Cecil John Rhodes Minter

1898 - 1960  (62 years)

• Name	Cecil John Rhodes Minter
  Birth	8 Apr 1898	Port Elizabeth, South Africa   [1]
  Christening	8 Apr 1945	Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	30EE7856A01B418EB953C8F6EF0ABDF7EDE7
  Death	10 May 1960	Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa   [1]
  Notes	Record of military service, copied from a letter from the Office of the War Records, Pretoria, and provided by Erica Minter: 1st enlistment - number: 5227 - rank: RFM - name: MINTER Cecil John - unit: S.A.M.R. - date of enlistment: 3 July 1915 - date of discharge: not recorded - character on discharge: good - campaigns: South West Africa 2nd enlistment - number: 568 - rank: PTE - name: MINTER Cecil John - unit: 9th & 10th S.A. Horse - date of enlistment: 1 May 1916 - date of discharge: 1 March 1918 - character on discharge: good - campaigns: East Africa Record of service, copied from a letter from the Officer in charge War Records, Pretoria, and provided by Erica Minter: - number: 33299 - rank: W.O.II - surname: Minter - Christian names: Cecil John Rhodes - joined at Johannesburg on 8 June 1940 - unit: R.L.I. & Q.S.C. - date of discharge: 4 December 1942 - reason for dischrage: engagement terminated, conversion of release to discharge - general character: good, efficienct: good - sobriety: sober - campaigns: nil - age at discharge: 45, height: 5' 10", hair: brown, eyes: blue, tattoo on left forearm Cecil John Rhodes Minter committed suicide - see his death certificate.
  Person ID	I1839	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Leonard Wyatt Minter,   b. 8 Feb 1866, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa d. 6 Dec 1929, Aberdeen Hotel, Rabie Street, Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Alice Laura CARROLL,   b. Abt 1877, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 31 Jan 1926, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1898	Winburg, Free State, South Africa   [3]
  	Details supplied by Erica Gwynne Minter: Name: Thomas Leonard Wyatt Minter Gender: Male Age: 32 Marital status: Geskei [Divorced] Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1866 Place of Origin: Winburg Marriage Date: 6 Feb 1898 Marriage Place: Free State, South Africa Church: Winburg Spouse: Alice Laura Carroll Occupation: Veeboer [Livestock] Religion: Nederduits Gereformeerde [Dutch Reformed] Collection: Free State: Marriages, 1838-1940
  Family ID	F622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Elizabeth SWART,   b. 12 Sep 1903, Dundee, South Africa d. 11 Aug 1974, Parys, Free State, South Africa (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1918	Newcastle, Natal, South Africa   [4]
  	Married by license. Cecil John Minter, 21, bachelor, rifleman, S.A.M. Rifles, of Hardwick Street, Newcastle. Sarah Elizabeth Swart, 21, spinster of Hardwick Street, Newcastle. Both signed. Cannot decipher names of witnesses.
  Marital status	Divorced
  Children	1. Algernon Lionel Minter,   b. 13 Dec 1919, Dundee, Natal, South Africa d. 26 Nov 1995, Bramley, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Sylvia Leonora HOLM,   b. 27 Sep 1915, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa d. 1970, South Africa (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1935	Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa   [3, 5]
  	Per Erica Minter "Married by special license without antenuptial contract, CJR divorced; Sylvia Spinster."
  Children	1. Wyatt Ernest Lawrence Minter   2. Cecily Minter   3. Leslie Rory Minter
  Family ID	F631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 2 Nov 1918 - Newcastle, Natal, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Cecil John Rhodes Minter 1898 - 1960 1918 marriage certificate
  		Cecil John Rhodes Minter 1898 - 1960 1935 Marriage Certificate
  		Cecil John Rhodes Minter 1898 - 1960 1945 Certificate of Baptism
  		Cecil John Rhodes Minter 1898 - 1960 Death certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S274] Minter-Parker Family Tree (Erica Minter) public tree at ancestry.com. [S303] Baptismal certificate provided by Erica Minter. [S272] Erica Glynne Minter, including her Ancestry.com tree, January 2020 and later. [S33] Marriage certificate (copy). [S33] Marriage certificate (copy), supplied by Erica Minter (Reliability: 3).