Birth: 31 July 1917 Barford, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: Alfred Deadman 1878-1956
Mother: Kate Glaysher 1886-1960
Christening: 13 October 1917 St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 18 September 1937 St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
Husband: Leonard Croucher 1916-1989
Death: May 1986 SW Surrey, UK
Burial: 5 June 1986 St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
Michael Leonard Croucher 1938-1938
John Stuart J Croucher 1940-2022
Nigel Leonard Croucher 1954-c2017
Birth of Sylvia I Deadman, mother's maiden name Glaysher, in FreeBMD in July-September 1917 in Alton (2c 289).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-192113 for Syvia Orene (sic) Deadman baptised 7 October 1917 at St. John the Evangelist, Churt, daughter of Alfred and Kate Deadman. "Page 99 Baptisms solemized in the Parish of Churt in the County of Surrey in the Year One Thousand nine Hundred and Seventeen [...] Oct 7th No. 788 Sylvia Irene [parents] Alfred [a] Gardener & Kate Deadman [of] Barford Stream Churt".
In the 1921 census as Sylvia Irene Deadman born in Headley, Hampshire in 1917 and living with Alfred and Kate Deadman (parents?), Frederick George and Ronald Alfred Deadman (brothers?), Gwendilone, Olive Ena Deadman (sister?) and George Glayser (grandfather?) in Headley, Alton, Hampshire.
She was a witness at the marriages of her sister Gwendoline and Allan Wilfred Crow on 28 July 1934 and of her brother Frederick George and Ruth Croucher on 30 March 1935, both at St John the Evangelist, Churt.
Marriage of Sylvia I Deadman and Leonard Croucher in FreeBMD in July-September 1937 in Surrey SW (2a 1451).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Marriages, 1754-1937 for Sylvia Irene Deadman aged 20, father Alfred Deadman and Leonard Cronacher (sic - in the index) aged 21, father James Cronacher, on 18 September 1937 at Churt, St John the Evangelist, with Rushmoor. "Page 119 [...] 1937 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Churt in the County of Surrey [No.] 238 September 18th 1937 Leonard Croucher [aged] 21 [a] Bachelor [and] Gardener [of] Fairfield, Churt [father] James Croucher [a] Gardener, [and] Sylvia Irene Deadman aged 20, [a] Spinster [and] Domestic Servant [of] 2 Parkhurst Cottages Churt, [father] Alfred Deadman, [a] Gardener. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Millie Vera Dykes [and] Ronald Alfred Deadman".
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current for Miss Sylvia Irene Deadman and Leonard Croucher on 2 October 1937 (sic - I assume the date of publication).
Her son was born and died at Churt Acre Cottage, Churt in September 1938.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Sylvia Irene Croucher address Churt Acres Cottages, Frensham, Farnham in 1939, other occupant Leonard Croucher (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Sylvia J Croucher born 31 July 1917, married, and living with Leonard Croucher (husband?) at 2 Churt Anes (sic in the index - Acres on the original) Cottages, Hambledon, Surrey.
Her two sons were born in Churt in 1940 and 1954.
Nine entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Sylvia I Croucher address 2 Parkhurst Cottages, Frensham, Farnham in 1945 and 1946, other occupant Leonard Croucher (husband?) in 1946, Glen Cottage, Glen Road (Beacon Hill), Hindhead from 1947 to 1948, other occupant Leonard Croucher (husband?), and Holmwood, Hale House Lane, Churt from 1953 to 1960, other occupant Leonard Croucher (husband?).
Holmwood was changed to Cedar Croft.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Sylvia Vine (sic) Croucher, born on 31 July 1917, in May 1986 in Surrey SW (17 1356).
Felicity went to the funeral on 5 June 1986.
There are twenty six entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Sylvia Irene Deadman.
Sylvia Irene Deadman was the wife of Leonard Croucher, my uncle, and also my godmother. Her husband was the brother of the wife, Ruth Croucher, of her brother Frederick George who had married in 1935. She was also the second great grandneice of Harriet Dudman, wife of Charles Croucher, my second great grandfather.
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