Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Captain Edward Joseph Beecroft and Barbara Emily Thomas

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Husband Captain Edward Joseph Beecroft [9431]

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           Born: Aug 1831 - Greater London, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Apr 1898 - Forth, Tasmania, Australia
         Buried:  - Forth Pioneer Anglican Cemetery, Forth, Tasmania, Australia
FamilySearch ID: GD5F-S88

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         Father: William Beecroft [9429] (1816-1867)
         Mother: Mary Cosgrove [9430] (1824-1888)

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       Marriage: Abt 1876 - Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia 1

Events

• Event: The Mercury, 3 Feb 1894. TO LET -- About 200 acres good grass and potato land, 1 1/2 miles from Railway station. main road through it. For further particulars apply to the undersigned. Edward J. Beecroft, River Forth.

• He worked as a grazier.

• Event: Launceston Examiner, 21 Sep 1897. Mr. E. J. Beecroft has been appointed trustee of the Forth Recreation Ground Trust.

• His obituary was published in The North West Post on 12 May 1898. BEECRAFT- At his residence, Hamilton on Forth, on April 11, Edward Joseph Beecraft.

The North West Post
12th May 1898


We regret having to announce the death of a very old identity and pioneer of the North West Coast, Captain Edward Joseph Beecraft, of the Forth, who expired yesterday, after an attack of congestion of the lungs, which supervened on influenza. We received a telegram informing us of the sad event at a late hour last night. The deceased was highly respected throughout the district where he had resided and all along the coast, with which he has been identified for a very long period. He originally took up his abode at the Forth over forty years ago and was well known along the entire coast. He was for many years a member of the Mersey Marine Board. At one time he had a small schooner, named the Trader, built to his order at the Penguin and took command himself, running the little craft between there and Melbourne, he and his boat becoming almost as well acquainted in the port of Melbourne as on this coast. After a while he retired from the sea and took up his permanent abode at the Forth, where he became an intimate friend of the late Mr. James Smith, who discovered the Mount Bischoff tin mine and then entered into partnership with the Messrs Walker, two brothers, in a claim adjoining the Bischoff. The venture, however, did not turn out satisfactory. He married a daughter of Mr. Thomas, of Northdown and entered upon farming pursuits at the Forth. He leaves a widow and family. The funeral takes place at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

The North West Post
12th May 1898.

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Wife Barbara Emily Thomas [10751]

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           Born: 9 Dec 1850 - Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Feb 1915 - Tasmania, Australia 2
         Buried:  - Forth Pioneer Anglican Cemetery, Forth, Tasmania, Australia 2
FamilySearch ID: MMQF-VTB

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Children

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1 F Muriel Annie Beecroft [10752]

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           Born: 15 Oct 1878 - Westleigh, Forth, Ulverstone District, Tasmania, Australia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: G321-78M

         Spouse: Percy Stephen Hatherton Martin [10765] (living)

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2 F Lilian Mary Beecraft [18734] ¹

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           Born: 20 Mar 1881 - Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1947 - St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1
         Buried: 28 Jan 1947 - Fawkner Memorial Park, Hadfield, Victoria, Australia 1
FamilySearch ID: G321-5S2

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3 F Dora Moore Beecraft [18735] ¹

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           Born: 5 Nov 1882 - Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jan 1948 - Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 1
         Buried: Jan 1948 - Fawkner Memorial Park, Hadfield, Victoria, Australia 1
FamilySearch ID: G321-GB8

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4 M Edward Samuel Beecroft [18736] ¹

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           Born: 27 Nov 1884 - Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jun 1960 - Manly, New South Wales, Australia 1
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GSN4-VZC

         Spouse: Minnie Martha Lyne 3 [10427] (1884-1955)
           Marr: 27 Jan 1916 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4

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5 M William Roy Beecraft [18737] ¹

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           Born: 2 Jul 1886 - Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: G321-LTF

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6 F Beecraft [18738] ¹

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           Born: 20 Jul 1877 - Forth, Tasmania, Australia 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Jul 1877 - Forth, Tasmania, Australia 1
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GD5X-P4N

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 Nov 2025), entry for Barbara Emily Thomas, person ID MMQF-VTB.

2 Findagrave.com.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 29 Nov 2025), entry for Minnie M Lyne, person ID GSNW-5ZQ.

4 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), 4333/1916.