Howard Jay Hurley and Louisa Becraft
Husband Howard Jay Hurley [17539] 1
Born: 7 Oct 1899 - Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA 1 Christened: Died: 17 Oct 1959 - Long Branch, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA 1 Buried: - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States of America 1 FamilySearch ID: LTLL-B7TMarriage:
Wife Louisa Becraft [4129] 2
Born: 17 Dec 1897 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 2 Christened: Died: 30 Aug 1984 - Suffern, Rockland, New York, United States 2![]()
Buried: - Brick Church Cemetery, Spring Valley, Rockland Co, NY 3 FamilySearch ID: LJ98-3B3
Father: Edward Whritenour Becraft [4121] (1859-1928) 2 4 Mother: Wilhelmina "Minnie" Hetzel [4122] (1864-1936) 2 4
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 091-03-0728.
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. Edward J Becraft, head, b Aprl 1859, age 41, married 8 years, born NY, grocer; wife Minnie, b Sep 1864, age 35, (3 children, 3 living), born NJ (parents both born Germany); son Joel H, b Dec 1983, age 6y, born NY; son William H, b Mch 1895, age 5y, born NY; dau Louise, b Dec 1897, age 2y, born NY; Ida Morgan, servant, b May 1881, age 19, single, born NY, servant.
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Rockland, New York, United States. Edward W Becraft, born about 1858; wife Wilhelmina, born about 1864; Joel H, 1894; William H, 1895; Louise, 1898; Helen, 1902; Alice, 1904.
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Rockland, New York, United States. Edward R Becraft, age 61y; wife Wilhelmina, age 55y; son Joel H, age 26y; son William H, age 24y; dau Louisa, age 22y; dau Helen, age 17y; dau Alice, age 15y.
• She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census census in 1930 in Suffern, Rockland, New York, United States. Wilhelmina, age 65, born in NJ, listed with daughter Louise age 32, Helen, age 28, Alice age 26.
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. 40 Park Avenue
Beecraft, Louise, head, age 42, born NY, clerk, wholesale stationary; sister, Alice, age 36, born NY, stenographer, county treasury.
Children
1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Louisa Becraft, person ID LJ98-3B3.
2
davidmw00@yahoo.com (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com).
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.), 13.
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