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Alexander Robert Minter

Male 1854 - 1929  (75 years)


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  • Name Alexander Robert Minter 
    Birth 4 Aug 1854  New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 8 Oct 1854  New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    _UID E312AC9F844E4877B40F2BF6A0B0D1F3C940 
    Death 27 Nov 1929  Radnor, Churchill Road, Rose Bay, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial 28 Nov 1929  Rookwood Cemetery, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • Admitted as a solicitor in NSW, Australia on 2 September 1888.

      The NSW State Records *Index to Registers of Firms' has the following entries:
      1. Minter Simpson & Co, solicitors & notaries public, Norwich Chambers, Hunter Street, Sydney. Registered 6 February 1903. Persons carrying on the business Alexander Robert Minter and Edward Percy Simpson.
      2. Minter Simpson & Co, solicitors & notaries public, Court Chambers, Bolton Street, Newcastle. Registered 6 February 1903. Persons carrying on the business Alexander Robert Minter, Edward Percy Simpson and Archibald Aloysius Rankin.
      3. Minter Simpson & Company, solicitors & notaries, Union Bank Chambers, Hunter Street, Sydney. Registered 6 July 1918. Persons carrying on the business Alexander Robert Minter, Edward Percy Simpson, Clifford Minter and Edward Telford Simpson.

      A solicitor at Hunter Street, Sydney, Australia in 1919. Partner in firm of Johnson Minter Simpson & Co, solicitors in Sydney, Australia in 1884. "Simpson" was Edward Percy Simpson who died aged 73 in 1931.

      Appeared on 22 July 1882 in the Sydney Morning Herald in a list of overland passengers at Albury, 'for Sydney'. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28381263]. A similar list appeared in the Argus, Melbourne on 1 July 1882 [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11545356].

      From Gail Gniewosz:
      Appeared in the 1886 Sands Directory at office in Burwood, NSW, a solicitor.

      Appeared in the 1888, 1889 and 1890 Sands Directory as a solicitor at Mount Pleasant Avenue, Burwood. In 1888, the address was 'Swansea', Mount Pleasant Avenue, Burwood.
      Appeared in the 1893 and 1894 Sands Directory at Glover Street, Leichhardt.
      Appeared in the 1896 Sands Directory at 30 Chandos Street, Ashfield.
      Appeared in the 1913 Sands Directory at 'Elystan', Trelawney Street, Woollahra.
      Appeared in the 1928 Sands Directory at Church Hill Rd, Rose Bay, NSW.

      28 May 1913: Alexander (58), Tempe (51) and Mervin (19) arrived in Vancouver, BC, as tourists aboard the "Niagara" from Australia.

      Wife Tempe Florence found in an Electoral Rolls from 1930 - see her Notes.

      Elected as sideman at St John the Baptist, Ashfield in 1896 (source Sydney Morning Herald 24 April 1896). Citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14046908

      The following appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 28 November 1929 (citation http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16605863)
      MR. A. R.MINTER.

      Death of Well-known Solicitor.
      The death occurred yesterday at his home, Radnor, Churchill Road, Rose Bay, of Mr. Alexander Robert Minter, senior partner in the firm of Minter, Simpson, and Co., solicitors, Hunter Street. The late Mr. Minter was one of the oldest solicitors in the State.

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      Bom at Windsor in 1854 Mr. Minter was a son of the late Mr. Robert Brownrigg Minter, a solicitor practising in that town. At the instance of a relative, Mr. Gatewood Davis, K.C., Mr. A. R. Minter was articled to Mr. A. W. Simpson, solicitor, of Armidale. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1881, and subsequently joined the firm of Want, Johnson, and Co. Upon the death of Mr. Want in 1883, he was admitted to the firm, together with Mr. E. P. Simpson, and the firm then became known as Johnson, Minter, Simpson, and Co. Later, upon the death of the senior partner, the firm became Minter, Simpson, and Co. Owing to ill-health Mr. Minter retired from active practice about six or seven years ago. However, he retained his Interest In the firm until his death.

      Mr. Minter was a keen sportsman In his youth. Football, rowing, billiards, and, later, golf were his chief recreations. He was captain of the Wallaroos and Burwood Rugby Union teams, both famous at that time for their repeated successes. He was also a distinguished oarsman. He was a member of the Australian Golf Club, the Royal Sydney Golf Club, and the New South Wales Club.

      Mr. Minter is survived by Mrs. Minter, three sons, Messrs. Clifford Minter, member of the firm of Minter, Simpson, and Co., Bruce Minter, and Mervyn Minter, graziers, of Gundagai, and a daughter, Mrs. N. G. Pilcher. The funeral will take place at the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, this morning, the cortege leaving his late residence at 9.30 o'clock.

      From the Sydney Morning Herald, 17 December 1929:
      WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
      LATE MR. A. R. MINTER
      Probate has been granted of the will of Mr. Alexander Robert Minter, of the legal firm of Messrs. Minter, Simpson, and Co., of Hunter-street, Sydney, who died on November 27 Iast, leaving an estate of the net value of £49,645. Testator, who was 75 years of age, appointed his wife and his son, Clifford Min ter, his executors and trustees. He bequeathed the income from £10,000 to his widow during her life, and the residue of the estate, including the capital sum of £10,000 after her death, among his children in equal shares.
    Person ID I504  Canterbury, Kent
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2019 

    Father Robert Brownrigg Minter,   b. 2 Nov 1825, Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1861, Newcastle Street, East Maitland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Mary GORDON,   b. Bef 26 May 1828, St Lucia, West Indies Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1872, Forbes Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Marriage 13 Feb 1852  St Peters Church, Cooks River, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tempe Florence CHAPMAN,   b. 1862, Maitland, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1949, Waverley, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1882  Sydney, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Hugh Minter,   b. 9 Jul 1883, Burwood, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1910, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     2. Clifford Minter,   b. 8 Dec 1885, Sydney, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1977, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     3. Edith Minter,   b. 19 Mar 1888, Burwood, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1962, Edgecliffe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     4. Bruce Minter,   b. 16 Jun 1891, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1986, Wahroonga, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     5. Mervyn Minter,   b. 14 Mar 1893, Leichhardt NSW RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1977, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Jun 1882 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Nov 1929 - Radnor, Churchill Road, Rose Bay, NSW, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 Nov 1929 - Rookwood Cemetery, NSW, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S17] Cliff Minter (Reliability: 3).
      NSW BMD Reg no. V18541842 40/1854.

    2. [S131] Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, index, FamilySearch, April 2012.

    3. [S28] New South Wales BMD index on-line December 2007 and later (Reliability: 3).
      reg no. 22716/1929.

    4. [S90] http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16605637, Oct 2010.

    5. [S70] http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16606020?searchTerm=minter, Reported in Sydney Morning Herald, 29 November 1929. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S28] New South Wales BMD index on-line December 2007 and later (Reliability: 3).
      NSW BMD reg no. V1852352 38C/1852.

    7. [S183] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011 at ancestry.com.

    8. [S17] Cliff Minter (Reliability: 3).
      NSW BMD reg no. 2136/1882.