Ernest John Minter

1882 - 1969  (87 years)

• Name	Ernest John Minter
  Birth	30 Mar 1882	Farthing Gate, Eastry, Kent   [1]
  Christening	7 May 1882	Eastry, Kent   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1907
  	Adelaide, South Australia
  Name	Ernie
  _UID	B860F8330C8F4F079B0A93ED2B1434EAB6BC
  Death	30 Apr 1969	Flat 3, Wallala Avenue, Parkholme, Adelaide, South Australia   [2]
  Burial	2 May 1969	Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia   [2]
  Notes	Left school at nine years of age. Joined the navy about 1893. He put his age up by one year. He bought himself out about one year early, in 1907, for £20 at Port Adelaide, South Australia. Settled here. Sent for Elizabeth Nicholls and they married six weeks after her arrival in South Australia. They had a farm at Kiopo Forest (Meadows) until a drought in 1914 forced them off the land.
  Person ID	I2076	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	George Minter,   b. 14 Oct 1834, Nonington, Kent d. 1 Aug 1913, Union Infirmary, Eastry, Kent (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Emily DITCHER,   b. 15 Jan 1839, Parish of Lynsted, Kent d. 27 Nov 1895, Mill Bank, Eastry, Kent (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1861	Milton Register Office, Kent   [3]
  	George Minter, 26, bachelor labourer of Sittingbourne, father John Minter, labourer; Emily Ditcher, 22 a spinster of Sittingbourne the daughter of Thomas Ditcher a labourer and of Elizabeth nee Moss his wife. Both marked. Witnesses Thomas Ditcher (mark) and Maria Howton(?), signed.
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Marion NICHOLLS,   b. 15 Jul 1888, Cloweswood, Blean, Kent d. 24 Sep 1982, Nursing Home, Henley Beach Road, South Aust (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1912	Methodist Church, Smith Street, Walkerville, Adelaide, South Australia   [3]
  	Married in Walkerville, Adelaide, Australia. Ernest John Minter, 29, born Eastry near Dover, England, bachelor labourer of Adelaide, father George Minter; Elizabeth Marion Nicholls, 23, born Kent, England, spinster with domestic duties of Walkerville, daughter of James Thomas Nicholls. Witnesses Lily Aimee Taylor, milliner of Norwood and Herbert Taylor, civil servant of Norwood.
  Children	1. Cora Maud Nicholls Minter,   b. 8 Nov 1912, Kiopo Forest, (Meadows) Sth Aust d. 8 Dec 1985, Memorial Hospital, Nth Adelaide, Sth Aust (Age 73 years)   2. Female Minter   3. John Thomas Minter,   b. 26 Mar 1921, Chapel Street, Salisbury, Sth Aust d. 8 Oct 2002, Westminster Nursing Home, Fort Street, Grange, Sth Aust (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Christening - 7 May 1882 - Eastry, Kent Marriage - 20 Jan 1912 - Methodist Church, Smith Street, Walkerville, Adelaide, South Australia Burial - 2 May 1969 - Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Ernest John Minter born 1882, Eastry, Kent

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Birth certificate (copy). [S5] Cliff Minter. [S29] Marriage certificate (copy).