Thomas Edbrook Minter

1869 - 1923  (53 years)

• Name	Thomas Edbrook Minter
  Birth	25 Nov 1869	St Pancras, London   [1]
  Christening	20 Dec 1869	Old Church, St Pancras, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	FA58DEB7CB3C449EB1E256E9D666A5F37693
  Death	Mar 1923	Islington, London   [1]
  Burial	16 Mar 1923	Islington Cemetery   [3]
  Notes	1881 census: Thomas may have been an inmate in the Strand Union Children's Establishment. 1891 census: Thomas was a gunner in the Royal Artillery based at the South Shoebury School of Gunnery. Thomas was awarded the King's South Africa Medal in 1902. He was a gunner, no. 74662, in the H/H Section Pompoms Royal Regiment of Artilley. He came home from South Africa on the Kildonan Castle on 23 July 1902. 1911 census: at 24 Belfast Road, Stamford Hill, London N (6 rooms), Thomas Edbrook (Head, 45, married, metal polisher, worker, born London), Sophia (wife, 51, married 8 years, 3 children, 2 living 1 died *, born Wertemberg, Germany (German citizen), Thomas Charles (son, 6, born London), Francis (son, 3, born London), Charles Bertram WEHR (stepson, 22, single, metal polisher, own account, born London) and Christopher WEHR (stepson, 19, single, jewellery setter, worker, born London). Form signed Thomas Edbrook Minter. * the name of the child who died hasn't been established. 1921 census: at 110, Balls Pond Road, Mildmay, Islington, London (all MINTER), Thomas E (Head, 55, married, born London, metal polisher of copper goods, currently out of work, previously with Mr Chamberlain, manufacturer of plated goods on copper, 170 St Johns Street, Clerkenwell), Sophia (wife, 61y 11m, married, born Württemberg, Germany (resident British subject), home duties) and Thomas C (son, 16y 5m, born London, slipper laster with Messrs H Sims & Co Ltd, show manufacturers, 32/33/34 Red Lion Street, Bloomsbury, London WC).
  Person ID	I14	Marlesford, Suffolk
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Minter,   b. 24 Jun 1839, Marlesford, Suffolk d. 2 Jun 1879, 38 Whetstone Park, Holborn, London (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Eliza RICHARDSON,   b. 30 Sep 1833, Colchester, Essex d. Sep 1880, St Giles, London (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1862	West London RD   [1]
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophie WEHR nee KLEINSCHROTH,   b. Abt 1859, Württemberg, Germany d. Sep 1926, Oldham, Lancashire (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1902	St Pancras, London   [1]
  Children	1. Thomas Charles Minter,   b. Dec 1903, Pancras RD d. Bef 12 Dec 1903, Pancras RD (Age 0 years)   2. Thomas Charles Minter,   b. 5 Jan 1905, St Pancras, London d. 25 Nov 1957, Holloway, London (Age 52 years)   3. Frank Minter,   b. 3 Jun 1907, St Pancras, London d. Mar 1973, Croydon, Surrey (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2010

  
  

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  Thomas Edbrook Minter 1869 - 1923 Award of King's South Africa Medal in 1902

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BMD index. [S6] IGI. [S35] www.deceasedonline.com, January 2011 and later.