Birth: 8 June 1887 Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: James Croucher 1854-1927
Mother: Emily Saunders 1864-1942
Christening: 25 September 1887 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, Uk
Marriage: October-December 1915 Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Violet Mary Sparks 1885-1973
Death: February 1948 NE Surrey, UK
Burial: 14 February 1948 Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, UK
Yvonne Joy V Croucher [Lemmings] 1922-2021
Birth of Albert James Croucher in FreeBMD in July-September 1887 in Alton (2C 160).
Entry in Headley Baptisms for Albert James Croucher born on 8 June 1887 and christened on 25 September 1887, parents James (publican at the Wheatsheaf Inn) and Emily Croucher.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Albert James Croucher born 8 June 1887 and baptised on 25 September 1887 at All Saints, Headley, parents James and Emily Croucher. "Page 56 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Headley in the County of Southampton in the Year One thousand eight hundred and eighty seven [...] 1887 September 25 No. 448 Albert James Son of James [a] Publican & Emily Croucher [of] 'Wheatsheaf' Inn, Born 8 June 1887".
His sister was born 1 March 1890 and baptised 16 March 1890 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at The Wheatsheaf, Headley.
In 1891 Census as Albert J Croucher aged 3, born in Headley, Hampshire and living with his parents (James and Emily), sister (Daisy M), aunt (Emma Saunders) and two lodgers (George Cooper aged 57, born in Preston, Somerset, and employed as a gardener and his wife Elizabeth aged 58 and born in Chetwell, Dorset), at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Arfold, Headley, Hampshire.
In 1901 census as Albert Croucher aged 13, born in Headley, Hampshire and living with his parents (James and Emily), sister (Daisy), and Albert Salf, (aged 5, born in Southampton and a nurse child), at 4 Sunnyside Cottages, Lower Cedar Road, St Mary's, Southampton, Hampshire.
I cannot locate him in the 1911 census but he was not living with his parents.
Marriage of Albert J Croucher and Violet M Sparks in FreeBMD in October-December 1915 in Southampton (2C 162).
In the 1921 census as Albert James Croucher aged 34 years 1 month, born in Headley, Hampshire, a crane driver employed by L & S W Railway at Southampton Docks, no children under 16, and living with his wife (Violet Mary) in two rooms at 108 St Andrews Road, Southampton, Hampshire.
His daughter was born in Southampton on 12 May 1922 and registered in April-June 1922 in Southampton.
Three entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Albert James Croucher addresses 60 Linden Gardens, Chiswick Park, Brentford and Chiswick, Hounslow in 1936, other occupant Violet Mary Croucher (wife?) and two other families, and 21 Grosvenor Road, Gunnersbury, Chiswick, Chiswick and Brentford in 1938 and 1939, other occupants Violet Mary Croucher (wife?) and three or four other families.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as A Jones (sic - in the index, James on the original) Croucher born 8 June 1887, married, travels from place to place a compressor driver, and living with Violet M Croucher (wife?) and one other (daughter?) at 21 Grosvenor Road, Brentford and Chiswick, Middlesex.
Death of Albert J Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1948 aged 60 in Surrey NE (5G 569).
Entry in Richmond for the burial of Albert James Croucher on 14/02/1948 a Male aged 60 Years.
There are twenty six entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Albert James Croucher.
The Wheatsheaf Inn, Arford closed in 2000, was demolished in March 2001, and has been replaced by a private house.
Albert James Croucher was the grand nephew of Moses Othen, husband of Ellen Shrubb, my first cousin three times removed.
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