Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Joseph John Beecroft and Sarah Ann Lawrence



Husband Joseph John Beecroft [14505]

           Born: 1839 - Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1906
         Buried:  - Reading Old Cemetery, Reading, Berkshire, England


         Father: William Beecroft [8191] (1805-1848) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Wilbourne [8192] (Abt 1809-1891) 1 2


       Marriage: 1862 - East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Events

• He worked as a printer.

• He appeared on the England census in 1851 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Joseph J Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1851
Event Place:
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Registration District:
Mutford
Residence Note:
High Street
Gender:
Male
Age:
12
Marital Status:
Unmarried
Occupation:
Scholar
Birth Year (Estimated):
1839
Birthplace:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Relationship to Head of Household:
Son
Page Number:
1
Registration Number:
HO107
Piece/Folio:
1805 / 252
Affiliate Record Type:
Household
Affiliate Image Identifier:
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1851/4294503/00493&parentid=GBC/1851/0008435458
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Eliza BeecroftHeadFemale44Aberdeen Scotland British Subject
Henry BeecroftSonMale13Lowestoft, Suffolk
Joseph J BeecroftSonMale12Lowestoft, Suffolk
Anne S BeecroftDaughterFemale10Lowestoft, Suffolk
Amelia BeecroftDaughterFemale9Lowestoft, Suffolk
William A BeecroftSonMale7Lowestoft, Suffolk
Charles E BeecroftSonMale5Lowestoft, Suffolk
George H BeecroftSonMale4Lowestoft, Suffolk
Elizabeth A StannardAssistantFemale27Lowestoft, Suffolk.

• He appeared on the England census in 1871 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Joseph J Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1871
Event Place:
Saint Mary's with Holy Apostles, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
St Mary, Berkshire, England
Sub-District:
St Mary
Enumeration District:
1
Gender:
Male
Age:
32
Marital Status:
Married
Occupation:
Printer
Birth Year (Estimated):
1839
Birthplace:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Head
Affiliate Image Identifier:
GBC/1871/1278/0043
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Joseph J BeecroftHeadMale32Lowestoft, Suffolk
Sarah A BeecroftWifeFemale33Retford, Nottinghamshire
Annie E BeecroftDaughterFemale7Reading, Berkshire
Lawrence H BeecroftSonMale6Reading, Berkshire
Hetty R BeecroftDaughterFemale3Reading, Berkshire
Ellen LaurenceSister-in-lawFemale26Retford, Nottinghamshire
Emma F SheppardServantFemale10Reading, Berkshire.

• He appeared on the England census in 1881 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Joseph John Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1881
Event Place:
Reading St Lawrence, Berkshire, England
Registration District:
Reading
Residence Note:
Market Place
Gender:
Male
Age:
42
Marital Status:
Married
Marital Status (Original):
Married
Occupation:
Printer Master Emp 6 Men Paas 3 Boys
Birth Year (Estimated):
1839
Birthplace:
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Page Number:
1
Registration Number:
RG11
Piece/Folio:
1305/94
Affiliate Record Type:
Household
Affiliate Image Identifier:
GBC/1881/4307393/00194&parentid=GBC/1881/0006194100
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Joseph John BeecroftHeadMale42Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Sarah Ann BeecroftWifeFemale43Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Lawrence Herbert BeecroftSonMale16Reading, Berkshire, England
Hettie Roberta BeecroftDaughterFemale13Reading, Berkshire, England
Hester LawrenceWifes MotherFemale71Fillingham, Lincolnshire, England
Ellen LawrenceWifes SisterFemale36Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Hettie LawrenceWifes SisterFemale32Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Edith Mary GheyNieceFemale9Bath, Somerset, England.

• Event: 6 Feb 1899, Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Accounts and Papers, Volume 83, Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons, Session 13 February 1906 - 21 December 1906.

page 66
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Property.

