Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Peter Franklin Becraft and Esther Belle Ringo



Husband Peter Franklin Becraft [3123]

           Born: 1 Apr 1877 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Feb 1953 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 1 2 3 4


         Buried:  - Slusher Cemetery, Menifee Co, KY 3
FamilySearch ID: LZY2-ZYJ


         Father: John George Becraft [1665] (1846-Bef 1900) 5
         Mother: Matilda Blevins [4498] (1848-1922)


       Marriage: 23 Dec 1904 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 401-01-5447.

• He worked as a for the Gas Company, walking the lines to report on needed repairs.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1880 in Slate, Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Name: Peter Becraft
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Slate, Menifee, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Race (Original):
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Birth Date: 1878
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: John Becraft
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Mother's Name: Matilda Becraft
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Page: 675
Page Letter: D
Entry Number: 2541
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0433
GS Film number: 1254433
Digital Folder Number: 004241264
Image Number: 00576
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self John Becraft M 32 Kentucky, United States
Wife Matilda Becraft F 32 Kentucky, United States
Son George Becraft M 10 Kentucky, United States
Son John Becraft M 7 Kentucky, United States
Son Harry Becraft M 5 Kentucky, United States
Son Peter Becraft M 2 Kentucky, United States.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Rothwell, Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Magesterial District 4
Matilda Spanson, b unk 1850, age 50y, widowed, (5 children, 5 living), born KY; son Peter, b April 1878, age 22, born KY, Farm laborer; dau Lula, b Dec 1880, age 19, born KY; son Harvey, b June 1875, age 24y, married 3 years, born KY, farmer; d-inlaw, Laura, b unk unk, age 18, born KY.
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• He appeared on the Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index census in 1910 in Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Pete Becraft, born in KY, with wife Esther age 19, born in KY; children daughter Rosa Lee age 4, born in KY; son Luther L age 2, born in KY; and son Marcus age NR, born in KY.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1919 in Slate, Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Pete Becraft, age 32y; wife Esther, age 19y; dau Rosa Lee, age 4y; son Luther L, age 2y; son Marcus, age 0y5m.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Name: Peter Becroft
Residence: , Menifee, Kentucky
Estimated Birth Year: 1877
Age: 43
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Film Number: 1820590
Digital Folder Number: 4300935
Image Number: 01137
Sheet Number: 6
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Peter Becroft M 43y Kentucky
WIFE Easther Becroft F 28y Kentucky
DAU Rosa Becroft F 13y Kentucky
DAU Flora Becroft F 6y Kentucky
DAU Nella Becroft F 3y Kentucky
DAU Veila Becroft F 2y Kentucky.




Wife Esther Belle Ringo [3124] 6

           Born: 6 Oct 1890 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Oct 1947 - Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 3


         Buried:  - Slusher Cemetery, Menifee Co, KY 3
FamilySearch ID: K8MY-C24
Find A Grave ID: 19623786


         Father: Luther Ringo [3278] (      -      )
         Mother: Flora Esther Willis [3279] (      -      )


Events

• She appeared on the Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index census in 1910 in Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Pete Becraft, born in KY, with wife Esther age 19, born in KY; children daughter Rosa Lee age 4, born in KY; son Luther L age 2, born in KY; and son Marcus age NR, born in KY.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Slate, Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Pete Becraft, age 32y; wife Esther, age 19y; dau Rosa Lee, age 4y; son Luther L, age 2y; son Marcus, age 0y5m.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Name: Easther Becroft
Residence: , Menifee, Kentucky
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Age: 28
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Film Number: 1820590
Digital Folder Number: 4300935
Image Number: 01137
Sheet Number: 6
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Peter Becroft M 43y Kentucky
WIFE Easther Becroft F 28y Kentucky
DAU Rosa Becroft F 13y Kentucky
DAU Flora Becroft F 6y Kentucky
DAU Nella Becroft F 3y Kentucky
DAU Veila Becroft F 2y Kentucky.


