Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Ray Eugene Becraft Sr. and Grace Anna "Gram" Galloway



Husband Ray Eugene Becraft Sr. [6297]

           Born: 9 Jun 1910 - Mount Airy, Carroll, Maryland, United States 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jun 1982 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1 2


         Buried: 8 Jun 1982 - Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 3
FamilySearch ID: KCP7-NQT
Find A Grave ID: 116533533


         Father: Spencer Eguene Becraft [424] (1878-1959) 4
         Mother: Mary Catherine Thompson [6295] (1881-1957)


       Marriage: 28 Sep 1936 - St. Joseph's, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 212-05-7756. as Becroft.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Frederick, Maryland, United States. Spencer E Becraft, age 40, born 1879, in Maryland; wife Mary Cathren, age 39y; dau Harney M, age 16y; son Ray, age 9y; dau Harriette, age 1y.




Wife Grace Anna "Gram" Galloway [9660]

           Born: 9 Aug 1912 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Feb 2007 - Frederick Villa Nursing Home, Catonsville, Baltimore Co, MD


         Buried: 17 Feb 2007 - Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 3
FamilySearch ID: LXJD-33W
Find A Grave ID: 116533562


         Father: Galloway [13617]
         Mother: Annie R Gohan [13616] (1884-1968)


Events

• Her obituary was published in the Howard County Times on 22 Feb 2007. Grace A. Becraft

Grace "Gram" Anna Becraft, of Ellicott City, died Feb. 15, 2007, at Frederick Villa Nursing Home in Catonsville. She was 94.

Born Aug. 9, 1912, in Baltimore, to James and Annie Galloway, she attended high school in Baltimore.

She married Ray. E. Becraft in 1935.

Before becoming a homemaker, Mrs. Becraft worked as a telephone operator for C&P Telephone Co., in Baltimore.

She was predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Ray E. Becraft Sr.; and a sister, Helen Bussard.

Mrs. Becraft is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ray Jr. and Faye Becraft, of Ellicott City; four grandchildren, Lisa and her husband, Greg Landerman, of Mount Airy, Susan Burris and her fianc?, John Thompson, of Cooksville, Ray Becraft III and his significant other, Heather Fiourcii, of Finksburg, and Heather and her husband, Dan Eisenhart, of Mount Airy; 13 great-grandchildren; a niece, Jean and her husband, Bob Schleicher, of Ocean City; and a nephew, Donald and his wife, Jean Bussard, of Rutherford, Va.

Funeral services were held Feb. 17, 2007, at Sterling Ashton Schwab Witzke Funeral Home in Catonsville.

Interment followed at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore.

Memorial donations may be made to: American Heart Association, Memorials and Tributes Processing Center, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216.

• Soc Sec Num: 212-05-1954.


Children
1 M Ray Eugene Becraft, Jr. [9661] 5




           Born: 3 Jul 1940 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Dec 2022 - Ellicott City, Howard, Maryland, United States 6
         Buried: 13 Dec 2022 - Crestlawn Cemetery, Marriottsville, Howard, Maryland, United States 7
FamilySearch ID: LXJ8-JDR
Find A Grave ID: 246247124
         Spouse: Faye Gabriella [9662] (living)



Burial Notes: Husband - Ray Eugene Becraft Sr.

Plot Evergreen section, Plot 128


Burial Notes: Wife - Grace Anna "Gram" Galloway

Evergreen section

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Sources


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

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for Ray Eugene Becraft, person ID KCP7-NQT.

3 Findagrave.com.

4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for Spencer E Becraft, person ID LZYQ-77C.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Ray E Becraft, person ID LXJ8-JDR.

6 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Ray Eugene Becraft, Jr., person ID LXJ8-JDR.

7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 Nov 2025), entry for Ray E Becraft, person ID LXJ8-JDR.


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