Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Clemence Jesse Chase and Mary Ethel Becraft

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Husband Clemence Jesse Chase [6185] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Jan 1896 - St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Aug 1986 - Merritt Island, Brevard Co , FL 1
         Buried:  - Sloatsburg Cemetery, Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 4
FamilySearch ID: GCYN-J8W
Find A Grave ID: 178666190

       Marriage: 19 Nov 1920 - Kings, New York, United States 1

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 063-10-6139.

• He worked as a N Y Tel Co on an unknown date.

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Wife Mary Ethel Becraft [6184] ^{1 5}

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           Born: 30 Nov 1896 - Tuxedo, Orange, New York, United States 1
     Christened: 7 Oct 1897 - Methodist Episcopal Church, Sloatsburg, Rockland Co, NY
           Died: 22 Jan 1974 1
         Buried:  - Sloatsburg Cemetery, Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 4
FamilySearch ID: LWXM-WH1
Find A Grave ID: 178667828

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         Father: Frank Meyers Becraft [3980] (1866-1951) 1 5
         Mother: Fannie Faulkner [3981] (1873-1954) 1 5

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Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States. Manhattan Borough
Frank Becraft, head, b Feb 1867, age 33, married 6 years, born NY, police officer; wife Fannie, b Feb 1872, age 28, (2 children, 2 living), born England, emigrated 1890, in country 10 years; son Arthur, b Sept 1894, age 5, born NY; dau Estell, b Nov 1896, age 3y, born NY; says son-in-law, Mury, born Nov 1881, age 19y, born England, emigrated 1894, 6 years, dress-maker.
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• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. Ward 26
Frank M Becraft, born about 1866; wife Fannie, 1874; Arthur A, 1895; Ethel M, 1897.

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Children

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Burial Notes: Husband - Clemence Jesse Chase

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Inscription
US NAVY

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Burial Notes: Wife - Mary Ethel Becraft

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Inscription
Daughter of Frank & Fannie
Wife of Clemence J. CHASE

Sources

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

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 Nov 2025), entry for Clemence J Chase, person ID GCYN-J8W.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 Nov 2025), entry for Clemence Jesse Chase, person ID GCYN-J8W.

4 Findagrave.com.

5 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 15.