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John Minter

Male Bef 1793 - 1864  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name John Minter 
    Birth Bef 8 Sep 1793  Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 8 Sep 1793  St Andrew's, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _UID 9AE5684C4549402B8D819892AEE630BBE3D7 
    Death 2 Sep 1864  Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 6 Sep 1864  St Gregorys, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Admitted as a freeman of Canterbury as a butcher by copy of his father on 17 June 1817.
      A butcher at 10 Butchery Lane in 1826 - 27 (Pigots Directory of Kent, 1826 - 27).
      A butcher of Butchery Lane in 1838 (Topographical History and Directory of Canterbury - Stapleton & Co, 1838) and 1839 (Pigots Directory of Kent).

      1841 census: int Butchery Lane, Canterbury, (John, 47, butcher), Mary (44), William (19, painter), Thanet (17, butcher), Robert (14, butcher), Alfred (11), Mary (9), Frederick (5) and a female servant, Sarah KENNETT, 81.

      Listed as a cowkeeper of Butchery Lane in the History & Directory of the County of Kent by S Bagshaw, 1847.
      1851 census: at 101/2 Butchery Lane, St Andrews, Canterbury, John (widower, 57, dairyman), Alfred (21 tailor), Mary (18, housekeeper) and Frederick (15, boy of all work).
      Appeared in the 1852 Post Office Directory of Kent (Kelly's) as cowkeeper of Butchery Lane.
      Appeared in the 1855 Kelly's Directory as John Minter, pork butcher, Butter Market, Canterbury. Wife Lucy also listed at same address as a ladies school.
      A pork butcher and dairyman at the Buttermarket, Burgate, Canterbury in 1859 ( A Directory of Canterbury and its Suburbs (Charles Marten), 1859) .
      Appeared in the 1859 Post Office Directory of Kent (Kelly's) as dairyman of Butchery Lane.

      1861 census: at 41 Burgate Street, St Andrews, Canterbury, John (67, butcher) and wife Lucy (53, governess).
      Listed in Canterbury Poll of 1818 and 1830 a butcher of Butchery Lane, in 1832 as of St Andrews, in 1835 and 1837 as a freeman of Butchery Lane, in 1841, 1848, 1851 and 1852 as a freeman of St Andrews, in 1854 as of St Andrews, in 1855 as a freeman of St Andrews with two houses in Butchery Lane and the Buttermarket, in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860 as a freeman of St Andrews at the Buttermarket and in 1862 as a freeman of St Andrews. In East Kent Poll of 1837 as of Butchery Lane with property in St Pauls.
      Guardian of the poor in the 1820s. Won prizes at the Kent and Canterbury cattle shows during the 1830s.
    Person ID I289  Canterbury, Kent
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2012 

    Father Charles Minter,   b. Bef 17 Jun 1750, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1819, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Mary KIRBY   d. 23 Dec 1843, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1778  St Mary Bredin, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Married by banns as of St Mary Bredin, Canterbury.
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary KENNETT,   b. 1796, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1848, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1817  St Mildred's, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Married by banns to Mary Kennett of St Margarets, Canterbury.
    Children 
     1. Edward Kennett Minter,   b. Bef 12 Oct 1817, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1900, Isle of Wight Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
     2. Geary or George Minter,   b. Bef 13 Jun 1819, Butchery Lane, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1897, Wimbledon, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. William Honeywood Minter,   b. Bef 30 Sep 1821, Butchery Lane, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1899, Bowes Park, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     4. Thanet Hodges Minter,   b. Bef 2 Nov 1823, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1914, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years)
     5. Filmer Hume Minter,   b. 22 Jul 1825, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1907, Broadstairs, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     6. Robert Torrens Minter,   b. Bef 8 Jul 1827, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1925, Walthamstow, Essex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 98 years)
     7. Alfred Wells Minter,   b. Bef 9 May 1830, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1908, 7 York Road, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     8. Mary Minter,   b. Bef 3 Jun 1832, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1905, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     9. John Hanlon Minter,   b. Bef 9 Feb 1833, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1839, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 6 years)
     10. Frederick Villiers Minter,   b. Bef 6 Mar 1836, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. Amelia Minter,   b. Bef 30 Sep 1838, Butchery Lane, Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1839, Canterbury, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
    Family ID F14  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2012 

    Family 2 Lucy CHITTLEBURGH,   b. Abt 1808, Bloomsbury, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 2 Sep 1852  Blean Registry Office Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Lucy was a widow when she married John. her maiden name was TRIGG.
    Family ID F209  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2009 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S17] Cliff Minter.

    2. [S14] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q3 1864 Canterbury 2a/380.

    3. [S14] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q3 1852 Blean 2a/814.