Birth: 7 May 1866 Kew, Surrey, UK
Father: Joseph Croucher 1839-1917
Mother: Ellen Pitt 1840-1917
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 11 February 1895 Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Wife: Minnie Bluhm 1872-1921
Death: 25 December 1956 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Oliver Croucher 1895-1972
Alfred Croucher 1897-1962
Margaret Croucher [Hosken] 1898 1976
Leo Croucher 1900-1988
Ruth Croucher [Pearce] 1902-1974
Helen Croucher 1903-1904
Josephine Croucher 1905-1905
Roland Croucher 1906-1914
Garfield Croucher 1907-1948
Violet Croucher [Shumacher] 1910-1994
Earl Grover Croucher 1915-1975
Adopted child
Willie Croucher 1891
Birth of Leo Croucher in FreeBMD in April-June 1866 in Richmond (2a 259).
In the 1871 census as Les (sic - in the index, Leo on the original) Croucher aged 4, born in Kew, Surrey, and living with his parents (Joseph and Ellen), and sister (Hannah) at 5 Devonshire Street, Fulham, London.
In the 1881 census as Leo Croucher aged 14, born in Kew, Surrey, a messenger, and living with his father (Joseph), two brothers (Joseph and Oliver), a sister (Hannah), a housekeeper (Emily Pitt aged 37, born in Chailey, Sussex, and single), and four boarders (Alfred M. Pitt aged 34, born in Chailey, Sussex and a carpenter, Caroline Beck aged 36, born in East Grinstead, Surrex, married, and a packer at a factory, Ellen Beck aged 6 and born in Hammersmith, and Marion Moss aged 40, born in Torquay, Devon, widowed and a teacher) at 63 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London. His mother was a visitor to Harry Broomfield and family at 23 Cornwall Road, and she was widowed and a laundress.
He emmigrated to America circa 1884/5.
Entry in Ancestry Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 for Leo Croucher aged 22, born in England, in Rochester, Cuyahoga in 1888.
Entry in Ancestry Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973 for Leo Croucher and Minnie Blome in 1895. "No. 7580 The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County Leo Croucher having made an application for a Marriage License for himself and Minnie Blome of said County, and being duly sworn, on his oath, says that he is of an age of not less than twenty-one years, that he has no wife living, that said Minnie Blome is of an age of not less than eighteen years, that she has no husband living, and that the said persons are not of nearer kin than second cousins, as he verily believes, and that the names herein given are the true and corect names of the said parties Leo Croucher Subscribed and Sworn to before me, and license issued this 11th day of Febry 1895".
In the 1900 census as Leo Croucher aged 33, born in England, english parents, immigrated in 1885, a street railway motorman, and living with his wife (Minnie), two sons (Alford and Oliver), an adopted son (Willie) and two daughters (Margaret and Ruth) in a rented house in 114 East End Avenue, Cleveland Ward 21, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
In the 1910 census as Leo Croucher aged 42, born in England, english parents, immgrated in 1885, a motorman on a street railway, married for 16 years, ten children, eight still living, and living with his wife (Minnie Crousher - same surname for all the children in the index), five sons (Alfred, Garfield, Leo, Oliver and Roland) and two daughters (Margaret and Ruth) in a rented house in 2141 Fairmount Road, Cleveland Ward 26, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
In the 1920 census as Leo Croucher aged 53, born in England, english parents, immgrated in 1875 (sic - should be 1885), nationalized in 1890, a motorman on a street railway, and living with his wife (Minnie), four sons (Earl, Garfield, Leo and Oliver) and three daughters (Margaret, Ruth and Violet) in a rented house in 2274 East 103rd Street, Cleveland Ward 19, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
There are fourteen entries in Ancestry U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 for Leo Croucher motorman, address 114 East End Avenue in 1898 and 1900, 193 Stearns in 1904, 862 Fairmount Road in 1906, 2141 Fairmount Road in 1911 to 1917, 2274 E103 in 1920, 913 Cromwell Avenue in 1926, 2025 Woodland Avenue in 1925 and 11913 Cromwell Avenue in 1927, all in Cleveland, Ohio, other occupants Oliver (son?) in 1917 and Alfred (son?) in 1920.
His wife died on 18 March 1921 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
In the 1930 census as Leo Croucher aged 63, born in England, naturalized, widowed, arrived in USA in 1883, a motorman on a street railway, and living with his son-in-law and daughter (William E and Margaret Hosken), his son (Earl), daughter (Violeta), and his granddaughters (Eleanore and Jean Hosken) at 12029 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio,
In the 1940 census as Leo Croucher aged 73, born in England, naturalized, widowed, did not work in 1939 and had no income, and living with his son-in-law and daughter (Wm E and Margaret Hosken) and his granddaughters (Elaanor and Jeanne) at 14620 Ardenall, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
Entry in Ancestry Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007for Leo Croucher in 1956.
There are nine entries in Ancestry Public Member Tree Trees, some of which locate his bith in Jun1866 in the Isle of Wight, and his marriage there in 1902. Doug Croucher gives his birth in 07 May 1866 in Kew, Surrey, parents Joseph Croucher and Ellen Pitt, his marriage to Minnie Bluhm on 11 February 1895 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, nine children, and his death on 25 December 1956 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
Leo Croucher was the third great grandson of Thomas Croucher