Children
1 F Rosa Lee "Rosie" Becraft [3128]

           Born: 22 Aug 1906 - Kentucky, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Mar 1990 - Frenchburg, Menifee, Kentucky, United States
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GX86-DSR
         Spouse: Simon Kent Smallwood [6318] (1899-1989)


2 M Luther Lenville Becraft [3270] 7

           Born: 1907 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Oct 1911 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 8
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L8CM-CH8



3 M Marcus Becraft [3271]

           Born: 1910 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Dec 1914 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 9
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L8CM-CHL



4 F Flora Becraft [3129]

           Born: 1914 - Kentucky, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 2006
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L8CM-CCM
         Spouse: Raymond Jackson [3274] (living)


5 F Nellie Mae Becraft [3275]




           Born: 1 Mar 1915 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 10 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Apr 2022 - Maryland, United States
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L8CM-CC2
         Spouse: Walter Fielders [3276] (1906-1946)
         Spouse: Harry W Lacey [3277] (      -Bef 2022)


6 F Opal M Becraft [3127]

           Born: 13 Sep 1916 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 10 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 2006
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L8CM-CCH
         Spouse: George Dewey Alexander [1476] (living)


7 M Oliver Stanley "Jack" Becraft [3132]




           Born: 17 Dec 1918 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 2 11 12 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Feb 2007 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 2
 Cause of Death: cancer
         Buried: 20 Feb 2007 - Fagan Cemetery, Frenchburg, Menifee, Kentucky, United States 14
FamilySearch ID: MDSG-LV2
         Spouse: Thelma June Swanner 15 [3133] (1920-2006)
           Marr: 14 Sep 1946 - Georgia, United States 13
         Spouse: Christine Hall [6526] (1934-2014)
           Marr: Menifee, Kentucky, United States
         Spouse: Faye Vanhoose [11705] (living)


8 M Ellis Kash Becraft [3130]

           Born: 26 Aug 1920 - Menifee, Kentucky, United States 10 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Aug 1998 - Jeffersonville, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 16
         Buried:  - Machpelah Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 3 14
FamilySearch ID: L8CM-CZV
Find A Grave ID: 84886872
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


9 M James Alec Becraft Sr. [3125] 17

           Born: 9 Feb 1923 - Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States 2 11 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Nov 2003 - Mount Pleasant Retirement Village, Bethany, Butler Co, OH 2 17


         Buried: 20 Nov 2003 - Monroe Cemetery, Monroe, Butler Co, OH 3 17 18
FamilySearch ID: L8CM-CZ5
Find A Grave ID: 12586378
         Spouse: Rose Lena Cobb 1 [3126] (1927-1999)
           Marr: 22 Dec 1945 - Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States



Death Notes: Husband - Peter Franklin Becraft

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymenife/mcdeath1949-1953.html, Pete Becraft, 02-22-1953, volume 06397, certificate 013, Deathvol 53


General Notes: Husband - Peter Franklin Becraft

Left on his own at the age of nine. Reason, not known at this writing. Lived with a family named Downs. Married Esther Ringo. Nickname: Deacon. Brother Harve (James Harve Becraft, 1876-1957, buried in Middletown, Ohio at Woodside Cemetery. And, a sister, Mrs. Lou Graham of Cynthiana, Ky.

Social Security # 401-01-5447

Died at the age of 76, retired Central Kentucky Gas Company. Services held at the Cornwell Christian Church, Mt. Sterling, Ky. The Rev. T.W. Osborne officiated and burial was listed in the obituary as the Rothwell Cemetery.

Burial: Norris Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Ky. Survived by three sons, Oliver S, and James A of Middtown and Ellis of Lexington, Ky.; four daughters, Mrs. Nellie Lacey, Mrs. Opal Alexander, of Middletown, Ohio, and Mrs. Flora Jackson of Gallipolis; one brother, Harve Becraft of Middletown, a sister, Mrs. Lou Graham of Cynthiana, Ky.

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Sources


1 chmullins@aol.com, Ancestry.com Family Trees.

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

3 Findagrave.com.

4 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.).

5 (file for Thomas and Jemima Becraft (both Lemaster and Ringo lines)).

6 chmullins@aol.com, Ancestry.com Family Trees, Middle name "Belle."

7 Kentucky Vital Records Project (http://kyvitals.com), "Lenville."

8 Kentucky Vital Records Project (http://kyvitals.com).

9 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), Marcus Becraft, 23 December, 1914 Menfe age 5.

10 Menifee County, Kentucky Births 1912 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymenife/1912men.html).

11 www.familytreelegends.com.

12 Menifee County, Kentucky Births 1912 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymenife/1912men.html), 17 Dec.

13 LDS.

14 gravelocator.cem.va.gov.

15 luvingwife, http://jove.prohosting.com/~luvgwife/swanner.htm.

16 Ancestry.com (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning, comp. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present.), Ellis K Becraft d. 31 Aug 1998 at Jeffersnville, age 78, residence Fayette.

17 (12/2/2003).

18 Billion Graves (billiongraves.com : accessed 14 Apr 2020).


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