John Minter

1843 - 1926  (~ 82 years)

• Name	John Minter
  Birth	Dec 1843	Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex   [1]
  Christening	20 Oct 1850	Thorpe le Soken, Essex   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	656C8140FF6242E4AAC66AE6ABF4A2B4CEE8
  Death	Mar 1926	Hammersmith RD   [1]
  Notes	Baptise 'about 7 years'. 1861 census: John, 16, was a general servant at The White House, The Green, Thorpe-le-Soken. 1871 census: at The Green, Thorpe-le-Soken, John (27, ag lab), Esther (33) and Ernest John (7 months). 1881 census: at 4 Redan Road, Hammersmith, London, John (36, labourer), Ester (4_) and Ernest John (10, scholar). 1891 census (indexed as MINSTER by ancestry.com): at 35 Jabor Road, Hammersmith, London, John (50, vestry stableman), 'Ellen' (54) and Ernest J (20, postman), also Esther OXFORD (niece, unmarried, 21, nurse & domestic servant, born Layham, Suffolk). Ernest and Esther were to marry in 1913. 1901 census: at 12 Brandenburgh Road, Fulham, London, John (56, stableman), Esther (62) and Ernest J (30). 1911 census: at 22 Nasmyth Street, Hammersmith, London (4 rooms), John (head, 66, married, stableman, Boro Council, worker, born Thorpe, Essex), Esther (wife, 73, married 43 years, 2 children 1 living 1 died, born Layham, Essex) and Ernest John (son, 40, single, attendant, Boro Council, worker, born Thorpe, Essex). Form signed John Minter. The name of the child who died hasn't been established. 1921 census: at 22 Nasmyth Street, Hammersmith, London (both MINTER), John (head, 78y 9m, married, born Thorpe, Essex, retired stableman previously with Hammersmith Borough Council) and Esther (wife, 86, born Layham, Suffolk).
  Person ID	I194	Thorpe le Soken, Essex
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	John Minter,   b. Bef 1 Jul 1810, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Ann SCOWEN,   b. Bef 1 Jan 1809, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Bef 12 Jul 1859, Tendring Union Workhouse, Essex (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1830	St Michael, Kirby-le-Soken, Essex   [3]
  	John MInter of the Parish of Thorp, bachelor and Mary Scowen of this Parish, spinster, by license. Both marked. Witnesses ---- Stone, Thos. Burdock.
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther GARROD,   b. Abt 1837, Layham, Suffolk d. Dec 1922, Fulham RD (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1868	Parish Church, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex   [4]
  	By banns. John, 24, bachelor, labourer of Thorp, father John Minter, labourer. Esther, 31, spinster of Thorp, father James Garrod, labourer. Both signed. Witnesses James Marr and Mary Ann Goodchild, both marked.
  Children	1. Alice Minter,   b. Dec 1868, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Bef 7 Aug 1869, Thorpe le Soken, Essex (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Ernest John Minter,   b. Sep 1870, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex d. Mar 1927, Hammersmith RD (Age ~ 56 years)
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Dec 1843 - Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex Christening - 20 Oct 1850 - Thorpe le Soken, Essex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S57] Thorpe PR at SEAX, Feb 2013. [S68] Kirby-le-Soken marriage register at SEAX, July 2016. [S8] Marriage certificate (copy).