tecumseth, same, d/o William & Lottie, witn: George COUSINS of Tecumseth, 2 Oct 1895 at parsonage, Cookstown
1 Canadian Ged.
2 roncox@videotron.ca, Ronald Cox's Ancestors, Cousins, and their allied families (rootsweb.com).
3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Dewitt William Baycroft, person ID LT2K-NLC.
4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Blanche Ethel Charlotte Baycroft, person ID LT2K-D9G.
5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Gordon Milton Baycroft, person ID LT2K-F3Q.
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Findagrave.com.
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