William Albert Croucher (1878-1956)

Dates

Birth: 12 June 1878 217 Lynton Road, Bermondsey, Surrey, UK
Father: George Croucher 1847-1923
Mother: Louisa Kemp 1850-1917

Christening: 11 August 1878 St Anne, Bermondsey, Surrey, UK

Marriage: Believed not married

Death: January-March 1956 Gosport, Hampshire,UK

Children

None known

Notes

Birth of William Albert Croucher in FreeBMD in July-September 1878 in St Olave (1D 250).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for William Albert Croucher baptised 11 August 1878 at St Anne, Bermondsey, Southwark, parents George and Louisa Croucher. "Page 44 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Anne Bermondsey in the County of Surry (sic) in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy eight 1878 August 11 No. 345 William Albert Born 12 June [parents] George [a] Porter [and] Louisa Croucher [of] 217 Lynton Road."

His sister was born in Bermondsey in 1880 when they were living at 43 Esmeralder Road.

In the 1881 census as Willm Albert Croucher aged 2, born in Bermondsey, and living with his parents (George and Louisa), brother (Frederick) and two sisters (Ada and Louisa Jane) at 43 Esmeralder Road, Bermondsey, London.

The family moved to Terwick, Sussex before 1884 from the birth of Florence, then to Alverstoke before 1887 from the birth of Beatrice.

In the 1891 census as William A Croucher aged 12, born in Bermondsey, London, a golf attendant, and living with his parents (George and Louisa), brother (Frederick)), and five sisters (Ada, Beatrice, Florence A, Lousia Jane and May ) in four rooms at 7 Haslar View, Alverstoke, Hampshire.

In the 1901 census as William Croucher aged 22, born in Bermondsey, London, single, a labourer at Naval Hospital, and living with his parents (George and Louisa), two brothers (Henry and Frederick), and three sisters (Beatrice, Emily and May) at 118 Clayhall Road, Alverstoke, Hampshire.

In the 1911 census as William Croucher aged 33, born in London, single, a general labourer in the building trade, and living with his parents (George and Louisa), brother (Henry) and two sisters (Beatrice and Evelyn) in six rooms at at 114 Clayhall Road, Gosport, Alverstoke, Hampshire.

Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 for William Albert Croucher private 202411 2/4th Hampshire Regiment, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Death of William A Croucher in FreeBMD in January-March 1956 in Gosport (6B 417).

There are thirty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Albert Croucher.

Relationship

William Albert Croucher was the sixth great grandson of Richard Croucher.

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