Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Harry Ebert Becraft and Thyrza Malinda Hayes

Husband Harry Ebert Becraft [2475] 

           Born: 10 Sep 1886 - Walla Walla, Washington, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Apr 1959 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 1
       Cremated: 27 Apr 1959
FamilySearch ID: GMYC-S2X
Find A Grave ID: 236207114


         Father: Robert William Becraft [2473] (1840-1934)
         Mother: Laurinda/Lorend Ann Estes [2474] (1853-1929) 2


       Marriage: 1 Sep 1909 - Baker City, OR 3

Events

• Draft Registration: WWI, 1917-1918. Becraft, Harry Elbert; 10 Sep 1886; Walla Walla WA; Washington; ID; W.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Clark, Washington, United States. Name: Harry E Beecraft
Residence: , Clark, Washington
Estimated Birth Year: 1887
Age: 33
Birthplace: Washington
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Film Number: 1821921
Digital Folder Number: 4391992
Image Number: 01092
Sheet Number: 1
HouseholdGenderAge
Harry E Beecraft M 33y
Spouse Thyrza M Beecraft F 27y
Child Floy Beecraft F 9y
Child Joseph W Beecraft M 7y
Child Mary A Beecraft F 5y
Child Hazel G Beecraft F 3y5m
Joseph G Hayes M 69y.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Multnomah, Oregon, United States. Harry E Beecraft, born abt 1887; Phyrza M, 1892; Joseph W, 1912; Mary A, 1915; Hazel G, 1917; Harry R, 1915.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. Name: Harry E Becroft
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Tract 14, Portland, Portland City Election Precinct 126, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Head
Birthplace: Washington
Estimated Birth Year: 1887
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Enumeration District Number: 37-178
Family Number: 75
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 49
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 3388
Digital Folder Number: 005449217
Image Number: 00270
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Harry E Becroft M 53 Washington
Wife Thyrza Becroft F 48 Idaho
Daughter Hazel Becroft F 23 Idaho
Son Harry Becroft M 14 Oregon.

• His obituary was published in The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon on 26 Apr 1959. page 30
HARRY E. BECRAFT
Funeral for Harry Elbert Becraft will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Colonial Mortuary with Dr. Roy A. Fedje, of the Rose City Park Methodist Church, officiating. Cremation will be in Lincoln Memorial Park Crematorium. Mr. Becraft, a retired carpenter, died Thursday in Multnomah Hospital at the age of 72 years. Born in Walla Walla, Sept. 10, 1886, he had lived in Oregon for 70 years and was a Portland resident for 41 years. He mde his home at 14550 SE Rhone St.
Surviving are his wife, Thyrza; two sons, Harry and Joseph, both of Portland; three daughters, Floy Symes of Tualatin and Mary Sheaffer and Hazel Myers, both of Portland; a brother, Rolland, of Columbus, OH; two sisters, Edith Davis of Compton, Calif., and Alice Mitchell of Campbell, Calif.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.


Wife Thyrza Malinda Hayes [2476] 

           Born: 25 Jan 1892 - Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1974 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 4 6 7
       Cremated: 19 Aug 1974
FamilySearch ID: KZNW-1LD
Find A Grave ID: 236207140


         Father: Joseph G Hayes [11477] (1851-      )
         Mother: Mary Adeline Hopper [18569] (1857-1901) 5

