John Minter

1841 - 1930  (89 years)

• Name	John Minter
  Birth	18 Jun 1841	St. Pancras, London   [1]
  Christening	26 Jul 1841	Old Church, St Pancras, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	D446DE50DEA94D4782F7CEE208324D6B7E84
  Death	19 Sep 1930	Old Southgate, London   [3]
  Notes	Lived at 4 Roselle Villas, Nightingale Road, Wood Green and at 40 Florence Road, Finsbury Park, London. Served in the railway clearing house between 1855 and 1901. Listed in Kelly's Directory 1870, Court Section, as John Minter, 4 Roselle Villas, Nightingale Road, Wood Green. Also in 1880 at same address. 1871 census: at Nightingale Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, John (29, railway clerk), Bessie (22) and Joh E (1). 1874: mentioned in Post Office Directory for Middlesex (quoted in 'Minter Family Records' courtesy Mike Minter of BC, Canada, May 2006). Listed in Post Office Directory, 1880 as J Minter, 40 Florence Road, Finsbury Park. 1881 census (indexed as WINTER by ancestry.com): at 40 Florence Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, John (39, railway clerk), Bessie (31), John (11), Louisa O (9, scholar), Arthur R (7) and Ernest F (5). 1891 census: at 40 Florence Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, John (age?, railway accountant), Bessie (40), John (21, railway accountant), Arthur R (17, bankers(?) clerk) and Ernest F (15, shipping clerk). No sign of Louisa. Post Office Directory 1894 has John Minter, 40 Florence Road, Stroud Green, London N. Kelly's Directory for Hornsey, Crouch End, Highgate & Finsbury Park, 1899 - 00 has John Minter, 40 Florence Road, Finsbury Park. 1901 census: at 3 Villa Road, Hastings (a lodging house), John (60, living on own means) and Bessie (51). Ernest was boarding at 124 Stapleton Hall Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, aged 25, bankers cashier. No trace of Arthur [but see his Notes]. John and his wife and daughter were at 43 Tebright Road, South Mimms, Herts. Louisa was married. 1911 census: at Strathcona, Downs Road, St Helens Park, Hastings, Sussex (6 rooms), John (head, 69, married, clerk pensioner, Railway Clearing House, London NW, born St Pancras, Middlesex, Bessie (wife, 62, married 42 years, 4 children all living, born St Pancras, Middlesex). Form signed John Minter. 1921 census: at 38 Downs Road, St Helens Park, Hastings, Sussex, John (head, 80 years and 1 day, married, born Somers place, East New Road, St Pancras, Middlesex, Railway Clearing House, Euston Square, retired), Bessie (wife, 72y 5m, married, born Union St, St Pancras, Middlesex). Also a visitor, Annie Elizabeth SMEED, 75y 8m, single, born Seymour St, St Pancras, Middlesex). England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941, at Ancestry.co.uk, November 2010 MINTER John of 77 Selborne-road Old Southgate Middlesex died 19 September 1930 Probate London 28 November 1930 to John Edward Minter railway accountant. Effects £650 8s 10d.
  Person ID	I102	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Minter,   b. 1 May 1814, Canterbury d. 29 Dec 1877, Holloway, London (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah CAMPBELL,   b. 1818, Whitstable, Kent d. 17 Apr 1879, Islington, London (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1838	Old Church, St Pancras, London   [4]
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bessie SMEED,   b. Mar 1849, St. Pancras, London d. 14 Mar 1922, Hastings, Sussex (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1868	Kennington Parish Church, London   [4, 5]
  	Married by licence. John Minter, full age, bachelor, mercantile clerk of St Pancrs, father Edward Minter, mercantile clerk. Bessie Smeed, a minor, spinster of St Mark, Kennington, father Richard Smeed, builder. Both signed. Witnesses Ricard Smeed,Annie Elizabeth Smeed.
  Children	1. John Edward Minter,   b. 11 Aug 1869, Wood Green, London d. 15 Jul 1945, Finchley, Middlesex (Age 75 years)   2. Louisa Olive Minter,   b. 18 May 1871, Wood Green, London d. Dec 1946, Camberwell RD (Age 75 years)   3. Arthur Richard Minter,   b. Jun 1873, Wood Green, London d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ernest Frank Minter,   b. Sep 1875, Wood Green, London d. 28 Jun 1920, North Finchley, Middlesex (Age ~ 44 years)
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] IGI. [S58] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later. [S14] BMD index, aged 89 Q3 1930 Edmonton 3a/615. (Reliability: 3). [S14] BMD index. [S237] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 at ancestry.com.