Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Edward Allen Becraft and Maud Viola Taylor

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Husband Edward Allen Becraft [3999] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Mar 1879 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1922

         Buried:  - Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, TX 3
FamilySearch ID: M535-V5W
Find A Grave ID: 45745263

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         Father: William Lewis Becraft [3977] (1841-1919) 1 4
         Mother: Eliza Matilda Hill [3978] (1845-1922) 1 4

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       Marriage: 17 Sep 1904 1

Events

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1880 in District 2, Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY. William L. BECRAFT Self M Male W 39 NY Carpenter NY NY
Eliza M. BECRAFT Wife M Female W 37 NY Keeping House NY NY
Frank BECRAFT Son S Male W 14 NY Works On Farm NY NY
Violet BECRAFT Dau S Female W 11 NY At Home NY NY
Louis BECRAFT Son S Male W 8 NY NY NY
Loran B. BECRAFT Son S Male W 5 NY NY NY
Edmund A. BECRAFT Son S Male W 1 NY NY NY.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Hempstead, Nassau Co, NY. Edward Becraft, boarder, b May 1879, age 21, single, born NY, carpenter.

Listed in the house of Ida W Kelly, female, b Feb 1853, age 47, married 24 years, (3 children, 3 living), keeps boarders.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. Edward A Becraft, born about 1880; wife Maud V, 1883; Leona, 1906.

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Wife Maud Viola Taylor [4000] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Sep 1883 - Texas, United States 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LYNS-4JR

Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. Edward A Becraft, born about 1880; wife Maud V, 1883; Leona, 1906.

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Children

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1 F Leona Becraft [4001] ¹

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           Born: 15 Aug 1905 - Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Nov 1973 - Trinidad, Henderson, Texas, United States 1 5 6
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L6FW-53K

         Spouse: William Byron Jackson [6216] (living)

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Burial Notes: Husband - Edward Allen Becraft

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Section 13 E

Sources

1 davidmw00@yahoo.com (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com).

2 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 17.

3 Findagrave.com.

4 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 10.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Leona Becraft, person ID L6FW-53K.

6 LDS, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.