Ernest Woodward Boucher (1862 - 1920)

Born 18 Apr 1862 in Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Anna Augusta (Vercoe) Boucher — married 14 Jan 1892 in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Died 3 Jun 1920 at age 58 in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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Ernest Boucher migrated from England to New Zealand.

Ernest Boucher lived in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Biography

Ernest Woodward Boucher was the son of Rev Alfred Francis Boucher of Kempsey House, Kempsey in Worcester. He was born in Cheddleton, Staffordshire, in 1862 where his father was the Vicar of Cheddleton. Ernest's mother was Rev Boucher's first wife, Anne Woodward, who died in 1868, when he would have been about 6 years old.

At the age of 8, in 1871, he was attending a private school that was run by cousins, the Lamb sisters, in Guildford.

Ernest emigrated to New Zealand, where he and his younger half brother Percy became farmers on land in Te Puke, initially on property owned by their father in England.

In 1892 Ernest married Anna Augusta Vercoe ^[1], daughter of a local farmer Henry Vercoe in Te Puke.

BOUCHER — VERCOE It is our pleasant duty to record the marriage at Te Puke which took place on Thursday, the 14th inst of Mr Ernest Woodward Boucher of Kempsey, Te Puke to Miss Anna Vercoe, second daughter of Mr Henry W Vercoe of Fairfield, Te Puke…took place at 3 o’clock in the Te Puke Hall, was conducted by the Rev Wm Goodyear of Maketu… [Bay of Plenty Times, Mon 18 Jan 1892, p2 + notice]^[2]

In 1898 Ernest's father died in England, and he was one of the beneficiaries of his substantial estate.^[3]

Ernest and Anna had four children. Sadly they lost two sons in the 1st World War; Edgar was 24 and Arthur just 23 years of age.

He passed away in 1920 at the age of 58 and is buried in the Old Te Puke Cemetery, Bay of Plenty.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Index - "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-KQHJ : accessed 24 May 2017), Ernest Woodward Boucher and Anna Augusta Vercoe, 1892; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1892/210.
2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/BOPXMarriagesAG.html
3. ↑ Copy of will of Rev Alfred Francis Boucher - "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2XL-4J6B : 11 January 2017), Alfred Francis Boucher, 1898; citing Auckland, , record number 3108, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKC-GJ9K : 13 December 2015), Ernest Woodward Boucher, ; Burial, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Te Puke Cemetery; citing record ID 42574031, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• MARRIAGE: NZBDM: 1892/210
• DEATH: NZBDM: 1920/9483
• Probate record - "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-VZW4 : 27 April 2016), Ernest Woodward Boucher, 1920; citing Hamilton, Hamilton Probates - Second Sequence, 1910-1953, record number 1290, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.
• BillionGraves Index, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJR-2MBP : 24 June 2015), Ernest Woodward Boucher, died 1920; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Old Te Puke Cemetery, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand.
• Birth of son Edgar - "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-PGZC : accessed 24 May 2017), Ernest Woodward Boucher in entry for Edgar Woodward Boucher, 1893; citing Birth, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1893/13721.
• Birth of son Arthur - "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-BY7J : accessed 24 May 2017), Ernest Woodward Boucher in entry for Arthur Francis Boucher, 1895; citing Birth, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1895/16180.
• 1871 England Census - Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 812; Folio: 7; Page: 5; GSU roll: 838697. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Name: Ernest W Boucher; Age: 8; Estimated birth year: abt 1863; Relation: Cousin; Gender: Male; Where born: Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England; Civil Parish: Guildford St Mary; Town: Guildford; County/Island: Surrey; Country: England; Registration district: Guildford