Welcome to the Beckett Family History pages of the Simmons & Related Families Histories website.

My Beckett family line begins with my mother Edna E. Beckett b. 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois who married Willard L. Simmons b. 1910 in Boon, Wexford, Michigan. Edna's parents are William N. Beckett b. 1882 in Robinson, Crawford, Illinois and Anna C. Borgwaldt b. 1884 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. The Beckett line has been tracked back to my 3rd Great Grandfather Oliver Becket about 1787 to an area near Dublin, Ireland. The Borgwaldt family line has been tracked back to my Great Grandparents of Fred C. Borgwaldt b. 1860 in Germany and Hulda H. Eggert b. 1857 in Germany.

Other Beckett related lines include Rittersdorf, Schroeder, Zabroski and others. Your help is needed to collect and publish more details of these families. Please join me in the search for missing links, photos, stories and other details to create a more complete picture of our common ancestors. Please browse all information contained in this website and contact me via 'Contact US' or 'Suggest' links located throughout this website.

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The Oliver Becket family. The author of this website is an Oliver Becket descendant and is in need of help identifying this family line.

William N. Beckett b. 1882

Oliver Beckett b. 1785

Fred C. Borgwaldt b. 1860

Theophil Zabroski b. 1862

Otto E. Schroeder b. 1882

Katherine (Gasper) Rittersdorf b. 1891

We want to point out and emphasize that while we are a Beckett Family genealogy; we are interested in preserving the history of all Beckett and related families including the women whose lines are carried forward under their married names. If your great-grandmother was a Beckett, we would like to have your family history whatever the surname. If you are a member of the Beckett or related families, you may register for a user account, after which you will be able to log in and access additional material not available to the public. At the discretion of the Administrator, you may be granted permission to add or edit your family data directly. Make sure you explain in your registration request exactly how you are related and if you will be contributing information or media to the website. Your family history can be submitted directly using our upload pages (available to registered users), by emailing it to the website administrator, by using the web site's Contact form, or even by snail mail, Pony Express or carrier pigeon. Even if you do not register an account, you can propose additions or changes by clicking on the "Suggest" tab near the top of Individual pages or Family Group sheets. Click here to Submit Info.
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