Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Thomas Beecroft and Hannah Dorkes Haddow

Husband Thomas Beecroft [9204] 1 

           Born: 1875 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Oct 1942 - Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia 1
         Buried: 16 Oct 1942 - Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia 3
FamilySearch ID: LH7Z-982
Find A Grave ID: 145279195


         Father: James Beecroft [9042] (1835-1911) 4
         Mother: Eliza Andrews [9110] (1840-1902) 5


       Marriage: 1895 - Leichhardt, NSW, Australia 1 6

Events

• His funeral was held The Sydney Morning Herald on 16 Oct 1942. BECROFT. - The Funeral of the late THOMAS BECROFT, of Wilberforce, will leave William Metcalfe's Funeral Parlours, 181 Church Street, Parramatis, THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON, at 2.30 o'clock, for Church of England Cemetery, Northern Suburbs. J. W. CHANDLER, Funeral Director. Phone, Windsor 16.

• His obituary was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 16 Oct 1942. BECROFT. - October 15, 1942, at his residence, Wilberforce, Thomas, dearly loved husband of Hannah Becroft, late of Marrickville, and dear father of Ivy (Mrs. Marshall), Daisy (Mrs. Goodman), Lily (Mrs. Sutton), Christina (Mrs. Lambert), and Elsie (Mrs. Case), aged 67 years.


Wife Hannah Dorkes Haddow [9219] 1 

           Born: Jun 1874 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jul 1950 - North Strathfield, , NSW, Australia 2
         Buried: 18 Jul 1950 - Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia 3
FamilySearch ID: LD98-B2Y
Find A Grave ID: 145279194

Events

• Her funeral was held The Sydney Morning Herald on 18 Jul 1850. BECROFT. - The Relatives and Friends of the late HANNAH DORKES BECROFT, of 87 Correy Avenue, North Strathfield (late of Wilberforce), are invited to attend her Funeral; to leave the Metropolitan Funeral Home, Railway Parade, Burwood, This Day, after Service commencing at 2.45 p.m., for the Church of England Cemetery, Northern Suburbs.

• Memoriam: The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Jun 1909. HADDOW. - In loving memory of our dear father, Edmund, who departed this life June 6, 1908. Gone but not forgotten. Rest in peace. Inserted by his loving daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Thomas Becroft.

• Her obituary was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 18 Jul 1950. BECROFT, Hannah Dorkes. - July 17, 1950, at her residence, 87 Correy Avenue, North Strathfield (late of Wilberforce), dearly beloved mother of Ivy, Daisy, Lilly, Christina and Elsie. At rest.

• She signed a will The Sydney Morning Herald on 4 Jan 1951. In the Will and Codicil thereto of HANNAH DORKES BECROFT late of Concord in the State of New South Wales Widow deceased. Application will be made after 14 days from the publication hereof that Probate of the last Will and Testament dated the 25th July, 1945 and a Codicil thereto dated the 23rd May, 1947 of the abovenamed deceased may be granted to Elsie Violet Case and Christiana Lambert the Executrices named in the said Will and all notices may be served at the under-mentioned address. All creditors in the Estate of the deceased are hereby required to send in particulars of their claim to the undersigned. WILLIAM WALKER and SON, Procters for the Executrices, Windsor.

Children
1 F Ivy Hannah B Beecroft [9220] 1 

           Born: 1895 - St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GN3T-T4P

         Spouse: Henry A Marshall 1 [9228] (1896-1970)
           Marr: 23 Apr 1927 - Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia 1 8

2 F Daisy May Becroft [9221] 1 9 

           Born: 13 Mar 1897 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 1 2 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 1979 - New South Wales, Australia 10
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GN3T-JM7

         Spouse: Thomas Roy Goodman 1 11 [9227] (1900-1948)
           Marr: 1927 - Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1 12

3 F Eliza J Beecroft [9222] 1 

           Born: 1897 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1897 1 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

4 F Lilly Eliza Becroft [9223] 1 13 

           Born: 1899 - St Marys, New South Wales, Australia 1 2 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 1960 - Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia 14
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GN3Y-S54

         Spouse: Clyde Sutton [10243] (      -      )
           Marr: 1923 - Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia 15

5 F Christiana Beecroft [9224] 1 

           Born: 1900 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GN3T-K2V

         Spouse: Henry H Lambert 1 [9226] (1900-      )
           Marr: 1921 - Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1 16

6 F Elsie Violet Beecroft [9225] 1 

           Born: 1911
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 2000 - North Strathfield, , NSW, Australia
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: P714-ZCB

         Spouse: Hubert James Benjamin Case [10244] (1908-1976)
           Marr: 1933 - Windsor, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia 17

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Sources

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

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

3 Findagrave.com.

4 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).

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

6 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Leichhardt district, 2633/1895.

7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Hannah Dorkes Haddow, person ID LD98-B2Y.

8 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Marrickville district, 6552/1927.

9 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Daisy M Beecroft, person ID GN3T-JM7.

10 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Daisy May Becroft, person ID GN3T-JM7.

11 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Thomas R Goodman, person ID P71H-3KV.

12 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Marrickville district, 6588/1927.

13 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Lilly E Beecroft, person ID GN3Y-S54.

14 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Lilly Eliza Becroft, person ID GN3Y-S54.

15 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Marrickville district, 6043/1923.

16 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Marrickville district, 1516/1921.

17 Online Australian Birth-Marriage-Death Index (http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm), Windsor district; 17316/1933.

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