Husband Jacob Joseph "Jake" Beecroft [4947]
Born: 27 Feb 1874 - Caradoc, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
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Died: 18 Jul 1945 - Canada
Buried: - Cowal McBrides Cemetery, Iona Station, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 1
FamilySearch ID: LWXF-VM4
Find A Grave ID: 210470069
Father: John Beecroft [4943] (1842-1901)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Plain [4944] (1842-1930)
Marriage: 12 Jul 1917 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Events
• He appeared on the Canadian census in 1881 in Southwold, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada. John Beecroft, age 38, born USA, farmer, Presbyterian; wife Mary age 38, born Ontario, Presbyterian; son James age 9, born Ontario, Presbyterian; son Jacob age 7, born Ontario, Presbyterian; son John age 4, born Ontario, Presbyterian; dau Rebecca age 2, born Ontario, Presbyterian.
Wife Eva Almeda Light [4961]
Born: 4 Jun 1882 - Malahide Twp, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada
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Died: 11 Apr 1945 - Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Buried: - Avon Cemetery, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada
Find A Grave ID: 62191897
Events
• Her obituary was published in the St Thomas Times Journal on 12 Apr 1945. Page 9
c6 died - Mrs Jacob Beecroft, nee Eva Almeda Light, 65th year, Apr 11.
• Her obituary was published in the St. Thomas Times Journal on 12 Apr 1945. Page 8
c3 Died - Mrs Jacob Beecroft, nee Eva Almeda Light, 65th year, Apr 11, daughter of Lazarus & Rhoda Light; mother of Mrs Arthur Pritchard, Mrs Ray Kilmer and Kenneth Beecroft; step-mother of Earl Beecroft; sister of Mrs Adelia Campbell, Mrs William Brown and Mrs Olive Smyth.
• Her obituary was published in the St Thomas Times Journal on 13 Apr 1945. page 9
c6 Died - Mrs Jacob Beecroft, nee Eva Almeda Light, 65th year, Apr 11.
Children
1 M Kenneth Beecroft [5382] (details suppressed for this person)
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2 F Beecroft [5957] (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Ray Kilmer [5959] (living)
3 F Beecroft [5958] (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Arthur Pritchard [5960] (living)
Birth Notes: Husband - Jacob Joseph "Jake" Beecroft
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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Joseph "Jake" Beecroft
Jacob "Jake" Joseph Beecroft was born February 27, 1874 in Caradoc Township. Jacob was married August 30, 1899 in Melbourne, to Edith Venetta Brown. Edith was born August 13, 1881 in the United States. Jacob took over the family farm upon the death of his father in 1901. He and Edith, their son Earl, along with his mother Mary, and sister Rebecca were on the farm during the 1911 Census. There was also a farmhand named Henry Byron. Sadly, Edith died October 31, 1913 at age 32, at Amasa Wood Hospital in St. Thomas from a ruptured appendix. She was buried in Cowal McBride Cemetery.
Jake was married to his second wife Eva Almeda Light, on July 12, 1917 in the Methodist Church manse in Dutton. Eva was born June 4, 1882 in Malahide Township, Elgin County. During the 1901 Census, Eva had been a domestic working at the Vienna, Ontario home of the Suffel family. Later, during the 1911 Census, Eva was at home with her widowed mother. Eva died on the farm in Dunwich June 4, 1945 and was buried in the Light Family Cemetery, Bayham Township, Elgin County. Jake died quite soon after, on July 18, 1945, at Victoria Hospital, London. He is buried in Cowal McBride Cemetery.