... chapel and ground adjoining in Rose Street, Wokingham, upon trust for a place of Divine worship for the people called Methodists.
...
page 67
New trustees have since been appointed on the 6th February 1899 at a meeting of the trustees duly convened under the provisions of the Model Deed. Of these there survive Thomas Francis Whiting, Joseph John Beecroft, Abraham Champion Le Huray, Henry Moon, Francis Keable Whiting, Henry Edward Grace, George Maggs, Richard Jesse Bromley, James Davis, and Henry William Searle, all of Reading; and Francis Garroway Sceats, Charles Baker, Isaiah Gadd, Herbert Howard Perkins, Thomas William Hawkins, senior, Thomas William Hawkins, junior, Richard Henry Ferrebee, and Charles Staley, all of Wokingham.

The property not actually used for purposes of public worship consists of two cottages separated by a passage from the chapel, and let at weekly rents of 4s, 9d, each, making a total gross income of 12L, 7s. The net rents are applied for chapel purposes in accordance with the Model Deed.
...

• He appeared on the England census in 1901 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Joseph J Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
31 Mar 1901
Event Place:
Reading St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
County:
Berkshire
Civil Parish:
Reading St Giles
Ecclesiastical Parish:
St John The Evangelist With St Stephen
Sub-District:
St Giles
Registration District:
Reading
Gender:
Male
Age:
62
Occupation:
PRINTER'S ACCOUNTANT
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Birth Year (Estimated):
1839
Birthplace:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Schedule Type:
202
Page Number:
28
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Joseph J BeecroftHeadMale62Lowestoft, Suffolk
Sarah A BeecroftWifeFemale63East Retford, Nottinghamshire
Annie E BeecroftDaughterFemale37Reading, Berkshire
Muriel R WrayGrand DaughterFemale6Chorley, Lancashire
Helen LawrenceWife'S SisterFemale56East Retford, Nottinghamshire
Hettie LawrenceWife'S SisterFemale53East Retford, Nottinghamshire.

• He died in 1906 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Joseph John Beecroft
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007

Name:Joseph John Beecroft
Event Type:Death
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year:1906
Registration District:Reading
County:Berkshire
Event Place:Reading, Berkshire, England
Age:67
Birth Year (Estimated):1839
Volume:2C
Affiliate Line Number:109.

• He had an estate probated on 27 Aug 1906 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Joseph John Beecroft
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957

Name:Joseph John Beecroft
Event Type:Probate
Event Date:27 Aug 1906
Event Place:Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):Reading, United Kingdom
Death Date:19 Jun 1906
Beneficiary's Name:Sarah Ann Beecroft.




Wife Sarah Ann Lawrence [14793]

           Born: 1838 - Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
     Christened: 
           Died: 1916 - Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
         Buried: 


         Father: Lawrence [14799] (      -      )
         Mother: Hester [14798] (      -      )


Events

• She appeared on the England census in 1871 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Sarah A Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1871
Event Place:
Saint Mary's with Holy Apostles, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
St Mary, Berkshire, England
Sub-District:
St Mary
Enumeration District:
1
Gender:
Female
Age:
33
Marital Status:
Married
Birth Year (Estimated):
1838
Birthplace:
Retford, Nottinghamshire
Relationship to Head of Household:
Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Wife
Affiliate Image Identifier:
GBC/1871/1278/0043
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Joseph J BeecroftHeadMale32Lowestoft, Suffolk
Sarah A BeecroftWifeFemale33Retford, Nottinghamshire
Annie E BeecroftDaughterFemale7Reading, Berkshire
Lawrence H BeecroftSonMale6Reading, Berkshire
Hetty R BeecroftDaughterFemale3Reading, Berkshire
Ellen LaurenceSister-in-lawFemale26Retford, Nottinghamshire
Emma F SheppardServantFemale10Reading, Berkshire.

• She appeared on the England census in 1881 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Sarah Ann Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1881
Event Place:
Reading St Lawrence, Berkshire, England
Registration District:
Reading
Residence Note:
Market Place
Gender:
Female
Age:
43
Marital Status:
Married
Marital Status (Original):
Married
Birth Year (Estimated):
1838
Birthplace:
Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household:
Wife
Page Number:
1
Registration Number:
RG11
Piece/Folio:
1305/94
Affiliate Record Type:
Household
Affiliate Image Identifier:
GBC/1881/4307393/00194&parentid=GBC/1881/0006194101
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Joseph John BeecroftHeadMale42Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Sarah Ann BeecroftWifeFemale43Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Lawrence Herbert BeecroftSonMale16Reading, Berkshire, England
Hettie Roberta BeecroftDaughterFemale13Reading, Berkshire, England
Hester LawrenceWifes MotherFemale71Fillingham, Lincolnshire, England
Ellen LawrenceWifes SisterFemale36Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Hettie LawrenceWifes SisterFemale32Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Edith Mary GheyNieceFemale9Bath, Somerset, England.

