Birth: April-June 1839 Westcott, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Father: Richard Croucher 1804-1873
Mother: Susannah (Susanna) Smith c1805-1874
Christening: 18 March 1838 St Martin, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Fanny Stevens [Razzell] 1837-1938
Death: 20 November 1872 Brookwood Asylum, Knaphill, Surrey, UK
Anne (Annie) Stevens (Croucher) [King, Self] 1863-1959
Fanny Stevens Croucher [Tindall] 1864-a1891
Theresa Ellen Croucher [Pines] 1866-1828
John William Croucher (Crouch, Razzell) 1868-1936
Elizabeth Jane Croucher (Razzell) [Astridge] 1870-1955
Mary Susan Croucher [Merritt] 1872-1917
There are three entries in FreeBMD for a Male Croucher born in January-March 1838 in Dorking (4 70 in 2, 71 in the other), all three are on a typed copy of the original.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for William Croucher baptised 18 March 1838 in Dorking, Surrey, parents Richard and Susannah Croucher.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for William Croucher baptised 18 March 1838 at St Martin, Dorking, parents Richard and Hannah Croucher. "Page 186 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Dorking in the County of Surrey in the Year 1838 [...] March 18 No. 1488 William [parents] Richard [a] labourer [and] Hannah Croucher of Westcott".
His brother was registered in July-September 1840 in Dorking and baptised on 23 January 1839 at St Martin, Dorking when they were living in Westcott.In the 1841 census as William Croucher aged 3, born in Surrey and living with Richard and Susan Croucher (parents?), Charles, Danial, George, John and Richard Croucher (brothers?) and Sarah Croucher (sister?) in Westcot, Dorking, Surrey.
His brother was registered in January-March 1842 in Dorking and baptised on 8 May 1842 at St Martin, Dorking when they were living in Pixham Lane.
In the 1851 census as William Croucher aged 13, born in Dorking, Surrey and living with his parents (Richard and Susannah), and four brothers (Charles, George, John and Thomas) in West Street, Dorking, Surrey.
I cannot locate him in the 1861 census.
A daughter? was born on 27 March 1863 and registered in April-June 1963 in Dorking surname Stevens.
I cannot locate a marriage but the following children were registered with the surname Croucher.
His daughter was registered in July-September 1864 in Dorking.
His daughter was registered in April-June 1866 in Maidstone.
His son was registered in January-March 1868 in Maidstone.
His daughter was born on 15 February 1870 and registered in January-March 1870 in Maidstone.
In the 1871 census as William Croucher aged 34, born in Dorking, Surrey, a railway signalman, and and living with his wife (Fanny), son (John W) and four daughters (Annie, Elizabeth J, Fanny and Thresasa) at 5 Railway Cottages, Marden, Kent.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1921 for William Croucher, a pauper, admitted on 27 April 1872 at Woking, died 20 November 1872 in Surrey.
His son and three daughters were baptised on 15 September 1872 at St Martin, Dorking when he was a signal man living in West Street.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Admissions to Brookwood and Holloway Mental Hospitals, 1867-1900 for William Croucher aged 35, married, of Marden, Kent, and a railway signalman Ch &E admitted 27 April 1872 to Brookwood Asylum, Woking with dementia with general paralysis for 6 months since aged 34 and died on 20 November 1872.
Death of William Croucher in FreeBMD in October-December 1872 aged 35 in Guildfford (2A 36).
There are fifty five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Croucher.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for William Croucher.
William croucher was the second great grandson of Thomas Croucher.
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