Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Merhle Eugene Becraft and Julia Morgan Snouffer



Husband Merhle Eugene Becraft [752]

           Born: 12 Apr 1899 - Maryland, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1955


         Buried:  - Zoan Baptist Church, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States 1
Find A Grave ID: 7013419


         Father: James Vernon Becraft [426] (1876-1903)
         Mother: Helen Cecelia Wright [587] (Cir 1879-      )


       Marriage: 5 Apr 1922 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States
   Marr. Status: Divorced

Events

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Damascus, Montgomery, Maryland, United States. Election District 12
John D Wright, head, b June 1847, age 52, married 28 years, farmer; wife Joanna E Wright, b Feb 1851, age 49y, (5 children, 5 living), born MD; son David C Wright, b Nov 1883, age 16, single, born MD, in school; son-in-law, Vernon Becraft, b May 1876, age 24, married 0 years, born md, farm laborer; dau Cecilia Becraft, b May 1879, age 21, (1 child, 1 living), born MD; g-son, Mearl Becraft, b Apr 1899, age 1y, born MD.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Montgomery, Maryland, United States. Mehele E Becraft, age 20y, listed in household with Julia M Griffith, age 44y, widowed; son-in-law Albert R Hawkins, age 26y; dau Mary A Hawkins, age 24y; grandson Albert G Hawkins, age 2y4m.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 1414 3rd St
Becraft, Merhile, head, age 40, born MD, trainman, Capital Florist; cousin Alma, age 38, born VA, from Chester, PA; border, Sutterby, Oliver, age 29, born VA, trainman, Capital Florist; Scarles, Rosalie mary, cousin's lodger, age 11, born PA, from Chester, PA.




Wife Julia Morgan Snouffer [16420]

           Born: 29 Jul 1875 - Frederick, Maryland, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 May 1951 - Germantown, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
         Buried:  - Laytonsville United Methodist Cemetery, Laytonsville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
Find A Grave ID: 36425880

Events

• Her obituary was published in The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) on 22 May 1951. BECRAFT, JULIA GRIFFITH. On Monday, May 21, 1951, JULIA GRIFFITH BECRAFT, aged 75 years, of Laytonsville, Md., daughter of the late George and Mary Morgan Snouffer of Montgomery County, Md.; mother of Mrs. Marshall Munce of York, Pa. One grandson, Douglas Lindsey of Alexandria, Va.; three great-grandsons, one sister, Mrs. Rose Chriswell of Portsmouth, Va., and one brother, John Snouffer of Washington, D.C., also survive. Funeral services on Wednesday, May 23, at 11 a.m., at the Roy W. Barber Funeral Home, Laytonsville, Md. Interment Laytonsville Cemetery.


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1 Findagrave.com.


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