John Edward Beecroft and Violet May Coutts
Husband John Edward Beecroft [4948] 1
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Born: 8 Dec 1876 - Caradoc, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada 1 Christened: 28 Feb 1922 - Cowal Pres, Southwold Twp, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 1 Died: 17 Oct 1954 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 1![]()
Buried: 1954 - Cowal McBrides Cemetery, Iona Station, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: KNST-YF1 Find A Grave ID: 194415849
Father: John Beecroft [4943] (1842-1901) Mother: Mary Elizabeth Plain [4944] (1842-1930)
Marriage: 3 Mar 1909 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 1Events
• 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 Violet May Coutts [4955] 1
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Born: 4 Sep 1894 - Ontario, Canada 1 Christened: Died: 28 Aug 1987 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada 1 3![]()
Buried: - Cowal McBrides Cemetery, Iona Station, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada FamilySearch ID: 9SB2-4Q2 Find A Grave ID: 194416093
Children
1 M Fred Beecroft [5395] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M Clarence Beecroft [5388]
Born: 24 Sep 1909 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 20 Mar 1973![]()
Buried: - Belsyde Cemetery, Nichol, Wellington, Ontario, Canada 2 4 FamilySearch ID: KFR4-J1P Find A Grave ID: 40771737Spouse: Vina May Mossey [5432] (1905-1971) Marr: 4 Dec 1935 - Ontario, Canada
3 M Almon Edwin "Almy" Beecroft [5400] 5
Born: 13 Apr 1911 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 5 Christened: Died: 29 Jun 2004 - London, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada 6 Buried: - Cowal McBrides Cemetery, Iona Station, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: LZB1-TZB Find A Grave ID: 195538106Spouse: Hilda Irene Dunning [12354] (1911-2002) Marr: 21 Dec 1937 - Shedden, Southwold Twp, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada
4 F Annabelle Beecroft [4956]
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Born: 15 Dec 1912 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 26 Mar 2008 - Essex, Ontario, Canada Buried: - Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, Oldcastle, Essex Co, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: LTY9-8TZ Find A Grave ID: 223072678Spouse: George Edward Clark [4957] (1906-1963) Marr: 1931
5 M John Albert "Bert" Beecroft [5391] 5
Born: 3 Jun 1914 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 5 Christened: Died: 27 Jul 2005 - London, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada Buried: - Cowal McBrides Cemetery, Iona Station, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: GBQ4-XJW Find A Grave ID: 195449263Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Flossie Mae Beecroft [5398]
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Born: 24 Dec 1915 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 5 Christened: Died: 19 Feb 2014 - London, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada Buried: - Cowal McBrides Cemetery, Iona Station, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: LJMP-7PF Find A Grave ID: 195510683Spouse: James Charles Foster [15195] (1920-1984)Spouse: Floyd Warden "Wardie" Lucas [15194] (1895-1970) Marr: 11 Dec 1935 - United Church Manse, Dutton, Ontario, Canada
7 F Dorothy Pearl Beecroft [5392]
Born: 10 Jun 1917 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 15 Jun 1979 - Ontario, Canada Buried: - Fairview cemetery, Dutton, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: KNST-237 Find A Grave ID: 116432058Spouse: Thomas Carl Mann [15196] (1908-1958) Marr: 1934
8 M Charles Edward "Ed" Beecroft [5389] 5
Born: 14 Nov 1918 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 5 Christened: Died: 22 Sep 2005 - St. Marys, Ontario, Canada Buried: 26 Sep 2005 - St. Marys Cemetery, St. Marys, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: L4NB-V7H Find A Grave ID: 177913474Spouse: Ann Patricia "Pat" Cowan 5 [6455] (1923-2007) Marr: 14 May 1948 - Saint Marys Catholic Church, West Lorne, Aldbourough, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 5
9 F Gertrude Bernice Beecroft [5394] 5
Born: 2 Nov 1920 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 5 Christened: Died: 12 Sep 2005 - Ontario, Canada Buried: - Oakland Cemetery, Mosa, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: GQRV-G5H Find A Grave ID: 206319922Spouse: Albert Duncan Congdon [15197] (1919-1984) Marr: Aug 1938 - Elgin, Ontario, Canada
10 M Donald Bruce Beecroft [5393]
Born: 11 Nov 1925 - Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 16 Jan 2004 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Buried: - Brooks Cemetery, Brooks, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: 9XV6-T6Q Find A Grave ID: 128013194Spouse: Mary Margaret Whitton [15193] (1943-2012) Marr: 29 Jun 1985
11 M Lorne Arnold Beecroft [5396]
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Born: 11 Mar 1928 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 23 Nov 1999 - Delta, British Columbia, Canada Cause of Death: cancer Buried: Nov 1999 - Boundary Bay Cemetery, Tsawwassen, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada 2 FamilySearch ID: 9XV6-T64 Find A Grave ID: 128475337Spouse: Eileen Gertrude Snell [7068] (1926-2022) Marr: 1950. (Divorced)
12 M James Cecil Beecroft [5397]
Born: 16 Dec 1929 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 7 Christened: Died: 26 Jun 1930 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada 7 Buried: - Cowal McBrides Cemetery, Iona Station, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada 2 4 FamilySearch ID: KF5D-ML7 Find A Grave ID: 234015691Spouse: Did Not Marry
13 F Helen Beecroft [5390]
Born: 15 Jul 1931 - Dunwich, Elgin, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 20 May 2022 - Amherstburg, Essex Co, Ontario, Canada Buried: - Rose Hill Cemetery, Amherstburg, Essex Co, Ontario, Canada 2 Find A Grave ID: 239972930Spouse: Maurice Willard McLellan [16513] (1925-2022)
Birth Notes: Husband - John Edward Beecroft
First Range near #12
General Notes: Wife - Violet May Coutts
Violet May Coutts was born September 4, 1893 in Mt. Salem, Yarmouth Township, Elgin County. She was one of four girls. As a child, Violet and her family moved to a farm in Southwold Township. Sixteen year old Violet was married march 4, 1909 to John Edward Beecroft of nearby Dunwich Township. John and Violet were farmers in Dunwich on Concession 5. There, she and John raised a large close-knit family. John died in October 17, 1954 and was buried in nearby Cowal McBride Cemetery. Find A Grave 194415849. Violet and her son Bert continued with the farm until the mid 1960's when they sold and moved to an apartment on Elmwood Ave in London, Ontario. After several years they moved to the Jamestown Apartments on Huron St. in London. Violet died August 28, 1987 and was buried with John.
1 LDS.
2 Findagrave.com.
3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 Nov 2025), entry for Violet May Coutts, person ID 9SB2-4Q2.
4 http://www.islandnet.com/.
5 dzenger7@rogers.com, My Extended Family Tree (rootsweb.com).
6 http://www.rootsweb.com/~deschart/z0000038.html.
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