Birth: 8 March 1897 Keiwa, Victoria, Australia
Father: Henry (Henery) Joseph Croucher 1854-1948
Mother: Alice Elizabeth Yea 1858-1930
Marriage: 7 July 1917 Victoria, Australia
Wife: Mary Campbell Greig [Folster] 1884-1954
Marriage: 28 May 1955 Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Wife: Gwen Isabel Wright 1909-2002
Death: 18 May 1970 Tangambalanga, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
By Mary
Mark Robert Croucher 1918-1924
Colin Nevill Croucher 1928-2010
By Gwen
Mark Robert Croucher 1940-1942
Entry in Ancestry Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 for Leo Robt Croucher in 1897 in Kiewa, Victoria, parents Hy Jos Croucher and Alice Elizth Yea.
Entry in Ancestry Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 for Leo Robert Croucher and Campbell Mary Folster in 1917 in Victoria.
His son was born in Beechworth, Victoria in 1918.
There are ten entries in Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 for Leo Robert Croucher, a farmer, address Dederang, Yackandandah, Indi, Victoria in 1919, other occupants Mary Campbell Croucher (wife?), Henry Joseph and Alice Elizabeth Croucher (parents?), and George Henry Croucher (brother?), Corryong, Benambra, Ini, Victoria in 1924 to 1942, other occupant Mary Campbell Croucher (wife?), Meakin's Road, Dromana, Flinders, Victoria in 1949, other occupant Gwendolen Isabel Croucher (future wife?), Flinders Road, Red Hill, Dromana, Flinders, Victoria in 1954, other occupant Gwendolen Isabel Croucher (future wife?) and a driver, address Tangambalanga, Yackandandah, Indi, Victoriain 1963 and 1968, other occupant Gwendolen Isabel Croucher (wife?).
His wife died in Carlton, Victoria in 1954 and he married Gwen Isabel Wright on 28 May 1955 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Entry in Ancestry Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 for Leo Robert Croucher, parents Harry Croucher and Alice Yea, in 1970 aged 73 in Woodend, Victoria. This conflicts with other entries.
Entry in the IGI for Leo Robert Croucher, Rtd Factory Emp, died 18 May 1970 in Tangambalanga in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Administration Grant 29 March 1971.
Entry in the Pedigree Resource File for Leo Robert Croucher born 8 March 1897 in Keiwa, Victoria, Australia, parents Henry Joseph Croucher and Alice Elizabeth Yea, and his death on 18 May 1970 in Wodonga, Victoria Australia.
Patrick O'Sullivan has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Leo Robert Croucher born in 1897 in Kiewa, Victoria, Australia, parents Henry Joseph Croucher and Alice Elizabeth Yea, his marriage to Mary Campbell Greig in 1917 in Victoria, Australia, his son, and his death in 1970 in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
There are fifteen entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Leo Robert Croucher born in 1897 in Australia, parents Henry Joseph Croucher and Alice Elizabet Yea, and his death in 1970 in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, plus another giving his birth in 1900. One gives his birth on 8 March 1897 in Kiewa, Victoria, his marriage to Mary Campbell Grieg on 7 July 1917 in Victoria, his two sons, and his death on 18 May 1970. Another gives his marriage to Gwen Isabel Wright on 28 May 1955 in Melbourne, Victoria , a son and death on 18 May 1970. Other entries add four more sons. Some include his gravestone "In/Loving Memory Of/Leo Robert Croucher/Died 18.5.70/Aged 73 Years/R.I.P"
The spelling Kiewa seems more common than Keiwa, but both are used - it is the name of a river in Victoria, and Dederang is a nearby town. Corryong is a small town in north-eastern Victoria. It is located approximately 50 miles east of the regional centre of Wodonga.
Leo Robert Croucher was the third great grandson of James Croucher.