[Index]
Richard George COUCHE (1882 - 1947)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Dorothy Jane COUCHE (1909 - 1992)
Alice (Aylish) Margaret COUCHE (1911 - 1943)
Josephine Winifred COUCHE (1914 - 1962)
Aphra Valentine COUCHE (1915 - 2013)
Living
Richard George COUCHE (1882 - 1947)

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Sarah Georgina CLARKE (1874 - 1958)
Richard COUCHE (1838 - 1902) William COUCHE (1811 - 1849)



Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE



Margaret CRONE (1844 - 1906)












b. 1882 at Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
m. 1908 Sarah Georgina CLARKE (1874 - 1958) at Scarriff, Co. Clare, Ireland
d. 17 Apr 1947 at Queensland, Australia aged 65
Near Relatives of Richard George COUCHE (1882 - 1947)
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 in Law Joseph CLARKE abt 1885 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Mother in Law Jane MILLS abt 1846 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1924 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 78

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 Richard George COUCHE 1882 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 17 Apr 1947 Queensland, Australia 65

Wife Sarah Georgina CLARKE 07 May 1874 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1958 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 84

Daughter Dorothy Jane COUCHE 1909 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1992 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 83
Daughter Alice (Aylish) Margaret COUCHE 1911 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1943 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia 32
Daughter Josephine Winifred COUCHE 1914 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1962 Victoria, Australia 48
Daughter Aphra Valentine COUCHE 1915 Co Tipperary, Ireland 2013 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 98
Son Living or Recently Deceased

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
Sister Clara Browning COUCHE 1884 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1956 South Africa 72
Brother Clair Patrick COUCHE 1886 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 08 Jun 1918 Etretat, France 32

Son in Law Geoffrey Valentine ROGERS 1906 Walkerston, Mackay, Queensland, Australia 1987 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 81
Son in Law William Henry MCPHERSON 1909 Queensland, Australia 1988 Queensland, Australia 79
Son in Law Thomas Charles (Choules) TROTTER 1916 Newtown, NSW, Australia 1985 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 69
Son in Law John Alexander ANDERSEN
Daughter in Law Living or Recently Deceased

Granddaughter Living or Recently Deceased

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
Nephew Derek Richard BARROIS de SARIGNY 1909 Johannesburg, South Africa 1981 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England 72
Nephew William John MCCUTCHEON 16 Mar 1919 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia 27 Feb 1942 Bungendore, NSW, Australia 22
Niece Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law Elizabeth Jane CLARKE 1873 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1912 England 39
Brother in Law James CLARKE 1879 Co Tipperary, Ireland
Sister in Law Margaret CLARKE 02 Jan 1881 Grange, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1968 Killaloe, Co. Clare. Ireland 87
Sister in Law Alice CLARKE 1883 Co Tipperary, Ireland
Sister in Law Josephine Jane CLARKE 04 Feb 1883 31 Jul 1969 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia 86
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
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 Richard George COUCHE (1882 - 1947)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1882 Richard George COUCHE was born Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland Note 1
1901 19 Census Shannon St, Mountrath, Queens Co, Ireland Note 2 65
1902 20 Death of father Richard COUCHE (aged 64) Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland Note 3
1906 24 Death of mother Margaret CRONE (aged 62) Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland Note 4
1908 26 Married Sarah Georgina CLARKE (aged 34) Scarriff, Co. Clare, Ireland Note 5
1909 27 Birth of daughter Dorothy Jane COUCHE Co Tipperary, Ireland Note 6
1911 29 Birth of daughter Alice (Aylish) Margaret COUCHE Co Tipperary, Ireland Note 7
1911 29 Census 27 David St (Meeting House Lane), Tipperary Note 8 65
1914 32 Birth of daughter Josephine Winifred COUCHE Co Tipperary, Ireland Note 9
1915 33 Birth of daughter Aphra Valentine COUCHE Co Tipperary, Ireland Note 10
1923 41 Emigration "Diogenes" from London to Australai Note 11
1925 43 Residence Mourilyan, Queensland, Austrlia Note 12 37
1943 61 Death of daughter Alice (Aylish) Margaret COUCHE (aged 32) Innisfail, Queensland, Australia Note 13 18, 60
1943 61 Residence Mourilyan, Queensland, Austrlia Note 14 37
17 Apr 1947 65 Richard George COUCHE died Queensland, Australia Note 15 18, 52
Burial Innisfail Cemetery, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia Note 16 53
Note 1: McCutcheon Family Tree - ancestry
1911 Irish census

