Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Wallace I. Becraft and Ida Kate Curtiss



Husband Wallace I. Becraft [3753] 1

           Born: 1 Jan 1860 - Michigan, United States 1
     Christened: 


           Died: 13 Jul 1907 - Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States 2
 Cause of Death: typhoid fever


         Buried:  - Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, MI 2
FamilySearch ID: 9F4S-QHC
Find A Grave ID: 30752865


         Father: Isaiah Smith Becraft [3749] (1811-1865) 1 3
         Mother: Caroline Wallace [3750] (Abt 1825-1898) 1


       Marriage: 29 Sep 1890 - Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States 4

Events

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1870 in Dowagiac Village, Cass Co, MI. p. 48, res. 432
Becraft, Caroline, 45, keeping house, $1,200 real est., $700 pers. est., PA
Julius, 20, clerk in store, MI
Frances, 17, MI, in sch.
Mead, 15, apprentice joiner, MI
Wallace, 10, MI, in sch.
Britton, Hattie, 21, school teacher, MI.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Van Buren Co, MI. Wallace Becraft, born abt 1860; Kate C, 1859.

• He was a coachman for Carrie Monroe. Was crippled. He was a clerk (a storekeeper for the asylum in Kalamazoo).




Wife Ida Kate Curtiss [8817]

           Born: 8 Dec 1857 - Michigan, United States 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 May 1923 - Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States 2


         Buried: 2 Jun 1923 - Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, MI 2 5
FamilySearch ID: KZ7Q-RQN
Find A Grave ID: 30752864


         Father: George Edward Curtiss [12375] (1831-1907) 5
         Mother: Lydia Cornelia Tompkins [12376] (1834-1912) 5


Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Van Buren Co, MI. Wallace Becraft, born abt 1860; Kate C, 1859.

• She died on 31 May 1923 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Name: Kate C. Becraft
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 31 May 1923
Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Age: 65
Birth Date: 1858
Birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: George E. Curtiss
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Name: Lydia C. Tompkins
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01065-0
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
Source Film Number: 2074999
Reference Number: p 39.

Marriage Events

• Marriage: 29 Sep 1890, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Groom's Name: Wallace I. Becroft
Groom's Birth Date: 1858
Groom's Birthplace: Michigan
Groom's Age: 32
Bride's Name: Ida Kale Curtiss
Bride's Birth Date: 1858
Bride's Birthplace: Michigan
Bride's Age: 32
Marriage Date: 29 Sep 1890
Marriage Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Groom's Father's Name: Isiah Becroft
Groom's Mother's Name: Caroline Wallace
Bride's Father's Name: George Curtiss
Bride's Mother's Name: Carolin Tompkins
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M74819-4
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
Source Film Number: 984142
Reference Number: 145.


Children

Burial Notes: Husband - Wallace I. Becraft

Plot: Lot I Sec 380 Grave 6


Burial Notes: Wife - Ida Kate Curtiss

Plot: Lot I Sec 380 Grave 7

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Sources


1 cblyeth@yahoo.com, "My American Family, July 2004" (rootsweb.com).

2 Findagrave.com.

3 Michigan Department of Health, "Smith."

4 LDS, Michigan Marriages 1868-1925.

5 (http://www.thehornes.org/genealogy/).


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