Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

David Beecroft and Charlotte Stacey

Husband David Beecroft [10964]

           Born: 17 Jul 1875 - East Wawanosh, Huron, Ontario, Canada
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Nov 1943 - South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
         Buried:  - Farringdon Burial Ground, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada ¹ ²
FamilySearch ID: LZYJ-PPB
Find A Grave ID: 149296094

         Father: John Lewis Beecroft [8902] (1820-1899)
         Mother: Ann Jane Golley [8901] (1831-1911) ³

       Marriage: 14 Oct 1903 - St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Events

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Westchester, New York, United States. NameDavid Beecroft
SexMale
Age46
Event Date1920
Event PlaceWestchester, New York, United States
Event Place (Original)New York, Westchester
Immigration Date1902
Birth Year (Estimated)1874
BirthplaceCanada
Marital StatusMarried
RaceWhite
Relationship to Head of HouseholdHead
Father's BirthplaceEngland
Mother's BirthplaceIreland
Event TypeCensus
Household Identifier258
Line Number77
Sheet LetterB
Sheet Number11
Sheet Number and Letter11B
Affiliate Film Number1276
Affiliate Publication NumberT625
Affiliate NameThe U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

with spouse Charlotte.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Scarsdale, Westchester Co, NY. 19 Slate Rd
Owned home worth $29,000

First Name:David
Last Name:Beecroft
Age at Time of Census:64
Gender:Male
Race:White
Ethnicity:American
Est. Birth Year:1876
Birth Location:Ontario Map
Enumeration District:60-344
Residence:Scarsdale, Scarsdale Town, Westchester, NY Map
Relationship to Head of Household:Head
Other People in Household:

Charlotte Beecroft
64 yrs, Female
Marital Status:Married
Language:English
Genealogical Society Number:005459412
NARA Publication Number:T627
NARA Microfilm Roll Number:2813
Line Number:42
Sheet:B
Sheet Number:65
Collection:1940 U.S. Federal Population Census.

• His obituary was published. David Beecroft, of 19 Drake Road, died last Friday, November 5, in the Epworth Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, after an illness of some months. Mr. Beecroft was sixty-eight years old. He had been a president of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and was recognized as a pioneer in the automobile industry. Since 1928 he had been with the Bendix Corporation.

He had been editor of the Automotive Review, editorial director of Motor Age, Motor World, Automotive Industries. He was for years a member of the contest board of the American Automobile Association and founded the Automobile Old Timers, Inc. He was a charter member of the Chicago Motor Club.

Mr. Beecroft lectured and wrote widely for technical and popular publications. He was a directing influence in basic designing of cars, and advocated engines in the rear in the revamped car of the future.

In Scarsdale Mr. Beecroft went out to meet his civic responsibilities. In 1927 he founded the Drake Road Association and was its first president, serving again in this office a year or two later. Both he and Mrs. Beecroft, who died two years ago, were active in the Scarsdale Congregational Church, where Mr. Beecroft was a deacon. Both were born in Canada, where Mr. Beecroft's surviving brother and sister John Beecroft and Mrs. Henry McGee, are living.

• Event: The Scarsdale Inquirer, 17 Mar 1944. Hold Auction of Estate of the David Beecrofts

Unrestricted auction sale of the estate of the late David Beecroft is announced for next Monday, from 10:30 to 4 o'clock. The exhibition is set for Sunday, March 19, afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock, on the premises, 19 Drake Road. The auctioneer will be O. Rundle Gilbert, well known to Scarsdale auction frequenters.

Mrs. Beecroft, a former officer of the Woman's Club and leader in the Daughters of the British Empire, was a well known figure in the village, and Mr. Beecroft was an automobile inventor and executive. Their collection of china is particularly notable and contains pieces not available since the war. The usual complete furnishings of their former home have been made unusually desirable by war conditions.

If Scarsdale upholds its reputation as to auctions, this one should be well attended.

