Jim Minter

1914 - 1975  (61 years)

• Name	Jim Minter
  Birth	25 Apr 1914	10 Pricess Street, Outwood, Wakefield, Yorkshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	145621C6723C468C8A45AB4494642AF4A507
  Death	27 Jul 1975	Sonning Common, Reading, Berks   [1, 2]
  Burial	Kidmore End Cemetery, Kidmore End, South Oxfordshire   [3]
  Notes	Jim succeeded at school and gained a place at Wakefield Grammar. In later life he qualified SRN and also a registered nurse for the mentally subnormal. He trained at the Royal Berkshire and was a nurse at Borocourt Hospital, Peppard, Oxfordshire from 1939 - becoming a Senior Charge Nurse. Kitty was also a nurse at Borocourt, a hospital for the mentally handicapped. Jim and Kitty met at this hospital. 1939 Register: at Borocourt Mental Deficiency Institution , Henley R.D., Oxfordshire Minter, Jim born 25 Apr 1914, single, mental attendant Administration Oxford 6 Oct 1975 £3218.
  Person ID	I228	North Suffolk, Suffolk
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William James Minter,   b. 22 Dec 1862, Barnsley, Yorkshire d. 6 Jul 1948, 345 Leeds Road, Newton Hill, Wakefield (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Violet BRAMLEY,   b. 3 Oct 1872, Lofthouse Gate, Yorkshire d. Sep 1946, Wakefield, Yorkshire (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1894	St Mary Magdalene Church, Outwood, Wakefield, Yorkshire   [1, 4]
  	Married after banns*. William James Minter, 30, widower, miner of Alverthorpe, father John Minter, mill hand. Violet Bramley, 21, spinster of Outwood, father Amos Bramley, gardener. Both signed. Witnesses Herbert Bramley and Emma Charlotte Bramley both signed. * Banns were called on 17, 24 and 31 December at St Paul, Alverthorpe.
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine "Kitty" LOVETT,   b. 24 Nov 1923, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland d. 26 Jul 1975, Sonning Common, Reading, Berks (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1946	Catholic Church of Our Lady and St. Anne, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire   [1, 5]
  Children	1. Patricia Margaret Mary Minter   2. Susan Mary Theresa Minter,   b. 29 Dec 1948, Townlands Maternity Home, Henley, Oxfordshire d. 26 Nov 1981, Reading/Woking RD (Age 32 years)   3. James David Martin Minter
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2021

  
  

• Headstones

  Jim Minter 1914 - 1975 Headstone in in Kidmore End Cemetery, Kidmore End, South Oxfordshire - Jim and his wife Kitty. The inscription reads "Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence"

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BMD index. [S148] https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk, October 2015 and later. [S237] John J Minter, January 2022 and later. [S107] Parish Register at Ancestry.co.uk, July 2011. [S227] John J Minter, April 2021.