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Clair Patrick COUCHE (1886 - 1918)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Clair Patrick COUCHE (1886 - 1918) Richard COUCHE (1838 - 1902) William COUCHE (1811 - 1849)



Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE



Margaret CRONE (1844 - 1906)











b. 1886 at Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
d. 08 Jun 1918 at Etretat, France aged 32
Near Relatives of Clair Patrick COUCHE (1886 - 1918)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather William COUCHE abt 1811 1849 Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, Ireland 38
Grandmother Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE

Father Richard COUCHE 1838 Co Cork, Ireland 1902 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 64
Mother Margaret CRONE 1844 Co Cork, Ireland 1906 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 62

Self Clair Patrick COUCHE 1886 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 08 Jun 1918 Etretat, France 32

Brother Thomas COUCHE 1865 Victoria, Australia
Sister Eliza Anne COUCHE 1864 Sunbury, Victoria, Australia 1864 Victoria, Australia 0
Brother Christopher William COUCHE 1865 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sister Martha Ethelind COUCHE 1866 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1866 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 0
Sister Ellen Constance COUCHE 1869 Cork, Co Cork, Ireland 1869 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 0
Sister Ethil (Ethie) COUCHE abt 1870 Australia
Sister Caroline Crone COUCHE 29 Apr 1870 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 19 Jul 1952 Johannesburg, South Africa 82
Sister Adelaide COUCHE 1872 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Sister Aphra Crone COUCHE 12 Aug 1873 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Sister Emma COUCHE 14 May 1875 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Brother Jeffery Crone COUCHE 04 Sep 1876 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1936 Surrey, England 60
Brother Victor William COUCHE 1879 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1943 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 64
Sister Christine COUCHE 10 May 1880 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1953 Surrey Northern, Surrey, England 73
Brother Richard George COUCHE 1882 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 17 Apr 1947 Queensland, Australia 65
Sister Clara Browning COUCHE 1884 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1956 South Africa 72

Uncle William COUCHE abt 1845 1913 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 68
Aunt Mary Ann MCCARTHY abt 1845 1914 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 69

Cousin Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE 1865 Rush, Victoria, Australia 1946 Croxton East, Victoria 81
Cousin Edward Browning COUCHE 1866 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1888 Victoria, Australia 22
Cousin William Jeffrey COUCHE 1868 Echuca, Victoria, Australia 1946 Victoria, Australia 78
Cousin Letitia Anne COUCHE 1870 Victoria, Australia 1935 Victoria, Australia 65
Cousin Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE 1873 Marong, Victoria, Australia 1950 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 77

Niece Amy TRIPP 1897 Co Cork, Ireland
Nephew Walter E H TRIPP 1899 South Africa
Niece Caroline Anne MCFARLAND 1896 Co Cork, Ireland
Niece Samuel Richard MCFARLAND 1898 Co Cork, Ireland 1965 Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland 67
Niece Ethel Couche MCFARLAND 1901 Queen's Co, Ireland
Nephew William Robert MCFARLAND 1904 Queen's Co, Ireland
Nephew John James MCFARLAND 1905 Queen's Co, Ireland 1957 Vancouver, BC, Canada 52
Nephew Richard Arthur COUCHE 1913 York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Niece Dorothy Jane COUCHE 1909 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1992 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 83
Niece Alice (Aylish) Margaret COUCHE 1911 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1943 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia 32
Niece Josephine Winifred COUCHE 1914 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1962 Victoria, Australia 48
Niece Aphra Valentine COUCHE 1915 Co Tipperary, Ireland 2013 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 98
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Derek Richard BARROIS de SARIGNY 1909 Johannesburg, South Africa 1981 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England 72

Brother in Law Cecil Edward HOWARD-TRIPP 01 Dec 1872 09 Mar 1945 Johannesburg, South Africa 72
Brother in Law Samuel MCFARLAND 1855 Fermanagh, Ireland 1936 Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland 81
Sister in Law Louisa Le Feuvre MARTIN 1881 St Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands
Sister in Law Agnes Maud THOMAS 1885 Dublin, Ireland 1913 York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 28
Sister in Law Susan THOMAS 1881 Dublin, Ireland 1947 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 66
Sister in Law Sarah Georgina CLARKE 07 May 1874 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1958 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 84
Brother in Law Benjamin George Spurrel PLUMBLY 1872 Leeds, Yorkshire, England 1949 Johannesburg, South Africa 77
Brother in Law Jules Francois Rene BARROIS de SARIGNY 1885 Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa 1964 79
Events in Clair Patrick COUCHE (1886 - 1918)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1886 Clair Patrick COUCHE was born Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland Note 1
1901 15 Census New Square, Mitcheltown, Co Cork, Ireland Note 2 65
1902 16 Death of father Richard COUCHE (aged 64) Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland Note 3
1906 20 Death of mother Margaret CRONE (aged 62) Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland Note 4
1911 25 Census Rowton House, Kings Cross Road, London Note 5
30 Aug 1917 31 Military Service Perth, WA, Australia Note 6
08 Jun 1918 32 Clair Patrick COUCHE died Etretat, France Note 7
Burial Etretat Churchyard Extension Cem, France Note 8
Note 1: 1901 census - age 14, Co Cork

