Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Ronald Edward Becraft Sr. and Mary Louise Gertrude Murrin

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Husband Ronald Edward Becraft Sr. [4165] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Jan 1903 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1975 - Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania 1 3 4
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LWX9-D8J

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         Father: Ernest Elsworth Becraft [4163] (1877-Abt 1952) 1 2
         Mother: Mary H. Taylor [4164] (1878-1923) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1929 - Suffern, Rockland, New York, United States 1

Events

• Event: Dropped out of school to take care of his mother.

• He worked most of his life making brake shoes for the railroad.

• Soc Sec Num: 126-09-0251.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. Page: Ernest Becraft, Ramapo, Rockland, New York, E.D. 119, p. 223A, s. 8A, im. 15, ln 30
Text: Becraft, Ronald E, Son, M, 7, Single, New York, New York, New Jersey, None
Date: 20-21 Apr 1910.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. Page: Ernest Becraft, Ramapo, Rockland, New York, E.D. 230, p. 38A, s. 2A, im. 3, ln 49
Text: Becraft, Ronald, Son, M, 16, Single, New York, New York, New Jersey, None
Date: 2 Jan 1920.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Suffern, Rockland, New York, United States. Head of house, clerk in a silk dyeing company.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. 266 Myrtle Avenue
Becraft, Ronald E, Sr., head, age 37, born NY, foreman, foundry; wife Gertrude, age 36, born NY, private secretary, fur dealer; son Ronald, Jr., age 7, born NY; son David, age 5, born NY; housekeeper, Howell, Dorothy, age 21, born NJ.

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Wife Mary Louise Gertrude Murrin [4166] ¹

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           Born: 3 Mar 1904 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1984 - Suffern, Rockland, New York, United States 1 3
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: G6QD-NMG

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 081-01-9099.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. 266 Myrtle Avenue
Becraft, Ronald E, Sr., head, age 37, born NY, foreman, foundry; wife Gertrude, age 36, born NY, private secretary, fur dealer; son Ronald, Jr., age 7, born NY; son David, age 5, born NY; housekeeper, Howell, Dorothy, age 21, born NJ.

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Children

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1 M Ronald Edward Becraft Jr. [6131] ¹

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           Born: 22 Jul 1932 - Tallman, Rockland Co, NY 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Dec 2010 - Hopewell Junction, Dutchess Co, NY
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: PWNQ-QMQ

         Spouse: Carol Lynn Culver [6132] (living)

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2 M David William Becraft [5451]

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           Born: 4 Feb 1936 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Mar 2005 - Warwick, Orange, New York, United States 3
         Buried: 2 Apr 2005
FamilySearch ID: G5PW-2BR
Find A Grave ID: 10651118

         Spouse: Joyce Margaret Parshall [6135] (living)

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Sources

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

2 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 14.

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

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 Ronald Edward Becraft, person ID LWX9-D8J.

5 U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index, Tallman, Rockland Co, NY.