Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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John Edward Beecroft and Violet May Coutts



Husband John Edward Beecroft [4948] 1




           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 1

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 Violet May Coutts [4955] 1




           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: 40771737
         Spouse: 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: 195538106
         Spouse: Hilda Irene Dunning [12354] (1911-2002)
           Marr: 21 Dec 1937 - Shedden, Southwold Twp, Elgin Co, Ontario, Canada


4 F Annabelle Beecroft [4956]




           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: 223072678
         Spouse: 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: 195449263
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 F Flossie Mae Beecroft [5398]




           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: 195510683
         Spouse: 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: 116432058
         Spouse: 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: 177913474
         Spouse: 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: 206319922
         Spouse: 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: 128013194
         Spouse: Mary Margaret Whitton [15193] (1943-2012)
           Marr: 29 Jun 1985


11 M Lorne Arnold Beecroft [5396]




           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: 128475337
         Spouse: 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: 234015691
         Spouse: 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: 239972930
         Spouse: Maurice Willard McLellan [16513] (1925-2022)



Birth Notes: Husband - John Edward Beecroft

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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.

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Sources


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.

7 LDS, Ontario Deaths 1869-1947.


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