Birth: Circa 1882 Stone, Worcestershire, UK
Father: William Croucher 1848-1934
Mother: Harriett Grover 1850-1902
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 23 Jun 1927 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Wife: Alice Adeline Baker 1888-a1968
Death: 1949-1953 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada?
Unknown
I cannot find a registration for his birth - if in Stone the district was Kidderminster.
His brother was born in Hagley, Worcestershire in 1885, sister in Aldershot in 1888 and brother in Aldershot in 1890.
In the 1891 census as Leonard Croucher aged 9, born in Stone, Worcestershire, and living with his parents (William and Harriett), three brothers (Herbert, Rupert C A and William) and sister (Etty May) in Victoria Road, Aldershot, Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920 for Leonard Croucher aged 14, born in Stone, Worcestershire and started service in the Rifle Brigade as 4731 in 1896.
In the 1901 census as Leonard Croucher aged 19, born in Stone, Worcesteshire, aged 19, single, a furniture salesman and collector, and living with his brother (Herbert) at 54 Grosvenor Road, Aldershot, Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 for Leonard Croucher aged 25, a general labourer from Gloucestershire, arriving at Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 6 October 1907 on Lake Erie from Liverpool bound for Toronto.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944 for Leonard Croucher aged 25 arrived in St Albans, Vermont in 1907.
In the 1921 census as Leonard Croucher aged 39, born in England, single, an engineer earning $900, immigrated in 1907, and lodging with Fredrick Cattle (aged 50, born in England and a Painter), his wife (Hannah aged 49 and born in Ireland), daughter (Jessie aged 20, born in Ontario and a stenographer), and seven other lodgers at 367 King St W, S Toronto, Ontario.
Entry in Ancestry All Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928 for Leonard Henry Croucher aged 45, born in England, parents W A Croucher and Barnet Nover (sic - in the index, Wm Croucher and Harriett Grover on the original), a Bachelor and Shipping Clerk of 367 King Street West, and Alice Adeline Baker aged 38, born in England, parents Thos Baker and Calthy Clark, a Spinster and House Keeper of 415 Ballorl Aveniue, on 23 Jun 1927 in Toronto, York.
There are three entries in Ancestry Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 for Leonard Croucher, a shipper, address 142 Manor Road East, Eglington, Ontario in 1940, 137 Manor Road East, Eglington, Ontario in 1945, and 1949 when he was retired, wife Alice Croucher.
His wife was widowed in the 1953 voters list and was still alive in 1968.
There are sixteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Leonard Croucher.
Leonard Croucher was the third great grandson of William Croucher, and also grandnephew of Edmund Croucher, husband of Eliza Othen, sister of Moses Othen, husband of Ellen Shrubb, my first cousin three times removed.
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