Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Walter Eugene Harrison and Virginia Elizabeth Beecroft

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Husband Walter Eugene Harrison [13305] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 Jun 1911 - Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Aug 1986 - Washington, Oklahoma, United States 1 2 3
         Buried: Aug 1986 - White Rose Cemetery, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States 1 2
FamilySearch ID: L51B-33V
Find A Grave ID: 77996714

       Marriage: Abt 1935 - United States 2

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Wife Virginia Elizabeth Beecroft [11420] ^{1 4}

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           Born: 2 Aug 1916 - Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jan 2008 - Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma, United States 1 4
         Buried: Jan 2008 - White Rose Cemetery, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States 1 4 5
FamilySearch ID: L51B-Z9G
Find A Grave ID: 77996392

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         Father: Albert George Beecroft [11417] (1888-      )
         Mother: Hazel Dell [11418] (1888-1935)

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   Other Spouse: Paul Charles DeBruner 1 2 [13304] (1910-1984) - 9 Dec 1933 - Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States 2

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   Other Spouse: Charles Norman Jack Fox 1 2 [13306] (1899-1998) - 31 Oct 1988

Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK. Name: Virginia Beescroft
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: 1917
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Enumeration District Number: 0004
Family Number: 482
Sheet Number and Letter: 18B
Line Number: 90
NARA Publication: T626, roll 1938
Film Number: 2341672
Digital Folder Number: 4661254
Image Number: 00127
HouseholdGenderAge
Parent Albert Beescroft M 41
Parent Hazel Beescroft F 42
William Beescroft M 15
Virginia Beescroft F 13
Fredrick Beescroft M 72.

• Her obituary was published. Virginia Fox, age 91, a resident of Bartlesville passed away January 16, 2008 at Medicalodge in Dewey.

Virginia Elizabeth Beecroft, DeBruner, Jones, Harrison, Fox was born in Springfield, Illinois 08/02/16 to Albert Beecroft and Hazel Dell Beecroft. The youngest of two children, she moved to Bartlesville, OK with her family in 1917 where she lived until 1931 moving then to St. Louis, MO. where she met and married Paul DeBruner in Dec. of 1934.

Virginia and Paul had one daughter, Dolores Virginia DeBruner Anderson, who preceded her in death. She moved to Ripley, TN in 1963 and lived there with husband Walter Harrison until Oct. of 1985 when they moved back to Bartlesville, OK. After Walter's death, Virginia married Jack Fox of Bartlesville October 31, 1988, who preceded her in death. Virginia was a homemaker and a member of Bartlesville Southern Baptist Church.

She is survived by son-in-law Eugene Anderson of Indianapolis, IN, grandchildren; Steve Anderson of Arlington, WA., Debbie Flack, Janice Hurrle, Kenny, Mike and John Anderson and Shirley Maxwell of Indianapolis, IN, Karen Innis of Spencer, IN and Tom Anderson of Petersburg, IN. 18 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. Other survivors include stepdaughters Imogene Coleman of Bartlesville and Ila Fox of Texas, stepson Ken Fox of Bartlesville. Step-grandchildren Lanie Allton, Cindy Spears, Sherry Hardy and Kelly Fox of Bartlesville, OK, Kathy Reynolds and Jeff Fox of Texas. She was preceded in death by her stepdaughter Dorothy Shartle and stepson DeWayne Fox of Texas.

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Children

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Sources

1 Findagrave.com.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Nov 2025), entry for Virginia Elizabeth Beecroft, person ID L51B-Z9G.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Walter Eugene Harrison, person ID L51B-33V.

4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 Nov 2025), entry for Albert Ernest "Abie" Beecroft, person ID L51B-7DR.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Nov 2025), entry for Virginia Elizabeth Beecroft, person ID L51B-Z9G.