Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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George Edwin Beecroft and Lucy Alice Andrews

Husband George Edwin Beecroft [9192] 1 

           Born: 6 Oct 1876 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jul 1946 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 2 3 4
         Buried: 6 Jul 1946 - St Mary Magdalene Anglican Churchyard, Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 4 5
FamilySearch ID: LVXG-8NV


         Father: Joseph George Beecroft [9052] (1848-1911) 6
         Mother: Catherine Sophia Byrnes [9114] (1840-1919) 7


       Marriage: 28 May 1898 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 1 4 8

Events

• He worked as a Railway worker in Blacktown, NSW, Australia.

• He worked as a Woodcutter in St Marys, New South Wales, Australia.

• Event: The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Jan 1891. LAW REPORT
PARRAMATTA QUARTER SESSIONS.
Saturday, January 17.
(Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge McFarland.)
Joseph George Beacroft, charged with stealling a mare, the property of George E. Beacroft, of King's Bush, was sentenced to three months in Parramatta goal.

• His funeral was held The Sydney Morning Herald on 6 Jul 1946. BEACROFT. - The Relatives and Fridnds of Mrs. L.A. Beacroft and Family are invited to attend the Funeral of her Husband, their Father, Father-in-law, and Grandfather, George Edwin Beacroft; to leave our Funeral Home, 32 Darcy Street, Parramatta, This Day, at 10 a.m., for St. Mary Magdelene Church of England Cemetery, St. Mary's. Charles INNes and Son, A.F.D.A., UW9259.

• His obituary was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 6 Jul 1946. BEACROFT - July 4, 1946 George Edwin ZBeacroft of 2 Lane Street, Wentworthville beloved husband of Lucy Alice and loved father of George, Percy (deceased) Harold, Ida (Mrs. Griffiths), Joseph, Roy, Stanley, Irene (Mrs. Henshaw) and May (Mrs. Lindsay), Sydney (deceased) and Melba (Mrs. Wells) aged 69 years.


Wife Lucy Alice Andrews [9194] 1 4 

           Born: 18 Sep 1878 - Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 2 4 9
     Christened: 24 Feb 1881 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 4 9
           Died: 7 Oct 1974 - Lidcombe, NSW, Australia 2 3 4 10
         Buried: Oct 1974 - St Mary Magdalene Anglican Churchyard, Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 4 9
FamilySearch ID: L44J-CJV

Events

• Her obituary was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 11 Oct 1974. Lucy Alice Beacroft, Death Notice, 7 Oct 1974, age 96, late of Wentworthville.

Children
1 F Irene Beecroft [9413] 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GSDH-CXJ

         Spouse: Henshaw [10745] (      -      )

2 F May Beecroft [9414] 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: G61M-Z9T

         Spouse: Lindsay [10746] (      -      )

3 F Melba Beecroft [9415] 

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Wells [10747] (      -      )

4 M Ernest Roy Beecroft [10257] 

           Born: 1908 - St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L44J-C2B

         Spouse: Marian Edmondson [10258] (      -      )
           Marr: Aug 1933 - Grantville, Victoria, Australia 11. (Divorced)

5 M George Henry Beecroft [9409] 4 

           Born: 14 Apr 1898 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 4
     Christened: 21 Sep 1898 - St. Magdalene, St Mary's, NSW, Australia 4
           Died: 26 Apr 1974 - Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 3 10
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L44J-CFR






6  M  Percy Edward Beecroft [9411] 4





           Born: 30 Sep 1899 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 2 3 4
     Christened: 10 Dec 1902 - St. Magdalene, St Mary's, NSW, Australia 4
           Died: 21 Sep 1920 2 3
         Buried:  - St. Mary Magdalene Church of England Cemetery, St Mary's, NSW, Australia 2
FamilySearch ID: L44J-CVK








7  M  Harold Beecroft [9410] 4





           Born: 20 Aug 1901 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 2 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Oct 1901 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 2
         Buried:  - St. Mary Magdalene Church of England Cemetery, St Mary's, NSW, Australia 2
FamilySearch ID: L44J-CK7



         Spouse: Did Not Marry






8  F  Ada Catherine Beecroft [9418]





           Born: 1904 - St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LVXG-Z7K



         Spouse: George Griffiths [10425] (      -1953)
           Marr: 1926 - Penrith, New South Wales, Australia 12






9  M  William Joseph Beecroft [9417]





           Born: 1906 - St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L44J-C28








10  M  Sydney Leonard Beecroft [9412] 2





           Born: 
     Christened: Mar 1919 - St. Mary Magdalene Church of England, St. Marys, NSW, Australia 2
           Died: 21 Jun 1919 2 3
         Buried: Jun 1919 - St. Mary Magdalene Church of England Cemetery, Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 13
FamilySearch ID: L44J-CG8








11  M  Stanley Beecroft [10748]





           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L44J-CLX











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Sources




1
graemedavidwilson@yahoo.com, Mr. Graeme WIlson (ancestry.com).

2
(http://www.stmarysregisters.com.au/stmarymagdalenechurch.htm).

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

4
LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org).

5
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 Nov 2025), entry for George Edwin Beecroft, person ID LVXG-8NV. 

6
marycotter001@gmail.com, Cotters, Ruths, Kealys, Clancys, Lyalls, etc (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=marycotter&id=I95300757&ti=5544).

7
dftgen60@gmail.com, None (rootsweb.com).

8
Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), St Marys district; 4132/1898.

9
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Lucy Alice Andrews, person ID L44J-CJV. 

10
THE RYERSON INDEX

to contemporary death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers (http://www.ryersonindex.org/).

11
Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Grantville district; 11170/1933.

12
Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Penrith district; 9172/1926.

13
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 Nov 2025), entry for Sydney Leonard Beecroft, person ID L44J-CG8. 







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