William John George Croucher (1802-1877)

Dates

Birth: 2 February 1802 Holborn, Middlesex, UK
Father: George Croucher c1755-a1801
Mother: Mary Lane

Christening: 14 March 1802 St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex, UK

Marriage: 31 August 1839 St John, Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia
Wife: Elizabeth Hayman 1816-1879

Death: 1 September 1877 Aird Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Buried: St. John's Cemetery, 1 O'Connell Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

Children

William George Croucher 1841-1909
Silas Croucher 1842
Silas Croucher 1845
John Bute Croucher 1848-1910
Mary Elizabeth Croucher 1850-1921
Lena (Leena, Leina) E Croucher [Monteith] 1854-1932
Arthur Victor Croucher c1855-1909
Eugene Croucher 1862-1916

Notes

Research by Tom Croucher in Australia indicated that George Croucher born circa 1757 in Isleworth, Hampshire, was the father of William Croucher the convict who married Elizabeth Hayman in Parramatta in 1839. See Interpretation of the Will of Thomas Croucher (1851-1822) and The Will of Thomas Croucher (1851-1822) both written by Tom Croucher for details. The main conflict is that the christening name is William John Croucher and the burial name is William George Croucher.

Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Willm Jno Croucher baptised 14 Mar (sic) 1802 at Saint Giles in the Fields, Saint Giles High Street, Holborn, Camden. The original is nearly illegible "Willm [Geo or Jno - could be either] Croucher of George & Mary 18th Feby 1801". Note that this was still using the Julian Calendar so the year is 1802 using the Georgian calendar. However there is also a much clearer entry for William John Croucher "Baptisms March 1802 March 14th [...] William John Croucher of George and Mary".

Four entries in Ancestry All London, England, Newgate Calendar of Prisoners, 1785-1853 for William Croucher aged 20, a glazier, charge stealing in the dwelling-house of William Smith, eight silver spoons, &c. his property, accomplice Charles Henington aged 18, a shoemaker., trial 10 October 1822, both sentenced to death, but respited and ordered to be transported for life, kept in hulks.

Entry in Ancestry UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 for 6143 William Croucher convicted 23 October 1822 at Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London of stealing six silver spoons in another house, received on Leviathan 13 December 1822, transported NSW 12 April 1873 for life.

There is also an entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for William Croucher, but the original is very faint.

Entry in Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Entry in Ancestry All New South Wales, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870 for William Croucher aged 37 arrived 1823 on Ocean, conditional pardon for good conduct 1 April 1839.

Entry in Ancestry Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 for William Crouch (sic) and Elizabeth Haman (sic) in 1839 in Parramatta, New South Wales.

Two entries in Ancestry New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 for William Croucher and Elizabeth Hamen, on 11 August 1839 "3 Publication of Banns 1839 [...] August 11 William Croucher [... of] Parramatta [of] Full [age] [and] Elizabeth Hamen [... of] Parramatta [of] Full [age]" and on 21 (sic) August 1839 "Page 14 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St John Parramatta in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1839 No. 52 William Croucher of this Parish and Elizabeth Hamen of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns with consent of [blank] this thirty first day of August in the year 1839".

In the 1841 census as William Croucher living in Parramatta, New South Wales.

Entry in Ancestry Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 for William Croucher, parents William (sic) and Mary, in 1877 in Parramatta, New South Wales (8036).

Entry in Ancestry Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current for William George Croucher born 2 February 1801 in London, spouse Elizabeth Croucher, children John Bute Croucher, died 1 September 1877 in Parramatta Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia and was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia . "Nothing in my Hand I bring. Simply to thy Cross I cling. In Memory of William G. Croucher died Sepr. 1st 1877 aged 76 years also of Elizabeth Croucher wife of the above Died Augt 25th 1879 aged 62 years" Anote adds "William was tried before the Old Bailey 23 October 1822, he arrived aboard the 'Ocean' 27 August 1823."

There is also an entry in Gravestones Photos for William C (sic) Croucher.

There are one hundred and twelve entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William George Croucher born 2 February or in November 1801 in London, Middlesex.

Relationship

William George Croucher was the grandson of Thomas Croucher.

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