Wife Charlotte Stacey [11678]

           Born: 1875 - St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Nov 1941 - Scarsdale, Westchester Co, NY
         Buried:  - Farringdon Burial Ground, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada ¹
FamilySearch ID: KZL2-46V
Find A Grave ID: 149295773

         Father: Thomas Stacey [16072] (      -      )
         Mother: Joanna Weeks [16073] (1831-1906)

Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Westchester, New York, United States. NameCharlotte Beecroft
SexFemale
Age41
Event Date1920
Event PlaceWestchester, New York, United States
Event Place (Original)New York, Westchester
Immigration Date1903
Birth Year (Estimated)1879
BirthplaceCanada
Marital StatusMarried
RaceWhite
Relationship to Head of HouseholdWife
Father's BirthplaceEngland
Mother's BirthplaceEngland
Event TypeCensus
Household Identifier258
Line Number78
Sheet LetterB
Sheet Number11
Sheet Number and Letter11B
Affiliate Film Number1276
Affiliate Publication NumberT625
Affiliate NameThe U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

w/ spouse David Beecroft.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Scarsdale, Westchester Co, NY. 19 Slate Rd
Owned home worth $29,000
Beecraft, David, head, age 64, born Ontario, Automobile Dealership; wife Charlotte, age 64, born Ontario.

• Her obituary was published. Mrs. David Beecroft
Scarsdale Clubwoman
SCARSDALE -- Mrs. Charlotte Stacey Beecroft, president of the Daughters of the British Empire of the New York State and wife of David Beecroft, manager of the New York office of the Bendix Aviation Corporation, died Saturday at her home, 19 Drake Road, after an illness of three months. She was sixty-six.

Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, a daughter of the lated Thomas and Johanna Weeks Stacey, Mrs. Beecroft came to this country several years ago. She has been active in women's church, club and welfare work in Westchester County and New York City for many years.

Besides her husband, she leaves two sisters, both living in Canada. Funeral services were to be held at the residence this afternoon, followed by burial in Brantford, Ont.

• Her obituary was published. Mrs. Charlotte Stacey Beecroft, wife of David Beecroft and one of Scarsdal's most prominent women, died at her home, 19 Drake Road, last Saturday after an illness of three months, Funeral services were held at the residence Monday afternoon, Burial was in Brantford.

Mrs. Beecroft had been active in women's church, club and welfare work in Westchester and New York for more than thirty years. She was treasurer of the Scarsdale Woman's Club for four years and was chairman of the club's grounds committee. She was state president of the Daughters of the British Empire.

She was a founder of the Duke of Gloucester Chapter, Daughters of the British Empire, of which she was regent for eight years. For seven years she was a director of the Victoria Home for aged descendants of British subjects in Ossining and was a member of the house committe and had charge of the Sunday afternoon religious services.

Maple Leaf Organizer

Last summer Mrs. Beecroft organized the Scarsdale Branch of the Maple Leafe Fund, Inc., for Canadian war relief work. She had been active for twenty years in the Scarsdale Congregational Church, its Sunday School and its women's organizations.

Mrs. Beecroft for many years served on the hostess committee of the Central Branch Y.W.C.A, in New York. She had been treasurer of the New York Daughters of Alma College of St. Thomas, Ontario, secretary of the Associated Women's Club of Westchester County and a member of the English Speaking Union.

Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, sixty-six years ago, Mrs. Beecroft was the daughter of Thomas and Johanna Weeks Stacey. She had lived in Scarsdale for about twenty-two year. Her husband is manager of the Bendix Aviation Corporation and a past president of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Surviving are her husband; two sisters, Mrs. W. H. Harvey of Brantford, Ontario, and Mrs. Alma S. Washburn of Perth, Ontario; and a niece, Mrs. Lester Whitely of Owen Sound, Ontario.

Children

Birth Notes: Husband - David Beecroft

Name: David Bucroft
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1875
Birthplace: East Wawanosh, Huron, Ontario
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Bucroft
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Jane Golly
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01462-0
System Origin: Canada-EASy
Source Film Number: 1845046
Reference Number: no6, cn7279, pg609

Sources

1 Findagrave.com.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Nov 2025), entry for David Beecroft, person ID LZYJ-PPB.

3 LDS, Ontario Deaths 1869-1947.

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