Ernest John Minter

1882 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Ernest John Minter
  Birth	Jun 1882	Paddington, London   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3593BF69F2DB48A99B6A3901A6F416933082
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Emigrated to North America. Martin Lewis believes Ernest John ended up in Canada; Ron Minter (December 2006) found the following on Ancestry.com (Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists) Ship: Dominion Port of Departure: Liverpool 17 Jan 1907 Port of Arrival: Portland 28 Jan 1907 Ernest J Minter, age 23, Last Residence: London Esther Minter, age 23, Wife Phyllis Minter Age 1 Mildred Minter infant. Further information from Dominic Moore, March 2008: 1911 Census of CANADA: Spring Street, Waterloo N, Ontario: Ernest Minter (29), Esther (27) wife, Phyllis (5) daughter, Mildred (4) daughter, William (2) son, Louis (6 months) son. 15 Aug 1915: Enlistment Attestation Paper: Ernest John Minter, b 24 MAY 1882, 65, Bolton Road, Ontario, Canada, Carpenter, next of kin Esther E Minter, wife. He had served 4 years in Territorial Forces 18th., Middlesex. Description: Age 33, height 5'9", chest girth when fully expanded 36" , range of expansion 3 and a half inches, complexion dark, eyes brown, hair black, Religion C of E. February 1919: a Corporal Ernest J Minter appears in the list of military personnel arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 'Royal George', destination Toronto. 1931 Census of Cnada: at 147 De Grasse St, Toronto East, Ontario (all MINTER): Ernest (head, 49, born England, immigrated 1907, carpenter in the building trade), Esther (47, wife, born England, immigrated 1907,, home maker) , William (son, 22, born Canada, assembler at electrical plant), Louis (son, 20, born Canada, salesman, brokers office), Phyllis (daughter, 25, born England, immigrated 1907, operator, telephone) and Mildred (24, born England, immigrated 1907, operator, telephone). There are more details on the original census page at ancestry.com. 1933: Passenger List departing 14 Sep 1933: SS LAURENTIC from Liverpool to Montreal, Canada, Mildred Minter (26) Secretary of 58 Deodar Road, Putney, London traveling with Elsie Whittaker, Secretary of same address. Ancestry.com.au - UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 shows that Ernest and Esther visited England again in 1935: Arrived at Liverpool on 13 July 1935 from Montreal on the 'Duchess of Bedford', Ernest John Minter, 53, carpenter and Esther Eleanor Minter, 51, housewife. Address given 58 Deodar Road, Putney, London SW. Ernest (but not Esther) left Liverpool for Montreal on 9 August 1935 on the "Montcalm". He was 53, a carpenter, address c/o CPR, London SW. Daughter Phyllis visited the UK in 1937 - see her Notes.
  Person ID	I52	Thorpe le Soken, Essex
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	James Minter,   b. Dec 1846, Hartlepool, Durham d. 24 Dec 1918, 68 Carlton Vale, Willesden, Middlesex (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Margaret Elizabeth WEST,   b. 5 May 1851, Lambeth, London d. Sep 1941, Edmonton, London (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1874	St Mary's Church, Paddington, London   [2]
  	Married by banns. James of full age, bachelor, umbrella maker of Church Street, father Robert Minter, sailor. Margaret Elizabeth West, of full age, spinster of Church Street, father William West, carman. Both signed as did the witnesses William Thomas Pickard and Catherine West.
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Eleanor BERRY,   b. Abt 1884   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	26 Apr 1905	Emmanuel Church, Maida Hill, London   [1, 3]
  	Married after banns. Ernest John Minter, 23, bachelor, cabinet maker of 364 Wharncliffe Gardens, father James Minter, umbrella maker. Esther Eleanor Berry, 21, spinster of 364 Wharncliffe Gardens, father Charles Berry dece'd. Both signed full names. Witnesses Agnes Roach, William Henry Wingrove, Margaret Minter.
  Children	1. Phyllis Ada Minter   2. Mildred Agnes Minter   3. William Albert Minter   4. Louis Minter
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  [S3] BMD index. [S8] Marriage certificate (copy). [S33] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009.