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index 1864-1958
Name: Richard Couche
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1882
Registration district: Mitchelstown
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 4
Page: 700
FHL Film Number: 101058

National Archives of Australia - Millitary records
COUCHE RICHARD GEORGE : Service Number - Q55167 : Date of birth - 24 May 1884 : Place of birth - MILCHELSTOWN IRELAND : Place of enlistment - TOWNSVILLE QLD : Next of Kin - COUCHE SARAH
Note 2: McFARLAND
Samuel (46) - RIC Pensioner - Fermanagh
Aphra Crone (27) - wife - b Co Cork
Caroline Anne (5) - dau - b Co Cork
Samuel Richard (3) - son - b Co Cork
Ethel Couche (5mo) - dau - b Queens Co
COUCHE Richard (19) - visitor - photographer - b Co 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: Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958 about Richard George Couche
Name: Richard George Couche (and Sarah Georgina Clarke)
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1908
Registration district: Scarriff
Volume: 4
Page: 257 (click to see others on page)
FHL Film Number: 101261

McCutcheon Family Tree - ancestry - Scarriff District, Qtr 1. Vol 4, page 257. There were 3 daughters & 2 sons from this marriage

1911 census - married 3 years
Note 6: 1911 census - 2yrs 5mo - b Tipperary

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 about Dorothy Jane Couche
Name: Dorothy Jane Couche
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1908
Registration district: Tipperary
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 3
Page: 456
FHL Film Number: 101072
Note 7: 1911 census - age 2mo - b Tipperary

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 about Alice Margaret Couche
Name: Alice Margaret Couche
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1911
Registration district: Tipperary
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 3
Page: 481
FHL Film Number: 101074
Note 8: COUCHE
Richard George (28) - photographic artist - b Mitchellstown, Cork
Sarah Georgina (30) - b Killaloe, Tip
Dorothy Jane (2) - b Tipperary
Alice Margaret (2 mo) - b Tipperary
Richard and Sarah had been married 3 years - 2 children born and 2 still alive

CLARKE Josephine Jane (23) - visitor - single - b Killaloe, Tip
THOMAS Agness Maud (26) - visitor - single - b Dublin
COUCHE Victor William (32) - photographic artist - single - b Mitchellstown, Cork
Note 9: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 about Josephine Winifred Couche
Name: Josephine Winifred Couche
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1914
Registration district: Tipperary
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 3
Page: 459
FHL Film Number: 101075
Note 10: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 about Aphra Valentine Couche
Name: Aphra Valentine Couche
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1915
Registration district: Tipperary
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 3
Page: 489
FHL Film Number: 101076


Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 about Aphra Couche
Name: Aphra Couche
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1873
Birth Place: Mitchelstown, Cork, Ireland
Baptism Place: Mitchelstown, Cork, Ireland
Father's Name: Richard Couche
Mother's Name: Margaret Crone
FHL Film Number: 255891
Note 11: COUCHE
MR Richard G (36) farming
Mrs Sarah G (37) wife
Dorothy J (14)
Alice M (11)
Josephine W (9)
Valentine O (8) (Aphra)
Noel J (1)
Last address in UK - Grange, Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland
Note 12: COUCHE
Richard George - mill hand
Sarah Georgina - hd
Note 13: Reg No 1943/C5068 - parents RichardGeorge Couch and Sarah Georgina Clarke

see notes for details.


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Alice Margaret McPherson
Name: Alice Margaret McPherson
Death Date: 18 Nov 1943
Death Place: Queensland
Father's Name: Richard George Couche
Mother's Name: Sarah Georgina Clarke
Registration Year: 1943
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration number: 005068
Page Number: 1573


