Birth: About 1870 Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Father: Eli Croucher 1849-a1901
Mother: Emma Maria Jackman 1846-a1901
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Unknown
Death: After 1911
Unknown
He was born about 1870 in Portsmouth from the census entries, but I cannot find an entry for his birth and am not sure of his parents as Eli and Emma did not marry iuntil 1878 and I cannot find him in the 1871 census.
In the 1881 census as John Croucher aged 11, born in Portsea and living with his parents (Eli and Emma), brother ( William E) and sister (Minnie E) at 18 Claxton St, Portsea, Hampshire (this was shared with another family).
In the 1891 census as John Croucher aged 21, born in Portsmouth, single, a coal porter, and living with his parents (Eli and Emma), three brothers (George, Sidney and William) and sister (Minnie) at 110 Hartford Street, Portsea, Hampshire.
In the 1901 census as John Croucher aged 32 (52 in the index), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, single, a worter works labourer and boarding with Mary A Jenkinson (aged 36, born in Dorley, Middlesex, widowed (married in the index) and a laundress), her son (William L aged 14, born in Sunbury, Middlesex and a laborer in a brickfield), and three daughters (Alice E aged 13, Esmeralda aged 11 and Lilliam E aged 3, all born in Sunbury) at Halliford, Sunbury, Middlesex.
In the 1911 census as John Croucher aged 42, born in Portsmouth and living in Pateley Bridge, West Riding, Yorkshire.
Sarah Jane Robinson has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Croucher born about 1870 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, parents Eli Croucher and Emma Maria Jackson. Another similar entry gives his birth in 1869.