Birth: April-June 1863 Cuckfield, Sussex, UK
Father: George Croucher 1818-1898
Mother: Harriett Upton 1825-1863
Christening:
Marriage: 22 September 1884 St George and St Mary, Church Gresley, Derbyshire, UK
Wife: Emma Taylor 1863-1938
Death:
Frank Croucher 1888-1970
Frank Leonard Croucher 1890-1892
Dorothy Croucher [Reader] 1892-1956
George Croucher 1894-1916
Alice Croucher [Lloyd] 1898-a1918
Annie Croucher [Brown (McCormack)] 1900-1969
Birth of William Croucher in FreeBMD in April-June 1863 in Cuckfield (2B 234).
In the 1871 census as William Croucher aged 6, born in Cuckfield, Sussex and living with his grandparents (Antony and Elizabeth Upton) in Terace Bridges Cottages, Lindfield, Sussex.
In the 1881 census as William Croucher aged 17, born in Cuckfield, Sussex, single and a coal miner living with his brother (Stephen), his wife (Ann), son (George) and three daughters (Betsey, Harriet and Martha) in Linton Heath, Linton, Derbyshire.
Marriage of William Croucher and Emma Taylor in FreeBMD in July-September 1884 in Burton (6B 477).
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for the marriage of William Croucher, aged 22 in one, father George Croucher, and Emma Taylor on 22 September 1884 in Church, Gresley, Derby in one and Church-Gresley, Derbyshire in the other.
Entry in Ancestry Derbyshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for William Croucher aged 22, father George Croucher, and Emma Taylor on 22 September 1884 at Gresley, St George and St Mary. "Page 224 1884. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Gresley in the County of Derby. [No.] 447 September 22nd William Croucher [aged] 22 [a] Bachelor [and] Bricklayer [of] 42 Linton Heath [father] George Croucher [a] Labourer, + Emma Taylor [aged] 21 [a] Spinster [of] 46 Linton Heath [father] George Taylor (deceased) [a] Collier. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence us John Webster [and] Alice Taylor."
His son was born on 14 February 1888 and registed in January-March 1884 in Burton upon Trent.
His son was registered in April-June 1890 in Burton upon Trent.
In the 1891 census as William Croucher aged 27, born in Balcombe, Sussex, a coal miner, and living with his wife (Emma), two sons (Frank Leon and Fred), mother-in-law (Sarah Taylor) and sister-in-law (Eliza Taylor) in Bass's Row, Castle Gresley, Derbyshire.
His daughter was born on 6 April 1892, registered in April-June 1892 in Burton upon Trent,
His son was registered in July-September 1894 in Burton upon Trent.
His daughter was registered in January-March 1898 in Burton upon Trent. His daughter was born on 5 June 1900 and registered in July-September 1900 in Buton upon Trent.
In the 1901 census as William Croucher aged 37, born in Balcombe, Sussex, a coal miiner hewer, and living with his wife (Emma), two sons (Fred and George) and three daughters (Alice, Annie and Dorothy) and mother-in-law (Sarah Taylor) in Chapel Street, Castle Gresley, Derbyshire, next door to his brother Stephen and family His daughter was received into the Church on 30 April 1907 at Linton and Castle Gresley, when he was a collier of Stealeration Villas, Castle Gresley
There are thirty three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Peter Croucher.
Note that although Burton on Trent is in Staffirdshire it included Church Gresley which was in Derbyshire.
William Croucher was the grandson of James.
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