Birth: 1815 Kingsley, Hampshire, UK
Father: William Croucher 1776-1858
Mother: Elizabeth Tuckey 1785-1861
Christening: 26 November 1815 St Nicholas, Kingsley, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: April-June 1847 Farnborough, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Lucy Othen 1824-a1901
Death: January-March 1898 Alton, Hampshire, UK
Ann Croucher [Kitchener] 1848-a1901
William Croucher 1850-1917
Mary Elizabeth Croucher 1852-a1871
James Croucher 1854-a1901
Alice Croucher [Cooper] 1857-a1901
George Croucher 1859-1947
Henry Croucher 1861-a1901
Maria Croucher 1865-1865
Emma Croucher 1865-1865
Christening of James Croucher in the IGI on 26 November 1815 in Kingsley, parents William and Elizabeth Croucher.
Entry in FreeBMD for the marriage of James Croucher and Lucy Othen in April-June 1847 in Farnborough (4 141) which included Kingsley, but not Binsted.
In the 1841 census as James Creucker aged 20 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Hampshire, employed as an agricultural labourer ad living with Thomas and Mary Barrett (both aged 50), Barnett Cole,, George Furze and James Varker all aged 15, born in Hampshire and employed as agricultural labourers at Nutly, Binstead, Hampshire.
His son was registered in January-March 1850 in Alton and baptised on 3 February 1850 at at Holy Cross, Binsted when he was a labourer of Binsted.In the 1851 census as William Chroucher (sic - on the original) aged 1, born in Binsted, Hampshire, and living with his parents (James and Lucy), and sister (Ann) at Woodlans Holtside, Binsted, Hampshire.
His daughter was registred in January-March 1852 in Alton and baptised on 8 February 1852 at Holy Cross, Binstead when he was a labourer of Binstead.
His son was registered in January-March 1854 in Alton and baptised on 2 April 1854 at Holy Cross, Binsted when he was a labourer of Binsted.
His daughter was registered in July-September 1857 and baptised on 1 November 1857 at Holy Cross, Binsted when he was a labourer of Binsted.
His son was born on 1 August 1859 in Binsted and registered in July-September 1859 in Alton.
In the 1851 census as James Chroucher (sic - on the original) aged 34, born in Kingsley, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Lucy), son (william) and daughter (Ann) at Woodlans Holtside, Binsted, Hampshire.
His son was baptised on 28 July 1861 at Holy Cross, Binsted when he was a labourer of Binsted.
His brother was registered in July-September 1861 in Alton.
His daughter was registered in January-March 1865 in Alton, private baptised on 2 February 1865 at Holy Cross, Binsted when he was a labourer of Binsted, and buried on 4 February 1865 aged 10 days. and her death was registered in the same quarter
His son was baptised on 26 February 1865 at Holy Cross, Binsted when he was a labourer of Binsted.
In the 1861 census as James Croucher aged 45, born in Binsted, employed as an agricultural labourer and living with his wife (Lucy), three sons (George, James and William) and three daughters (Alice, Ann, and Mary) at Hogate (I presume Hoggatts), Binsted.
In the 1871 census as James Cranker (sic - in the index, Croucher on the original), aged 57, employed as a farm labourer, and living with his wife (Lucy), three sons (George, Henry, James and William) and two daughters (Alice and Mary Elizabeth) at Hogatt, Binsted.
In the 1881 census as James Croucher aged 68, born in Binsted, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Lucy), and three sons (George, Henry and James) at Ganders House, Kingsley, Hampshire.
In the 1891 census as James Croucher aged 79, born in Binsted, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Lucy), and two sons (George and Harry) in four rooms at Ganders Farm, Kingsley, Hampshire.
Death of James Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1898 aged 86 in Alton (2c 114) which included Kingsley from 1869.
According to Tom Croucher in Australia James Croucher was born on 26 November 1815 in Kingsley, Hampshire, parents William Croucher and Elizabeth Tuckey, married Lucy ?, and had six children (Ann, William, Mary Elizabeth, James, Alice and George).
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for James Croucher christened on 2 July 1815 in Binsted near Alton (obviouly the wrong entry - this was for the son of Elizabeth Croucher), parents William Croucher and Elizabeth Tuckey, his marriage to Lucy Othen in 1847, and the seven children. Graham Marley has a similar entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees, but gives the christening as 26 November 1815 at St Nicholas, Kingsley, but does not give Lucy's surname.
James Croucher was the husband of Lucy Othen, sister of the wife, Eliza, of James's brother Edmund and sister of Moses Othen, husband of Ellen Shrubb, my first cousin three times removed.
Lucy was the sister of the wife, Eliza, of James's brother Edmund.
Binsted and Kingsley are only a mile apart.