Henry James Minter

1866 - 1915  (49 years)

• Name	Henry James Minter
  Birth	Dec 1866	Chelsea, London   [1]
  Christening	2 Dec 1866	St Luke, Chelsea, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6D20E3F4BBEF498BB1A668096760DD186681
  Death	Dec 1915	Croydon RD   [3]
  Notes	In 1891 Henry was with his brother Matthew at 4 Sun Court, Chelsea, aged 25, an agrcultural labourer. 1901 census: at 65 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, Henry (34, general labourer) and Alice (34). London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930 at ancestry.com incldes the following: Admitted to the Britten Street Workhouse in Chelsea on 4 August 1903, Henry Minter, carman, C of E, born 1866, brought by police, lunatic? A subsequent record in the same collection shows that Henry, aged 40, was discharged from the Chelsea Workhouse on 15 June 1907, to Cane Hill Asylum. Cane Hill Asylum was a psychiatric hospital in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. Henry probably died there in 1915 although I can't find a 1911 census record for him. There were hundreds of inmates in the Cane Hill asylum when the 1911 census was taken but they are identified only by initials. I've looked through the pages and the most likely entry I can find reads: H.M., age 44, married, general labourer, born Chelsea, lunatic The record can be found using these identifiers: RG14, piece 3281, reg, dist. 39, sub dist. 1. 1911 census: As Alice Minter, 44, married, worker, born --- Knightsbridge, Emily Alice was a boarder with William and Maud BILLINGTON and their daughter Violet at 9 Crimea Gardens, Chelsea (3 rooms). 1921 census: at 46, Lots Road, Chelsea, London, eMILY aLICE minter (53, widow, born Knightsbridge, London, cleaner at Board of Trade, Cromwell Road, Kensington. The 1939 Register shows Henry's wife as a widow: at Saint Lukes Hospital, Sydney Street, Chelsea, London Minter, Emily A born 25 Aug 1867, patient, widow, cleaning (private house)
  Person ID	I15	Chelsea, London
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Matthew Minter,   b. 11 Apr 1823, Chelsea, London d. Bef 30 Aug 1886, Chelsea, London (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah REASON,   b. Abt 1831, Chelsea, London d. Bef 10 Feb 1887, Chelsea, London (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1856	St Luke, Chelsea, London   [1]
  	Married after banns. Matthew Minter, full age, bachelor, labourer of Church Street, father Henry Minter, labourer. Sarah Reason, full age, spinster of Lawrence Street, father Frederick Reason, painter & glazier. Matthew marked, Sarah signed. Witnesses James Nielasapps(?) (sign) and Mary Heath (mark).
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Alice CHEASLEY,   b. 25 Aug 1867, Brompton, London d. Jun 1940, Chelsea, London (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1898	St Luke, Chelsea, London   [1, 2]
  	Married by banns.Henry James Minter, 32, bachelor, labourer of 1 Peabody Buildings, Lawrence St, father Matthew Minter (dead), labourer. Emily Alice Fell, 32, widow of 2 Peabody Buildings, Lawrence St, father William Joseph Cheasley, carpenter. Both signed full names. Witnesses W J Cheasley, D Wilkes.
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2021

  
  

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  [S2] BMD index. [S5] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009. [S2] BMD index, aged 49, Q4 1915 Croydon 2a/356. (Reliability: 3).