Birth in FreeBMD October-December 1881 in the Alton District (Binsted from the census records).
Moved to Bramshott with his parents between 1886 and 1888 from the census entries for his sister Florence and his brother Charles.
1891 census aged 9, born in Binsted, and living with his parents, three brothers and three sisters at Wodmer? Villas, Conford, Bramshott.1901 census (name spelt Croncher) aged 19, born in Binsted, single, employed? as a bricklayer's labourer, and living with his parents, four brothers, two sisters and a 'visitor' George Spier (actually his uncle) at Conford, Bramshott.