Joseph Croucher (1799-1844)

Dates

Birth: 16 June 1799 London, Middlesex, UK
Father: John Croucher 1765-a1799
Mother: Sarah Honour 1759-a1799

Christening: 1 July 1799 Brickfield Or Stratford Congregational, West Ham, Essex, UK

Marriage: 16 July 1823 Walthamstow, Essex, UK
Wife: Sarah Schroder 1800-1872

Death: July-September 1844 Holborn, Middlesex, UK

Children

Joseph Schroder Croucher 1824-1909
Sarah Schroder Croucher [Webb] 1827-1922

Notes

Birth of Joseph Croucher in the IGI on 16 June 1799 at Dr Williams Library, London, parents John and Sarah Croucher.

Christening of Joseph Croucher in the IGI on 1 July 1799 at Brickfield Or Stratford Congregational, West Ham, Essex, parents John and Sarah Croucher.

Marriage of Joseph Croucher and Sarah Schroder in the IGI on 16 July 1823 in Walthamstow, Essex.

Both children were christened at Bull Lane Independent, Stepney, London, and Joseph was born in Mile End.

In the 1841 census as Joseph Croucher aged 42, born in Middlesex, a parlimentary agent. and living with Sarah (wife?), Joseph (son?) and Sarah (daughter?) at 6 James Street, St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex.

Death of Joseph Croucher in FreeBMD in July-September 1844 in Holborn (2 89).

From Ancestry Daily News 15 July 2003.

Dr. Daniel Williams lived from 1643 to 1716. He was a Presbyterian minister who collected a large number of books and manuscripts, which he bequeathed to public use. The library opened in 1729 in Red Cross Street, London; its contents, both original materials and subsequent donations, pertain principally to the subject of religious dissent. The library remains in existence today in London, but it is not necessary to visit it to consult the register. The General Register of Births, as the baptismal register was called, was an idea that originated with a group of Protestant dissenting ministers of what were called the Three Denominations (Baptist, Congregational, Presbyterian). It began to collect details of births of dissenting children because so many ministers of nonconformist congregations failed to keep registers. Arrangements were made with the trustees of Dr. Williams' Library for the librarian to receive and record the information. The record-keeping began 1 January 1743 (New Style). There was a need to encourage people to submit information, and various tactics were tried. There was, for example, no charge for the late registration of events that occurred prior to 1743, so the earliest record is for 1716. There was a fee for registration, but use increased and many ministers deposited registers with the library; in 1837 when the records were turned over to the Registrar General, at the start of civil registration, nearly 49,000 births had been recorded.

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