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 543-22-1761.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Clark, Washington, United States. Name: Thyrza M Beecraft
Residence: , Clark, Washington
Estimated Birth Year: 1893
Age: 27
Birthplace: Idaho
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Film Number: 1821921
Digital Folder Number: 4391992
Image Number: 01092
Sheet Number: 1
HouseholdGenderAge
Spouse Harry E Beecraft M 33y
Thyrza M Beecraft F 27y
Child Floy Beecraft F 9y
Child Joseph W Beecraft M 7y
Child Mary A Beecraft F 5y
Child Hazel G Beecraft F 3y5m
Parent Joseph G Hayes M 69y.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Multnomah, Oregon, United States. Harry E Beecraft, born abt 1887; Phyrza M, 1892; Joseph W, 1912; Mary A, 1915; Hazel G, 1917; Harry R, 1915.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. Name: Thyrza Becroft
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Tract 14, Portland, Portland City Election Precinct 126, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Wife
Birthplace: Idaho
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Enumeration District Number: 37-178
Family Number: 75
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 50
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 3388
Digital Folder Number: 005449217
Image Number: 00270
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Harry E Becroft M 53 Washington
Wife Thyrza Becroft F 48 Idaho
Daughter Hazel Becroft F 23 Idaho
Son Harry Becroft M 14 Oregon.

• Her obituary was published. BECRAFT -- Thyrza M. mother of Joseph W. and Harry R. Becraft, Mary Frace and Hazel Myers; sister of Goldie Ruckman; 9 granchildre; several great granchildre. Services Monday, 2 pm, CALDWELL'S COLONIAL MOTUARY, on NE 14th between Sandy and Burnside. Friends invited.

Marriage Events

• Marriage: 1 Sep 1909, Baker City, OR. Name: Harry Elbert Beecraft
Titles & Terms:
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Sep 1909
Event Place: Baker, Oregon, United States
Age:
Estimated Birth Year:
Father:
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Mother:
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Spouse: Thyrza Malinda Hayes
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Estimated Birth Year: 1891
Spouse's Father:
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Spouse's Mother:
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Reference Number:
Film Number: 4139423
Digital Folder Number: 4139423
Image Number: 00624.

Children
1 F Floy Becraft [11476] 

           Born: 1911 - Idaho, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GMYC-CV1

         Spouse: Symes [16444] (living)

2 M Joseph William Becraft [8704] 

           Born: 2 Apr 1912 - Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1993 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 4
         Buried:  - Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, Multnomah Co, OR
FamilySearch ID: L11B-X1G
Find A Grave ID: 236203943

         Spouse: Joan C [12418] (1905-      )

         Spouse: Ellen Mary Newman [16123] (1914-1989)
           Marr: 28 Nov 1943 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

3 F Mary A Becraft [8703] 

           Born: 8 Oct 1914 - Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1994 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 8
         Buried: Jan 1994 - Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 8
FamilySearch ID: LT66-V5S

         Spouse: Leslie Leroy Sheaffer 9 [16445] (1915-1992)
           Marr: 1935 - Cowlitz, Washington, United States 8

4 F Hazel G Becraft [8702] 

           Born: 1917 - Idaho, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GDNV-5L7

         Spouse: Myers [16446] (living)

5 M Harry Richard Becraft [6451] 10 

           Born: 10 Sep 1925 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States 4 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Sep 2003 - Wilsonville, Clackamas, Oregon, United States 4 10
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: KH1P-RP3

         Spouse: Shirley Rosemary Broadbeck [10011] (1930-2010)

General Notes: Husband - Harry Ebert Becraft

IGI: Linda Louise LEWIS-GIBSON, 2614 Bertella Rd, Cameron Park, CA 95682

General Notes: Wife - Thyrza Malinda Hayes

IGI: Linda Louise LEWIS-GIBSON, 2614 Bertella Rd, Cameron Park, CA 95682

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Sources

1 State of Oregon, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-98" (ancestry.com database).

2 Cemetery Transcription Library, interment.net, Lorend Ann.

3 LDS, Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975.

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

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 20 Nov 2025), entry for Thyrza Malinda Hayes, person ID KZNW-1LD.

6 LDS, 15 Aug 1974.

7 State of Oregon, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-98" (ancestry.com database), 15 Aug 1974, Clackamas Co, OR, cert # 74-11987.

8 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 20 Nov 2025), entry for Mary A Becraft, person ID LT66-V5S.

9 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 20 Nov 2025) Sheaffer, person ID LT66-KRW.

10 LDS.

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