Townsville Daily Bulletin 20 Nov 1943
INNISFAIL WOMAN DIES FROM INJURIES
INNISFAIL, Nov. 18— An accident which proved fatal to one occurred along the Mourilyan Road East Innisfail, yesterday. Mrs. Sarah Couche, 65, and Mrs. A. M. McPherson were alighting from a bus when they were struck by a motor car which was coming in the opposite direction.
Both ladies were knocked down. Mrs. Couche sustained fractures to both legs, lacerated wounds to the chin and nose, and severe shock, and Mrs. McPherson received a severe large lacerated wound, with a compound fracture to the left lower jaw, severe laceration to the right knee, fractured left wrist and severe injuries to the right hip and probable internal injuries and severe shock. Both ladies were hurried by Ambulance to hospital, where Mrs. McPherson died later.
Deceased was 32 years, and she leaves a husband and four children. She is a daughter of Mrs. Couche.
Note 14: COUCHE
Aphra Valentine - hd
Josephine Winifred (General Hospital) - sister
Richard George - mill hand
Sarah Georgina - hd
Note 15: Reg No 1947/C1495 Richard COUCH - parents not given - born Mitchelltown, Ireland, aged 66

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Richard Couch
Name: Richard Couch
Death Date: 17 Apr 1947
Death Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1947
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration number: 001495
Page Number: 461

Townsville Bulletin 10 June 1947
LEGAL NOTICES Re RICHARD GEORGE COUCHE. late of Mourilyan Road, Innisfail in the State of Queensland. Freeholder. deceased AFTER fourteen (14 ) days from today SARAH GEORGINA COUCHE of Mourilyan Road, Innisfail, Widow of the deceased, and the Sole Executrix appointed by the deceased's Will dated the Sixteenth day of April One thousand nine hundred and fortyseven, will apply to the Supreme Court Townsville, for Probate of this Will.
Note 16: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 about Richard George Couche
Name: Richard George Couche
Death Age: 65
Birth Date: abt 1882
Death Date: 17 Apr 1947
Cemetery: Innisfail Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Innisfail, Queensland
Personal Notes:
Townsville Daily Bulletin 3 March 1948
In the will of Richard George Couch, late of Mourilyan Road, Innisfail freeholder, deceased, who died on April 17 1947. to Sarah Georgina Couche, of Mourilyan Road. Innisfail, lawful widow of deceased. Sworn: Realty under £725. personalty under £1550:

National Archives of Australia - Millitary records
COUCHE RICHARD GEORGE : Service Number - Q55167 : Date of birth - 24 May 1884 : Place of birth - MILCHELSTOWN IRELAND : Place of enlistment - TOWNSVILLE QLD : Next of Kin - COUCHE SARAH


Daily Mercury (Mackay) 1 Aug 1923
DRIVEN FROM IRELAND.
It is absolutely impossible for a
Loyalist to obtain work in Southern
Ireland."'- Mr. R. J; Couche, who ar
rived in Brisbane with his wife and
five children, from 11/2 years to 14 years
of age, by the Aberdeen liner Diogenes,
spoke the foregoing words in an inter
view with a representative of the Press.
During the occupation of Ireland by
British troops, soldiers were billeted
on the farm of Mr. Couche, at the
Glen of Aherlow, near Tlppernry. When
the troops left, the Republicans, follow
ing out their policy of destroying all
the British barracks in Ireland, classed
Mr. Couche's home as a "barrack," and
accordingly burnt it down. When he
moved into the rectory of Cren Beg, the
Republicans visited him one night, and
asked to stop at the rectory, which he
refused to let them do. They threat
ened to burn the rectory, and after Mr.
Couche and his family left, they burnt
it down. An ambush occurred close to
his home, and two men were killed. At
this stage, Mr. Couche decided to leave
Ireland, and on being nominated by re
latives at Mourilyan, set out for Austra
lia. He intends to work in the sugar
mills at Mourilyan.
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Reg No 1947/C1495 Richard COUCH - parents not given - born Mitchelltown, Ireland, aged 66
37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government
- Reference = (Residence)
- Notes: COUCHE
Richard George - mill hand
Sarah Georgina - hd
- Reference = (Residence)
- Notes: COUCHE
Aphra Valentine - hd
Josephine Winifred (General Hospital) - sister
Richard George - mill hand
Sarah Georgina - hd
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Richard Couch
Name: Richard Couch
Death Date: 17 Apr 1947
Death Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1947
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration number: 001495
Page Number: 461
53. Type: Australia Cemetery Index 1808-2007
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 about Richard George Couche
Name: Richard George Couche
Death Age: 65
Birth Date: abt 1882
Death Date: 17 Apr 1947
Cemetery: Innisfail Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Innisfail, Queensland