Frank Minter

1878 - 1945  (67 years)

• Name	Frank Minter
  Birth	26 Jan 1878	Preston, Kent   [1]
  Christening	14 Apr 1878	Wingham Congregational Chapel, Kent   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	287FA5AE842C45E9858E470B05D09A48F4AF
  Death	25 Nov 1945	61 Thayers Farm Road, Beckenham, Kent   [1]
  Notes	Worked on farms at Littlebourne and Adisham before going to Sextries Farm, Nackington. Left Sextries Farm to join the Metropolitan Police at Peckham. Went to Gipsey Hill Police Station and lived in the section house for two years before being transferred to Beckenham Police Station P Division No. 568, where he served for twenty three years. Lived first in Elmers End Road after getting married then at 12 Thayers Farm Road. May have lived next at Blandford Road before going to 64 Mackenzie Road and then to 185 Blandford Road where he lived with his wife and family between 1912 and 1917. Lived also at Park Road, Clockhouse Road, 9 Cumberland Road, 35 Thayers Farm Road and then at 61 Thayers Farm Road where he lived between 1939 and 1945. He was a member of the Beckenham Mens Brotherhood tug-of-war team formed of Beckenham policemen until 1914, who were United Kingdom champions in 1912 at their weight of 112 stone. He was caretaker of the Conservative Club after leaving the police force until retirement. 1911 census: at 185 Blandford Road, Beckenham, Kent (5 rooms), Frank (head, 33, married, Metropolitan Police constable, Met police, worker, born Preston, Kent), Maud (wife, 31, married 8 years, 4 children all living, born Essex), Edna (daughter, 7, born Beckenham, Kent), Ernest (son, 6, born Beckenham, Kent), Harry (son, 5, born Beckenham, Kent), Norman (son, 3, born Beckenham, Kent) and Hannah GOLBY (mother in law, 63, widow, born Deadham, Essex). Form signed Frank Minter. 1921 census: at 4, Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, Kent (all MINTER), Frank (head, 43y 5m, married, born Preston, Kent, Police Constable with the Commissioner Metropolitan Police, at Beckenham police station), Maude (wife, 42y 2m, married, born Bromley, Essex, home duties), Ernest A F (son, 17y 1m, born Beckenham, Kent, electric machine maker with General Electric Co, Wembley), Henry T (son, 15y 4m, born Beckenham, Kent, telegraph messenger ith the Post Master General, working in Beckenham) and Norman R (son, 13y 4m, born Beckenham, Kent, whole time school). 1939 Register: at 61 Thayers Farm Road, Beckenham, Kent MINTER, Frank born 26 Jan 1878, married, hall canteen(?) (retired police constable) MINTER, Maude born 6 Apr 1879, married, unpaid domestic duties MINTER, Norman R born 12 Feb 1908, singe, architect From England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 at Ancestry.com: Minter Frank 61 Thayers Farm Road Beckenham Kent died 25 November 1945 Administration London 22 September 1949 to Maude Minter widow. Effects £234 1s.
  Person ID	I1762	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Minter,   b. 14 May 1841, Wingham, Kent d. 14 Jan 1927, Bellars Bush, Woodnesborough, Kent (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Jane BUDDLE,   b. 10 Oct 1846, Brook Ash, Kent d. 22 May 1921, Prospect Road, Minster, Kent (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1866	Hoath, Blean, Kent   [3]
  	Married by banns as a full age bachelor labourer of St Nicholas at Wade and of the Ville of Sarre, father Thomas Minter, labourer on the 7 April, 1866 at Hoath; Jane a full age spinster servant of Hoath, father Thomas Henry Buddle, labourer.Henry marked, Jane signed. Witnesses - Martha Pool (sign), Richard Darby (mark). Married by GWD Evans. Living at Ware Ash in 1851, a scholar with her parents. Living at Each Farm, Woodnesborough in 1861 as one of four servants to William Harvey and family, a farmer of 140 acres.
  Family ID	F286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maude GOLBY,   b. 6 Apr 1879, Great Bentley, Essex d. Mar 1953, Surrey NE RD (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1902	Parish Church, Gipsy Hill, London   [1]
  	Banns read on July 20 & 27, 3 August 1902 Frank, 24, bachelor, policeman of Gipsy Hill, father Harry Minter, farm bailiff. Maude Golby, 23, spinster of 62 Victoria Road, father James Golby, farm labourer. Both signed full names. Witnesses Frances Golby and Fred Johnson.
  Children	1. Edna Jenny Maud Minter,   b. 5 Jun 1903, Beckenham, Kent d. Mar 1970, Eton RD (Age 66 years)   2. Ernest Alfred Frank Minter,   b. 18 May 1904, Elmers End Road, Beckenham, Kent d. 14 Jan 1978, Morden, Surrey (Age 73 years)   3. Henry Thomas Minter,   b. 5 Feb 1906, Bromley, Kent d. Jun 1981, Bromley, Kent (Age 75 years)   4. Norman Reginald Minter,   b. 12 Feb 1908, 185 Blandford Road, Beckenham, Kent d. 11 Aug 1983, Cranbrook, Kent (Age 75 years)   5. Mary Minter,   b. Sep 1912, Bromley, Kent d. Sep 1912, Bromley, Kent (Age ~ 0 years)   6. Frances Minter,   b. Mar 1914, Bromley, Kent d. Mar 1914, Bromley, Kent (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Jan 1878 - Preston, Kent Death - 25 Nov 1945 - 61 Thayers Farm Road, Beckenham, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S144] Cliff Minter from Wingham Congregational Chapel register of baptisms, January 2011. [S29] Marriage certificate (copy).