Walter Richard Minter

Bef 1870 - 1944  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Walter Richard Minter
  Birth	Bef 18 Sep 1870	Turnham Green, London   [1]
  Christening	18 Sep 1870	St Mary the Virgin, Bedfont   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	74EE043BC1E441EBBB206777507B4A6CAC34
  Death	15 Dec 1944	Cleon, Manistee, Michigan, USA   [3]
  Notes	1901 census: a boarder, aged 30, at 3 Jessops Row, Chiswick. Ancestry.com New York Passenger Lists 1820 - 1957 has Walter (36, labourer) and Margaret (35) arriving at New York on 6 February 1906 on the 'Oceanic'. Their address was 9 Weston Road, Acton Green, Chiswick. 1920 US census: Walter (49) and Margaret (47) living in Manistee, Michigan. With them was a cousin, Albert WILLIAMS, 45, born Michigan. 1930 US census: in Cleon, Manistee, Michigan, Walter (head, 58, married when 29, born England, farming) and Margaret (wife, 54, married when 25, born England). 1940 US census (indexed as MINTEN by Ancestry): in Cleon, Manistee, Michigan, Walter (head, 69, born England, farmer, own farm) and Margaret (wife, 66, born England). Ancestry.com.au - UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960: on 17 December 1922 a Walter Minter, 52, farmer, and Margaret Minter, 49, housewife, arrived at Southampton from New York on the 'Homeric'. They gave their address in England as 3 Ravenscourt Gardens, Hammersmith, London, the country of last permanent residence as USA and indicated that they were on a visit. Ancestry.com New York Passenger Lists 1820 - 1957 has Walter 52, farmer) and Margaret (48) arriving at New York on 13 March 1923 on the 'Baltic'. They gave their address in England as Sister, Mrs H Burn, 3 Ravenscourt Gardens, Hammersmith, London. Their destination was Copemish, Michigan. Details of Walter's and Margaret's deaths have been provided by Nedra Evans, Manistee County Coordinator, Rootsweb, July 2014.
  Person ID	I18	Hammersmith, London
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Walter Minter,   b. 24 Jun 1831, Turnham Green, London d. Sep 1920, Fulham RD (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Louisa MERRICK,   b. Abt 1832, Turnham Green, London d. Bef 11 Aug 1882, Brentford RD (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1855	Kensington RD   [1]
  	Walter married in Q3 1855, Kensington 1a/64, to Louisa MERRICK. Louisa was almost certainly the sister of Eliza MERRICK who married Walter's brother Richard in 1869. In 1851 in King Street, Hammersmith were living James ANKINS (47, furniture broker, born Islington), his wife Eliza ANKINS (30, born Chiswick) and Eliza's unmarried sister Louisa MERRICK (23, shop servant). James ANKINS and Eliza MERRICK had married in Q1 1850 (St Martins 1/110). A few years later, in 1855, Louisa MERRICK married Walter Minter. James ANKINS died in Q2 1864 (Kensington 1a/101): his widow Eliza married Richard Minter in 1869.
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret BIGNELL,   b. Jun 1871, Shenley, Herfordshire d. 5 Nov 1951, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, USA (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1902	Shenley, Herfordshire   [1]
  Family ID	F34	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 18 Sep 1870 - Turnham Green, London Marriage - 25 Jan 1902 - Shenley, Herfordshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BMD index. [S34] London Metropoitan Archives London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 at Ancestry.com, Apr 2013. [S39] Nedra Evans, Manistee County Coordinator, Rootsweb, July 2014.