Birth: 1835 East End, Boldre, Hampshire, UK
Father: John Croucher 1806-1865
Mother: Sarah Godden 1810-1896
Marriage: July-September 1859 Lymington, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Priscilla Jane Wheeler 1835-1893
Death: January-March 1908 Lymington,Hampshire, UK
Mary Ann W Croucher c1857-a1871
Martha Croucher 1859-a1882
James Benjamin Croucher 1862-a1901
George John Croucher 1864-a1881
Lucy Croucher 1866-a1881
William James Croucher 1868-1942
Sarah Ellen Croucher 1870-a1881
Alfred Henry Croucher 1872-a1891
Jane Eliza Croucher 1877-a1891
David Henry Croucher 1879
According to Ian and Sarah Middlebrook James Croucher was born at East End (about 3 miles east of Boldre) and christened at Beaulieu on 8th February 1835.
In the 1841 census as James Croucher aged 5, born in Hampshire, and living with John and Sarah (parents?), George (brother?) and Sarah (sister?) at Beaulieu Rails?, East End, Boldre, Hampshire.
In the 1851 census as James Croucher aged 16, born in Boldre, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living wi his parents (John and Sarah), three brothers (George, Henry and John) and sister (Mary A) at Scrub Hill, Boldre, Hampshire.
Marriage of James Croucher and Priscilla Jane Wheeler in FreeBMD in July-September 1859 in Lymington (2b 811).
As Mary Ann was born some 3 years before the marriage I assume she was his stepdaughter - in the 1871 census she is called Mary Ann W where I suspect the W is short for Wheeler.
In the 1861 census as James Croucher aged 25, born at Boldre, Hampshire, employed as an agricultural labourer and living with his wife (Jane), two daughters (Martha and Mary A) and a lodger (Ellick Bull aged 23, born in Boldre, single and employed as an agricultural labourer) at Salterns? Lymington.
In the 1871 census as James Croucher aged 35, born in Boldre, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Priscilla Jane), three sons (Benjamin, George and William, and four daughters (Lucy, Martha, Mary Ann W and Sarah) at Navarino? Court, Lymington.
In the 1881 census as James Croucher aged 46, born in Boldre, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Jane), five sons (Alfred, Benjamin, George, Henry and William) and three daughters (Jane, Lucyand Sarah) at Pennington, Milford, Hampshire.
In the 1891 census as James Croucher aged 56, born in Boldre, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Jane), two sons (Alfred H and David H) and daughter (Jane E) at North Street, Milford, Hampshire.
His wife died in 1893.
In the 1901 census as James Croucher aged 65, born in Boldre, a widower, employed as a farm labourer and lodging with Hester Downer (aged 46, born in London, a widow and employed as a laundress on her own account working at home) and her two daughters (Eliza aged 11 and born in Lymingto) and Jane (aged 15, born in Pennington and employed as a housemaid) in St Thomas Street, Lymington.
Death of James Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1908 in Lymington (2b 475).