George Beecroft and Mary Audus
Husband George Beecroft [5826]
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Born: 12 Aug 1781 1 2 Christened: 20 Jun 1781 - Chapel of Headingley, Yorkshire, England Died: 7 Feb 1839 Buried: - St Stephen Church, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England FamilySearch ID: K4NB-V76
Father: George Beecroft [5822] (1739-1820) Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" Skirrow [5823] (1748-1812)
Marriage: 13 Sep 1808 - Selby, Yorkshire, England, United KingdomEvents
• Event: Published "Beecroft's Price Tables", 1831.
• Event: Published "Companion to the Iron Trade", 1831.
• His obituary was published in The Annals of Leeds, York and Surrounding District on 7 Feb 1839 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. George Beecroft, Esq., of Kirkstall Forge Iron Works died, aged 59 years. The deceased was the father of G.S. Beecroft, Esq., one of the present members for Leeds, was a man greatly respected by his fellow-townsmen and a member of the town council for Headingley ward.
(Incidentally, this was 3 days before the wedding of Queen Victoria & Albert.).• He had an estate probated on 31 Dec 1841. [Extract from the Edinburgh Gazette of December 31, 1841.]
Notice is herby given, that the Partnership between the executors of George Beecroft, deceased, and Ann Butler, Thomas Butler, George Skirrow Beecroft, John Octavius Butler, and Ambrose Edmund Butler, all of Kirkstall-forge, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, in the business of Ironmasters, was dissolved, so far as regards, the said Ann Butler, on the 1st day of October last past. As witness our hands this 7th day of December 1841.
Mary Beecroft,
Thomas Butler,
Geo.S. Beecroft,
Executors of the will of George Beecroft, deceased.
Anne Butler,
Thomas Butler,
Geo. S. Beecroft,
John O. Butler,
Amb. E. Butler.
Wife Mary Audus [5827]
Born: 1786 Christened: 15 Sep 1782 - Rawcliffe, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom 3 Died: Mar 1865 Buried: - St Stephen Church, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England FamilySearch ID: K8DB-F4R
Father: John Audus [12536] (1752-1809) Mother: Jane Nappy [12537] (1758-1830)
Events
• She appeared on the England census in 1841 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Name:
Mary Beecroft
Event Type:Census
Event Date:1841
Gender:Female
Age:55
Birthplace:Yorkshire
Schedule Type:Household
Registration District:Leeds
Sub-District:Kirkstall
Parish:Leeds
County:Yorkshire. • She appeared on the English census in 1841 in Kirkstall Forge, Yorkshire, England. Mary Beecroft 55 iron manufacturer
Mary 25 ind
Eliza 20 ind
Louisa 20 ind
John 15
Elizabeth Halliday 20 f/s
Jane Pickard 25 f/s
HO107/1344/2 folio 6.Marriage Events
• Marriage: 5 Sep 1808, Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. George Beacroft
England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887
Name:
George Beacroft
Event Type:
Marriage
Event Date:
5 Sep 1808
Event Place:
Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Yorkshire, England
Spouse's Name:
Mary Audus.• Marriage: 5 Sep 1808, Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. George Beacroft
England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887
Name:
George Beacroft
Event Type:
Marriage
Event Date:
5 Sep 1808
Event Place:
Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
Selby, Yorkshire, England
Age:
27
Birth Year (Estimated):
1781
Spouse's Name:
Mary Audus
Spouse's Age:
25
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
1783.• Marriage: 5 Sep 1808, Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. George Beecroft
England Marriages, 1538\endash 1973
Name:
George Beecroft
Event Type:
Marriage Notice
Event Date:
5 Sep 1808
Event Place:
Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
Selby, York, England
Gender:
Male
Age:
27
Birth Year (Estimated):
1781
Spouse's Name:
Mary Audus
Spouse's Gender:
Female
Spouse's Age:
25
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
1783.• Marriage: 13 Sep 1808, Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. George Beecroft
England Marriages, 1538\endash 1973
Name:
George Beecroft
Event Type:
Marriage
Event Date:
13 Sep 1808
Event Place:
Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
Selby, York, England
Gender:
Male
Spouse's Name:
Mary Audus
Spouse's Gender:
Female.
Children
1 M George Skirrow Beecroft Esq. [5824]
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Born: 16 Nov 1809 - Kirkstall Forge, Yorkshire, England Christened: 5 Jul 1810 - Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom 1 Died: 18 Mar 1869 - London, England, United Kingdom Cause of Death: after a short illness Buried: - Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England FamilySearch ID: MVQT-T9BSpouse: Septima Garland Butler [5825] (1811-1837) Marr: 6 Aug 1835 - Saint Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England 4Spouse: Mary Isabelle Beaumont [6606] (1819- ) Marr: 27 Jul 1842 - Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
2 M James Audus Beecroft [5828]
Born: 1813 Christened: 22 Mar 1813 - Chapel of Headingley, Yorkshire, England 5 Died: 1831 Buried: - St Stephen Church, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England FamilySearch ID: MR6Q-VYW
3 F Mary Jane Beecroft [5829]
Born: 1814 Christened: 27 Oct 1814 - Chapel of Headingley, Yorkshire, England 1 Died: Buried: FamilySearch ID: PWWH-PHP
4 F Eliza Beecroft [5830]
Born: 1816 Christened: 21 Apr 1816 - Chapel of Headingley, Yorkshire, England Died: 1850 Buried: - St Stephen Church, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England FamilySearch ID: MR63-YVB
5 F Louisa Ann Beecroft [5831]
Born: 1821 Christened: 21 Oct 1821 - Chapel of Headingley, Yorkshire, England 1 Died: 1848 Buried: - St Stephen Church, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England FamilySearch ID: PWWC-DZW
6 M John Austus Beecroft [7366]
Born: 1826 Christened: 22 Feb 1828 - Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom 1 Died: 24 Jun 1855 - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Buried: - St Stephen Church, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England FamilySearch ID: PWWC-QQ2
1 LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org).
2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 1 Dec 2025), entry for George Beecroft, person ID K4NB-V76.
3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 Nov 2025), entry for Mary Audus, person ID K8DB-F4R.
4 LDS.
5
LDS - IGI Index (familysearch.org), as James Anders Beecroft.
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