Birth: January-March 1879 Preston, Sussex, UK
Father: Arthur Croucher 1858-a1883
Mother: Sarah Ann Dark 1860-a1883
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Australia
Wife: Annie Franks
Death: After 1894
Unknown
Birth of Ernest Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1879 in Steyning (2b 290) - note that Steyning did not include Brighton but did include Preston.
In the 1881 census as Ernest Cro??Her (sic - in the index, Croucher on the original) aged 2, born in Brighton, Sussex, and living with his parents (Arthur and Sarah A), two brothers (Arthur F and Richard) and a visitor (Anna Wark (sic - on the original, but was his aunt Anna Dark) aged 19, born in Devon, single and no stated employment) at 62 Stanley Road, Preston, Sussex.
Sue Tervit in correspondence adds that Ernest Croucher born 1879 in Brighton was the son of Arthur Croucher and Sarah Ann Dark, and they emigrated to Australia in 1883 where he married Annie Franks.