Thomas Aldridge Beecroft and Selma Lowella Retruhm
Husband Thomas Aldridge Beecroft [4374] 1
Born: Jan 1883 - Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom 2 Christened: Died: 3 Jan 1968 - Spicer, MN 3 4![]()
Buried: - Lakeview Cemetery, Turtle Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States 5 FamilySearch ID: LZF2-RVN Find A Grave ID: 107549014
Father: Thomas Beecroft [5981] (1856-1907) Mother: Anna Lucy Fenwick [5982] (1856-1916)
Marriage: 24 Dec 1908 - St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MNEvents
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Clinton Twp, Barron Co, WI. Tom (44, married for 24 years, born in England), Annie (43, England), Herbert (23, England), Frank (21, England), Annie (19, England), Sarah (16, England), Tomas (16, England), William (14, England), Harry (12, WI), James (8, WI), Jane (8, WI), Alice (2, WI), Mary (7 months, WI).
• Event: 1914, Barron, Wisconsin, United States. Barron Co, Atlas on rootsweb.com
Becroft, Thomas, Almena, section 23, 80 acres, wife Selma, no children, in county 20 months, Almena.• Military: Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918, Barron, Wisconsin, United States. Thomas Beecroft
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name:Thomas Beecroft
Event Type:Draft Registration
Event Date:from 1917 to 1918
Event Place:Barron, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original):United States, Wisconsin, Barron County
Sex:Male
Race:White
Birth Date:26 Apr 1886
Citizenship Place:United States. • He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Barron, Wisconsin, United States. Name
Thomas Beecroft
SexMale
Age33
Event Date1920
Event PlaceBarron, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original)Wisconsin, Barron
Immigration Date1889
Birth Year (Estimated)1887
BirthplaceEngland
Marital StatusMarried
RaceWhite
Relationship to Head of HouseholdHead
Father's BirthplaceEngland
Mother's BirthplaceEngland
Event TypeCensus
Household Identifier28
Line Number48
Sheet LetterA
Sheet Number2
Sheet Number and Letter2A
Affiliate Film Number1976
Affiliate Publication NumberT625
Affiliate NameThe U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Thomas Beecroft's Spouses and Children
Selma L Beecroft Wife
Clemens T Beecroft Son
Jerome W Bucroft Son
Harriet Bucroft Daughter
.• He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN. Name:
Thomas Beecroft
Titles & Terms:
Event:Census
Event Year:1940
Event Place:Ward 11, St. Paul, St. Paul City, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Gender:Male
Age:49
Marital Status:Widowed
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized):White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):Head
Birthplace:England
Estimated Birth Year:1891
Residence in 1935:Same House
Enumeration District Number:90-277
Family Number:16
Sheet Number and Letter:61A
Line Number:6
NARA Publication Number:T627
NARA Roll Number:2003
Digital Folder Number:005455005
Image Number:00662
Household Gender Age Birthplace
HeadThomas Beecroft M 49 England
SonChris A Beecroft M 16 Wisconsin. • He died on 3 Jan 1968 in Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. BEECROFT, THOMAS
Date of Birth: not indexed <http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Faq.cfm>
Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
Mother Maiden Name: FENRICK
certid# 1968-MN-002633
Date of Death: 01/03/1968
County of Death: RAMSEY
.
Wife Selma Lowella Retruhm [4375] 2
Born: 1890 2 Christened: Died: 6 Mar 1929 - Ramsey, Minnesota, United States 4 6![]()
Buried: - Lakeview Cemetery, Turtle Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States FamilySearch ID: LZF2-RRW Find A Grave ID: 107548999Events
• She died on 6 Mar 1929 in Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. BECROFT, MRS THOMAS SELMA
Date of Birth: not indexed
Place of Birth: not indexed
Mother Maiden Name: not indexed
certid# 1929-MN-023411
Date of Death: 03/06/1929
County of Death: RAMSEY
.Marriage Events
• Marriage: 24 Dec 1908, St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN. Thomas Beecroft
Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949
Name:Thomas Beecroft
Event Type:Marriage
Event Date:24 Dec 1908
Event Place:St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Event Place (Original):St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Sex:Male
Spouse's Name:Selma L Retrum
Spouse's Sex:Female.
Children
1 M Clemons Aldridge Beecroft [4376] 2 7
Born: 24 Dec 1914 - Turtle Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States 2 4 8 Christened: Died: 15 Nov 1995 - W. St Paul, Dakota, Minnesota, United States 4 8 Cause of Death: Bilary Carcinoma Buried: - Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota, United States 5 FamilySearch ID: 9XF9-P6Z Find A Grave ID: 101321856Spouse: Madelyn Mary O'Brien 9 10 [4380] (1913-1991) Marr: 30 Nov 1935 - Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States 11
2 M Jerome William Beecroft [4377] 2
Born: 27 Feb 1917 - Turtle Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States 2 5 8 12 Christened: Died: 6 Mar 1994 - Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States 5 8 12 13![]()
Buried: - Oak Hill Cemetery, New London, Kandiyohi Co, MN 5 FamilySearch ID: L8S5-CM2 Find A Grave ID: 81123388Spouse: Rhonda/Rhoda Helen King 2 [4386] (1918-2005) Marr: 8 Oct 1935 - Minnesota, United States 14
3 F Harriet Beulah Beecroft [4378] 2
Born: 12 Sep 1918 - Turtle Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States 2 Christened: Died: 26 Oct 1984 - Minnesota, United States Buried: - Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN 5 Find A Grave ID: 145143852Spouse: Herman L Breest 9 [4431] (1893-1965)
4 M Chris Armun Beecroft [4379] 2
Born: 13 Jun 1922 - Turtle Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States 2 8 Christened: Died: 16 Feb 1995 - Henderson, Clark, Nevada, United States 8 Buried: 23 Feb 1995 - Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark Co, NV 5 15 FamilySearch ID: GGQ8-SXJ Find A Grave ID: 96119820Spouse: Elaine Virginia Baisden 9 [4433] (1923-2002)
Death Notes: Husband - Thomas Aldridge Beecroft
CertID# 1968-MN-002633
Death Notes: Wife - Selma Lowella Retruhm
certid# 1929-MN-023411
1 Marisa Benson (rootsweb.com), Tom.
2 Marisa Benson (rootsweb.com).
3 Marisa Benson (rootsweb.com), Jan 1968.
4 State of Minnesota, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 (ancestry.com, online database, Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.).
5 Findagrave.com.
6 Marisa Benson (rootsweb.com), 1929.
7 State of Minnesota, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 (ancestry.com, online database, Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.), "Aldridge."
8 U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
9 Gary and Bonnie Nelson, The Genealogy of the Family of Martin Johnson and Lena Peterson Johnson: 1831-1996.
10 State of Minnesota, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 (ancestry.com, online database, Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.), Mary.
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 Madelyn Mary O'Brien, person ID 9XF9-P68.
12 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Nov 2025), entry for Jerome William Beecroft, person ID L8S5-CM2.
13 State of Minnesota, Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 (ancestry.com, online database, Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.), 6 Mar 1994.
14 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Nov 2025), entry for Rhonda/Rhoda Helen King, person ID L8S5-C4W.
15
gravelocator.cem.va.gov.
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