Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Taylor Thomas Beecroft and Iris Irene Walker

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Husband Taylor Thomas Beecroft [8712]

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           Born: 12 Oct 1912 - Tennessee, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1972 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
         Buried: 1972 - Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN 1
FamilySearch ID: G8PQ-NZ4
Find A Grave ID: 75354572

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         Father: Frederick William Beecroft [8710] (1887-1960)
         Mother: Ethel Hortense Taylor [8711] (1886-1953)

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       Marriage: 24 Jul 1938 - Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Events

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Shelby, Tennessee, United States. Wm F Beecroft, born abt 1888; wife Ethel H, 1887; Tom I, 1913; Jas F, 1916; Hugh P, 1919; Fred W, 1924.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States. Name: Thomas E Beecroft
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 26, Memphis, Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Son-in-law
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1912
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Enumeration District Number: 98-170
Family Number: 227
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Line Number: 49
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 3966
Digital Folder Number: 005461338
Image Number: 00135
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Thomas J Walker M 66 Arkansas
Wife Jessie Walker F 56 Ohio
Son-in-law Thomas E Beecroft M 28 Tennessee
Daughter Iris I Beecroft F 28 Arkansas
Mother-in-law Effa Walker F 77 Ohio.

• His obituary was published. Thomas T. Beecroft
Thomas Taylor Beecroft, 60, of 1369 Goodbar, a supervisor for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., died about midnight Friday at Baptist Hospital apparently after a heart attack.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Memphis Funderal Home on Union with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery.

He was a deacon at Central Christian Church.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Iris W. Beecroft of Memphis, and three brothers, James Beecroft and Hugh Beecroft, both of Memphis, and William Beecroft of Atlanta.

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Wife Iris Irene Walker [12444]

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           Born: 23 Jul 1912 - Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas, United States 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jun 1995 - Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
         Buried: 15 Jun 1995 - Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN 1
FamilySearch ID: G8PQ-NTB
Find A Grave ID: 75354541

Events

• Soc Sec Num: 412-05-5207.

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States. Name: Thomas E Beecroft
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 26, Memphis, Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Son-in-law
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1912
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Enumeration District Number: 98-170
Family Number: 227
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Line Number: 49
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 3966
Digital Folder Number: 005461338
Image Number: 00135
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Thomas J Walker M 66 Arkansas
Wife Jessie Walker F 56 Ohio
Son-in-law Thomas E Beecroft M 28 Tennessee
Daughter Iris I Beecroft F 28 Arkansas
Mother-in-law Effa Walker F 77 Ohio.

• She died on 13 Jun 1995 in Shelby, Tennessee, United States. Given Name: Iris
Middle Name:
Surname: Beecroft
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 23 July 1912
Social Security Number: 412-05-5207
State: Tennessee
Last Place of Residence: Shelby, Tennessee
Previous Residence Postal Code: 38104
Event Date: 13 June 1995
Age: 83.

• Her obituary was published. IRIS BEECROFT, 82, of Memhis, homemaker, died Tuesday at Memphis Jewish Home after an auto accident. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Central Christian Church, where she was a life deacon, with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Memphis Funeral Home Union Chapel has charge. Mrs. Beecroft, the widow of Thomas Taylor Beecroft, leaes a nephew who cared for her, Robert Green of Collierville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Central Christian Church.

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Children

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Burial Notes: Wife - Iris Irene Walker

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Section 23

Sources

1 Findagrave.com.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 Nov 2025), entry for Iris Irene Walker, person ID G8PQ-NTB.