The CROUCHER Surname Page

Our Croucher Ancestors

Details of our Croucher ancestors can be seen in brief on this timeline, or in more detail below. Click on an individual to see his/her family details.

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Charles Croucher
				John Croucher
								Arthur Croucher
											Arthur Croucher
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New Forest, Hampshire										Isle of Wight

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Charles Croucher (1774-1857)

• was born about 1774, at Sopley, Hampshire.
• worked as a bricklayer's labourer.
• died of old age at Portmore Common, Boldre on 18th August 1857, aged 82, and was buried at Boldre.
• married Ann Etheridge (daughter of Henry Etheridge and Mary Hancock) at Christchurch Priory on 16th December 1793.
• had eight children:
  1. Charlotte Croucher was christened at Ringwood on 9th February 1794. She married James Smith.
  2. Isaac Croucher was born at Brockenhurst about 1795.
  3. Elizabeth Croucher was born at Boldre about 1798.
  4. Ann Croucher was christened at Boldre on 6th June 1802, but lived only 10 days.
  5. Henry Croucher was christened at Boldre on 11th December 1803.
  6. John Croucher (born 1806).
  7. Charles Croucher was christened at Boldre on 4th November 1810. He married Edith and had 3 children.
  8. Sarah Croucher was christened at Boldre on 2nd January 1814.

John Croucher (born 1806)

• the son of Charles Croucher.
• was born at Boldre, Hampshire and christened there on 25th May 1806.
• worked initially as a labourer, but by the mid-1850s was a farmer of 30 acres at South Baddesley.
• died around 1865.
• married Sarah Godden (daughter of James Godden and Mary Crouch) at Boldre on 13th October 1831.
• had six children:
  1. James Croucher was born at East End and christened at Beaulieu on 8th February 1835.
  2. George Croucher was born at Thorn's Cottage and christened at Beaulieu on 1st September 1837. Moved to the Isle of Wight to work as a farm bailiff. His son, Silas John, emigrated to Australia.
  3. Mary Ann Croucher was born at Beaulieu Rails and christened at Boldre on 2nd August 1840.
  4. John Croucher was born at Beaulieu Rails and christened at Boldre on 21st August 1842.
  5. Henry Croucher was born in Boldre parish about 1850.
  6. Arthur Croucher (1853-1893)

Arthur Croucher (1853-1893)

• the youngest child of John Croucher.
• was born at East End, Boldre on 7th December 1853 and christened there on 29th January 1854.
• worked as a carpenter.
• moved to the Isle of Wight as a teenager, with his mother and elder brother, George.
• died at Upton Road, Haylands on 26th December 1893, aged 40.
• married Elizabeth Marshall (daughter of William Marshall and Elizabeth Slatcher of Huntingdonshire) at All Saints, Ryde, Isle of Wight on 21st March 1878.
• had three children:
  1. Olive Louise Croucher was born at Haylands and christened at St Michael's, Ryde on 1st March 1879.
  2. Arthur Croucher (born 1881)
  3. Ernest Croucher was born at Salters Lane, Haylands and christened at St Michael's, Ryde on 12th August 1883.

Arthur Croucher (born 1881)

• the eldest son of Arthur Croucher.
• was born at Haylands on 15th May 1881 and christened at St Michael's, Ryde on 18th September 1881.
• worked initially as an indoor servant and later as an assurance agent.
• served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War.
• married Lucy Mary Milmore Beere (daughter of William Isaac Beere and Blanche Emily Arnott Phillips) at Brading on 15th January 1905.
• had six children:
  1. Ernest Arthur Croucher was born in 1905.
  2. Olive Elizabeth B Croucher was born in 1907.
  3. Hilda Edith Croucher was born in 1909.
  4. Doris Croucher, was born at 26 Colenutts Road, Ashey, Isle of Wight on 21st December 1911. She married Percival Victor Mew.
  5. Lucy Croucher was born in 1913.
  6. Verdun B Croucher was born in 1916. She was named after a battlefield, where her father had served as a stretcher bearer.