• She appeared on the England census in 1901 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Sarah A Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
31 Mar 1901
Event Place:
Reading St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
County:
Berkshire
Civil Parish:
Reading St Giles
Ecclesiastical Parish:
St John The Evangelist With St Stephen
Sub-District:
St Giles
Registration District:
Reading
Gender:
Female
Age:
63
Relationship to Head of Household:
Wife
Birth Year (Estimated):
1838
Birthplace:
East Retford, Nottinghamshire
Schedule Type:
202
Page Number:
28
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Joseph J BeecroftHeadMale62Lowestoft, Suffolk
Sarah A BeecroftWifeFemale63East Retford, Nottinghamshire
Annie E BeecroftDaughterFemale37Reading, Berkshire
Muriel R WrayGrand DaughterFemale6Chorley, Lancashire
Helen LawrenceWife'S SisterFemale56East Retford, Nottinghamshire
Hettie LawrenceWife'S SisterFemale53East Retford, Nottinghamshire.

• She appeared on the England census in 1911 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Sarah Ann Beecroft
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1911
Event Place:
Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
County:
Berkshire
Parish:
Reading
Sub-District:
St Giles
Sub-District Number:
2
District Number:
121
Enumeration District:
9
Registration District:
Reading
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Marital Status:
Widowed
Marital Status (Original):
WIDOW
Number in Family:
11
Birth Year (Estimated):
1838
Birthplace:
Redford, Nottinghamshire
Relationship to Head of Household:
Mother
Schedule Type:
141
Page Number:
1
Registration Number:
RG14
Piece/Folio:
287
Affiliate Record Identifier:
GBC/1911/RG14/06588/0287/2
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Annie Eliza BeecroftHeadFemale47Reading, Berkshire
Sarah Ann BeecroftMotherFemale73Redford, Nottinghamshire
Muriel Rainsford WrayNieceFemale16Chorley, Lancashire
Florence Eveline MatthiasBoarderFemale33Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Elsie Helen PenryBoarderFemale28Aberystwight, Cardiganshire
Julio EstremeraBoarderMale20Saragossa Spain Visitor
Dora Beatrice LaitVisitorFemale43Reaing, Berkshire
Philip Enstace PetterBoarderMale24Barnstaple, Devonshire
Dorothy HopkinsonBoarderFemale42Midgham, Berkshire
Mary CollinsCookFemale44Woodcote Newbury, Berkshire
Lily WillisHousemaidFemale20Reading, Berkshire.

• She died in 1916 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Sarah A Beecroft
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007

Name:Sarah A Beecroft
Event Type:Death
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year:1916
Registration District:Reading
County:Berkshire
Event Place:Reading, Berkshire, England
Age:78
Birth Year (Estimated):1838
Volume:2C
Affiliate Line Number:46.

Marriage Events

• Marriage: 1862, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. Joseph John Beecroft
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005

Name:Joseph John Beecroft
Event Type:Marriage
Event Place:East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Registration District:East Retford
County:Nottinghamshire
Registration Quarter:Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year:1862
Volume:7B
Affiliate Line Number:9
Possible Spouse:Ann Gill
Possible Spouse:John Hurst
Possible Spouse:Sarah Ann Lawrence.


Children
1 F Annie Eliza Beecraft [14794]

           Born: 1864 - Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
     Christened: 
           Died: 1922 - Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
         Buried: 



2 M Lawrence Herbert Beecraft [14795]

           Born: 1865 - Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 May 1951 - Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3
         Buried: 7 May 1951 - Eastern Suburbs Crematorium
         Spouse: Dulcie J [14796] (1865-      )
         Spouse: Dulcie Julia Pearson [10163] (      -1944)


3 F Hettie Roberta Beecraft [14797]

           Born: 1868 - Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



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Sources


1 LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org).

2 LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org), 1810, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

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


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