Birth: July-September 1857 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, UK
Father: Joseph Croucher 1821-1895
Mother: Elizabeth ? c1824-1860
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 16 May 1875 Trinity Church, Holborn, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Alice Parkinson 1854-1937
Death: January-March 1893 St Pancras Infirmary, London, UK
Joseph Croucher 1876-1932
Walter Croucher 1878-a1881
Alice Croucher 1880-a1881
Louisa Croucher [Burley, Druce] 1884-1926
Charles Croucher 1891-1892
Birth of Joseph Croucher in FreeBMD in July-September 1857 in Clerkenwell (1b 506).
His mother died in 1860 following the birth of his sister.
In the 1861 census as Joseph Croucher aged 3, born in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, and boarding with George Thackary (aged 32, born in Eaton Ford, Bedfordshire and a cab driver) and his wife (Jane aged 31 and born in Shoreditch, Middlesex) at 12 Southampton Terrace, Islington St Mary, Middlesex. Another three famillies shared this address.
His father married Sarah Hayes in 1963.
In the 1871 census as Joseph Croucher aged 14, born in Clerkenwell, and an assistant soap maker living with Mary A Clark (aged 56, born in Guildford, widowed and a soap maker), her son (Philip aged 36, born in Clerkenwell, single and a soap maker) and two daughters (Maria aged 28 and Emily aged 14, both born in Clerkenwell, single and soap makers) at 113 St John's Road, Goswell Street, Clerkenwell, London.
Marriage of Joseph Croucher and Ann Parkinson in FreeBMD in April-June 1875 in Holborn (1b 1046).
His son Joseph was born at 52 Chalton Street, St Pancras in 1876.
In the 1881 census as Joseph Cronker (sic - in the index, Croucher on the original) aged 24, born in Clerkenwell, a cab driver and living with his wife (Alice), two sons (Joseph and Walter), and daughter (Alice) in two rooms at 37 Clarendon Street, Somers Town, St Pancras, London. Another four families shared this address.
In the 1891 census as Joseph Croucher aged 34, born in St Pancras, London, a coachman (groom) and living with his wife (Alice), two sons (Joseph and Charles) and daughter (Louisa) at 83 Aldenham Street, Somers Town, St Pancras, London. Another three families shared this address.
Death of Joseph Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1893 aged 35 in Pancras (1b 82).
There are two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Joseph Croucher born about 1857 in St Pancras, Middlesex , parents Joseph Croucher and Sarah Eliza Hayes, and his death in 1893. Lynda Jones adds his marriage to Alice Parkinnson in 1875 and three children (Joseph, Louisa and Charles). (His father did not marry Sarah until 1863).
Jan Dilly has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Joseph Croucher born in 1858 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, parents Joseph (Jaz) and Elizabeth Croucher, his marriage to Alice Parkinson on 16 May 1875 at Trinity Church when he was a lithgraphic printer, in 1891 he lived at 83 Aldenham Street, Pancras with his wife and children in abject poverty, three children (Joseph, Louisa and Charles), and his death on 9 March 1893 in St Pancras Infirmary London of TB.