Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Ansel Ray Hall and Margaret E. Becraft

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Husband Ansel Ray Hall [3364]

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           Born: 11 Feb 1909 - Forestville, Chautauqua, New York, United States 1
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           Died: 4 Dec 1971 - Forestville, Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States 1
         Buried:  - Pioneer Cemetery, Forestville, Chautauqua Co, NY 2
FamilySearch ID: G7D6-9F6

       Marriage: 1938 - New York, United States

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Wife Margaret E. Becraft [3146]

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           Born: 4 Mar 1914
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           Died: 3 Apr 2000
         Buried:  - Pioneer Cemetery, Forestville, Chautauqua Co, NY
FamilySearch ID: GM2W-Y46

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         Father: William Emerson Becraft [2747] (1878-1959) 3
         Mother: Anna H. Purdy [2748] (1878-      ) 3

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Events

• She appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States. William E Becraft, age 51, born NY, head of household with wife Anna H Becraft age 51 and daughter Margaret E age 16.

• Her obituary was published in the Post Journal of Jamestown. http://www.enchantedmountains.com/PostJournalJamestownObits.html

Obituaries from the Post Journal of Jamestown
Transcribed by Esther Frank
HALL, Margaret E., 86, of Gerry, died April 3, 2000. She was born March 4, 1914, the daughter of William and Anna Purdy Becraft. Surviving are two daughters: Lysbeth Stewart and Carole Baldwin; two sons: Bradford Hall and the Hon. Philip L. Hall. She was preceded in death by her husband, A. Ray Hall. Burial was in Pioneer Cemetery, Forestville.
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Children

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1 F Carole Hall [3366] (details suppressed for this person)

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2 M Bradford Hall [3367] (details suppressed for this person)

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3 M Hon. Phillip L. Hall [3368]

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4 F Lysbeth Ann Hall [3365] (details suppressed for this person)

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 10 Nov 2025), entry for Ansel Ray Hall, person ID G7D6-9F6.

2 Findagrave.com.

3 Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).