Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

George Elmer Beecraft and Wilma Elizabeth Birkett

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Husband George Elmer Beecraft [3213] ¹

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           Born: 21 Jul 1926 - Lewiston Township, Columbia Co, WI 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1979 - Mount Horeb, Dane Co, WI 1 2

         Buried:  - Mount Horeb Cemetery Mount Horeb, Dane Co, WI 3
FamilySearch ID: M1MH-4VT
Find A Grave ID: 158166963

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         Father: George Henry Becraft [3211] (1867-1953) 4
         Mother: Ida A Labrenz [3212] (1890-1954) 1 5

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       Marriage: 1950 - Iowa, United States 6

Events

• He was involved in a court case about Name Changed. Legally had name changed from "Becraft" to "Beecraft."

• Soc Sec Num: 395-22-7220.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Fort Winnebago, Columbia Co, WI. George Becraft, age 62, born 1867, WI; Ida, age 42, 1887, wife; Chester, 18, 1911, son; Emma, 18, 1911, daughter; Clarence, age 17, 1912, son; Clanah, age 16, 1913, daughter; Mary, 15, 1914, daughter; Alles, 10, 1919, daughter; Verna, 9, 1920, daughter; Lenci, 4, 1925, daughter; Gerogy, 3, 1926, son; Howard, 1, 1928, son.

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Wife Wilma Elizabeth Birkett [3453] ¹

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           Born: 27 Oct 1915 - Cobb, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jun 1963 - Madison, Wisconsin, United States 6
         Buried:  - Roselawn Memorial Park, Monona, Dane Co, WI 3
FamilySearch ID: K81L-J8B

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   Other Spouse: Altha Jachus Knapton 6 [3714] (1909-1943)

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Children

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Sources

1 Shane Beecraft, Beecraft/BeCraft and Eggimann Family Tree, Ancestry.com.

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

3 Findagrave.com.

4 Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).

5 Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html), Ida.

6 Kathleen Olsen, "Olsen Gedcom File" (rootsweb.com).

7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 Nov 2025), entry for Wilma Elizabeth Birkett, person ID K81L-J8B.