Birth: 23 September 1928 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Father: William James Croucher 1900-1985
Mother: Ella Marion (Marian) Cowles 1906-1951
Marriage: 11 Mar 1950 Wandsworth Register Office, Wandsworth, London, UK
Husband: Dennis Alfred Barton 1926-1975
Marriage: 30 Oct 1978 Bromley Register Office, Bromley, Greater London, UK
Husband: Eric Francis Botell 1922-2015
Death: 6am 20 February 2026 Barton House, 1 Barton Terrace, Dawlish, Devon, UK
Nigel Barton 1950-a1984
Melanie Barton [Thomas, Wright] 1953-a1983
Ruth L Barton [Hogg] 1957-a1995
Birth of Sylvia M Croucher, mother's maiden name Cowles, in FreeBMD in October-December 1928 in Farnham (2A 268).
Her brother was registered in Surrey South Western in October-December 1946.
She worked at an estate agents at 11 South Street, Farnham, and then a nurse at Guildford Hospital.
Marriage of Sylvia M Croucher and Dennis A Barton in FreeBMD in January-March 1950 in Wandsworth (5D 1795).
The following addresses are from my father's address book, dates unknown, White Ladies, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, phone 4425; Clapham Guest House, 182A Clapham High Road, SW4; and 22 De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, Camberwell SE5 and may be before or after her marriage.
She was living at 85 Rectory Buildings, Crossfield Street, Deptford SE8 at some point after her marriage - I have vague memories of visiting her there after her marriage and birth of her son.
Her three children were registered in July-September 1950, July-September 1953 and January-March 1957, all in Lambeth.
Eight entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Sylvia M Barton address 30b Lausanne Road, Peckham, Southwark changing to Peckham, Camberwell in 1962, and Consort, Peckham in 1964 from 1954 to 1964, other occupant Dennis A Barton (husband?). These were police flats. I stayed there frequently during holidays, including Christmas 1962 with Christopher Radwanski returning home in the first snow of the Big Freeze. She was a Tupperware agent running Tupperware parties, and also worked for a market research company.
They moved to 65 Lawnside, Page Heath SE3, Lee Green phone 8134 and I lived there in the Autumn 1968 while at University. She was working at the Lewisham Chamber of Commerce.
They then moved to 66 Hazelmere Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent phone ORP 325721.Her husband died at 66 Hazelmere Road, Petts Wood, Kent on 30 March 1975 and his death was registered in April-June 1975 in Bromley.
Marriage of Sylvia M Croucher and Eric F Botell in FreeBMD in October-December 1976 in Bromley (11 913).
They moved to 57 Puttenham Road Sherfield Park Chineham Basingstoke phone 0256 58898, and then to Bossell House Hotel, Buckfastleigh, Devon this they ran with their son-in-law and daughter.
Entry in Ancestry England, Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's to current for Mrs Sylvia Botell, Crime - Gang flee hotel, published 25 January 1988 in Herald Express, Torquay, Devon.
Entry in Find my Past 25 January 1988 Torbay Express and South Devon Echo "entered hotel at 530 am yesterday after forcing open a fire door Mrs Sylvia Botell who lives with her husband in a ground floor flat noticed a torch shing outside their window Mr Botell woke his son-in-law Mr Wright and the two men went to investigate"
Their final move was to Acorns, Barton Hill EX7 9DU, Dawlish, Devon.
Two entries in Ancestry UK, Phone Book Indexes, 2001 and 2003 one for Botell Eric F + Sylvia M in 2001 in Dawlish, Devon and the other for Sylvia M Botell in 2003 in Dawlish, Devon.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Electoral Registers, 2003-2010 for Sylvia M Botell born 1927-1929 address Acorns, Barton Hill EX7 9DU, Dawlish, Devon from 2003 to 2004.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Electoral Registers, 2011-2018 for Sylvia M Botell born 1927-1929 address Acorns, Barton Hill EX7 9DU, Dawlish, Devon in 2014.
Entry in 192.com for Sylvia Marion Botell in the Electoral Roll 2002-03, 2014 living in Dawlish, Devon, EX7, other occupant Eric F Botell (husband?).
Entry in People Trace UK for Sylvia Marion Botell - Acorns, Barton Hill, Dawlish EX7 9DU from 1991 to 2015.
Her husband died at Acorns, Barton Hill, Dawlish on 20 June 2015.
Her final move was to Barton House, 1 Barton Terrace, Dawlish, Devon, UK where she died at 6am on 20 February 2026.
Entry in Legacy.comSylvia Marion Croucher was my sister.
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