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index 1864-1958
Name: Clair Couche
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1886
Registration district: Mitchelstown
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 4
Page: 721
FHL Film Number: 101061
Note 2: COUCHE
Richard (63) - loan office proprietor - b Co Cork
Margaret (57) - wife - b Co Cork
Ethil (31) - dau - assistant in office - b Australia
Christine (19) - dau - b Cork
Clara (16) -n dau - b Cork
Victor (21) - son - photographic artist - b Cork
Clair (14) - son - b Cork
TRIPP
Caroline (30) - daughter - b Cork
Walter E H (2) - grandson - b South Africa
Amy (4) - grand daughter - b Cork
Note 3: Ireland, Calendar of Wills
COUCHE Richard (221) 8 May Administration of the Estate of Richard Couche late of Mitchelstown County Cork Gentleman who died 17 February 1902 granted at Dublin to Margaret Couche the Widow Effects 89 pound

Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Name: Richard Couche
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1902
Death Age: 63
Registration district: Mitchelstown
Volume: 4
Page: 484
FHL Film Number: 101601
Note 4: Ireland, Calendar of Wills
COUCHE Margaret (427) 17 June Probate of the Will of Margaret Couche late of New Square Mitchelstown County Cork Widow who died 4 September 1906 granted in Dublin to Ethel Couche Spinster and Michael A Murphy Merchant Effects 933p 9s 3d
Note 5: Clare Couche

in the 1911 England Census
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Name: Clare Couche
Age in 1911: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Relation to Head: Resident
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Mitcheltown, Cork, Ireland
Civil Parish: St Pancras
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County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: Rowton House, Lodging House For Men, 1 To 25 (odd) Kings Cross Road, London W C
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Photographer
Registration district: St Pancras
Registration District Number: 9
Sub-registration district: South St Pancras
ED, institution, or vessel: 27-32
Piece: 710
Note 6: National Archives of Australia - http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp
Millitary records for Clair Couche contain a copy of his will:
In the event of my death I appoint My Brother Jeffrey Crone Couche of Rathealy Road Fermoy, County Cork Ireland Executor of this my last will and Testament
Personal effects were sent to Jeffrey C Couche at 6a Patrick St, Cork, Ireland
Clair enlisted in Perth, West Australia on 30 Aug 1917 - No 7971, 51st Btn, AIF and later 27th reinforcements 11th Btn
Born - Cork, Ireland
Age 25 years and 8 months
Trade - barman
Apprenticeship - photographic
Died 8 June 1918 at Etretat of wounds received in action and buried at Etretat
Note 7: National Archives of Australia - http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp
Millitary records for Clair Couche contain a copy of his will:
In the event of my death I appoint My Brother Jeffrey Crone Couche of Rathealy Road Fermoy, County Cork Ireland Executor of this my last will and Testament
Personal effects were sent to Jeffrey C Couche at 6a Patrick St, Cork, Ireland
Clair enlisted in Perth, West Australia on 30 Aug 1917 - No 7971, 51st Btn, AIF and later 27th reinforcements 11th Btn
Born - Cork, Ireland
Age 25 years and 8 months
Trade - barman
Apprenticeship - photographic
Died 8 June 1918 at Etretat of wounds received in action and buried at Etretat
Note 8: Plot 2. Row E Grave 3
National Archives of Australia - war records of Clair Couche
Personal Notes:
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34Photograph of the unveiling of the monument of Mandeville with Mr W O'Brien MP speaking, photo taken from court house looking up the square of Mitchelstown." Copyright owner and author of work: Clair Couche, New Square, Mitchelstown. Form Completed
Date: 1906

34Photograph of the Mandeville meeting procession moving up the street into the squire of Mitchelstown, Sept 9 th '06." Copyright owner and author of work: Clair Couche, New Square, Mitchelstown. Form Completed 18 September 1906. Registration stamp:
Date: 1906

34Photograph of the unveiling of the Mandeville monument, Mitchelstown Sept 9 th 1906 taken from the top of the square & showing church & Court House." Copyright owner and author of work: Clair Couche, New Square, Mitchelstown. Form Completed
Date: 1906

National Archives of Australia - http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp
Millitary records for Clair Couche contain a copy of his will:
In the event of my death I appoint My Brother Jeffrey Crone Couche of Rathealy Road Fermoy, County Cork Ireland Executor of this my last will and Testament
Personal effects were sent to Jeffrey C Couche at 6a Patrick St, Cork, Ireland
Clair enlisted in Perth, West Australia on 30 Aug 1917 - No 7971, 51st Btn, AIF and later 27th reinforcements 11th Btn
Born - Cork, Ireland
Age 25 years and 8 months
Trade - barman
Apprenticeship - photographic
Are you married - No
Died 8 June 1918 at Etretat of wounds received in action and buried at Etretat

1911 England Census
Clare Couche - age 23 - born c 1888, Stow? Mitcheltown , Cork, Ireland - photographer - living at a Lodging House for Men, 1-25 Kings Cross Road, London