Birth: 17 September 1864 Cuckfield, Sussex, UK
Father: William Croucher 1837-1869
Mother: Hannah Apps [Freeman] c1837-1910
Christening: 4 December 1864 Holy Trinity, Cuckfield, Sussex, UK
Marriage: 5 May 1890 Holy Trinity, Cuckfield, East Sussex, UK
Wife: Ellen Louisa Leney 1871-1923
Death: January-March 1951 Cuckfield, East Sussex, UK
Unknown
Birth of Albert Croucher in FreeBMD in October-December 1864 in Cuckfield (2B 135).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Albert Croucher baptised 4 December 1864 in Cuckfield, Sussex, parents William and Hannah Croucher.
Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for Albert Croucher baptised 4 December 1864 in Cuckfield, Sussex, parents William and Hannah Croucher. "Page 91 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Cuckfield in the County of Sussex in the Year 1864 [...] 1864 Dec 4 No. 725 Albert [parents] William [a] Wheel Wright & Hannah Croucher [of] Cuckfield". His brother was born on 11 October 1866 and baptised on 3 February 1867 at Holy Trinity, Cuckfield.
His father was buried on 26 September 1869 at St Mary, Balcombe before the birth of his sister who was born on 10 October 1869 in Balcombe and registered in October-December 1869 in Cuckfield.
In the 1871 census as Albert Croucher aged 6, born in Cuckfield, Sussex, and living with his widowed mother (Hannah), and three brothers (Frederick G, Harry and Thomas W) and sister (Annie M) at 2 Norfolk Cottages, Balcombe, Sussex.
His mother married John Freeman in 1878.
I cannot locate him in the 1881 census but he was not living with his mother and family.
Marriage of Albert Croucher and Ellen Leney in FreeBMD in April-June 1890 in Cuckfield (2B 328).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Albert Croucher aged 32, single, father William Croucher, and Ellen Leney on 5 May 1890 in Cuckfield, Sussex.
Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for the marriage of Albert Goncher (sic) aged 32, father William Goncher (sic) and Ellen Leney om 5 May 1890 in Cuckfield, Sussex. "Page 133 1890 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Cuckfield in the County of Sufsex [No.] 265 May 5th Albert Croucher [aged] 32 [a] Bachelor [and] Labourer [of] Cuckfield [father] William Croucher [a] Wheelwright, [and] Ellen Leney [aged] 20 [a] Spinster [of] Cuckfield [father] William Leney [a] Postman. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Cremonies of the Established Church after Banns".
In the 1891 census as Albert Croucker (sic - in the index, Croucher on the original) aged 26, born in Cuckfield, a bricklayer's labourer, and living with his wife (Ellen) in four rooms at Tylers Cottages, Cuckfield, Sussex.
Six entries in Ancestry All East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert Croucher addresses dwelling house, Brook Street, Cuckfield, East Grinstead in 1893, Whitehouse, Staplefield, Cuckfield, East Grinstead in 1894 and 1895, and Mytten Lodge, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1898 to 1901.
In the 1901 census as Albert Croucher aged 36, born in Cuckfield, a general labourer, and living with his wife (Ellen) in two rooms in Broad Street, Cuckfield, Sussex.
Eight entries in Ancestry All East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert Croucher addresses dwelling house, Mytten Lodge, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1802 to 1903, Broad Street, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1905 to 1907, and London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1908 to 1911.
In the 1911 census as Albert Croucher aged 46, born in Cuckfield, Sussex, a surveyor and inspector for the Urban Council and living with his wife (Ellen) and widowed stepfather (John Freeman) in four rooms in London Lane, Cuckfield, Sussex.
Six entries in Ancestry All East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert Croucher addresses dwelling house, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead in 1912, 1 Chatfield's Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead in 1914 and 1915, 5 Glebe Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead in 1918, other occupant Ellen Louisa Croucher (wife?), and 6 Glebe Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1919 to 1921, other occupant Ellen Louisa Croucher (wife?).
In the 1921 census as Albert Croucher born in Cuckfield, Sussex in 1864 and living with Ellen Louisa Croucher (wife?) in Cuckfield, Sussex.
Entry in Ancestry All East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert Croucher address 6 Glebe Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead in 1922, other occupant Ellen Louisa Croucher (wife?).His wife died at 15 Glebe Road, Cuckfield, and was buried on 8 March 1923 in Holy Trinity, Cuckfield.
Seventeen entries in Ancestry All East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert Croucher addresses 6 Glebe Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1923 to 1926, 37 Glebe Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1927 to 1931, other occupant Rhoda Mary Croucher (neice?) from 1929, and 39 Glebe Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1932 to 1939, other occupants Rhoda Mary Croucher (neice?) from 1929 to 1932, and Mary J Freeman (stepfather's daughter?) from 1937.
In the All 1939 England and Wales Register as Albert Croucher born 17 September 1864, widowed, a retired road surveyor, and living with Mary Jane Freeman (stepfather's daughter?) at 39 Glebe Road, Cuckfield, Sussex.
Seven entries in Ancestry All East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert Croucher address 39 Glebe Cottages, London Lane, Cuckfield, East Grinstead from 1945 to 1951, other occupant Mary J Freeman (stepfather's daughter?).
Death of Albert Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1951 aged 86 in Cuckfield (5H 290).
THere are twelve entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Albert Croucher but confusion with Albert Arthur Croucher also born in Cuckfield.
Note that Cuckfield was transfered from Sussex to East Sussex in 1889.
Albert Croucher was the second great grandson of Thomas Croucher.
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