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Frank Minter

Male 1864 - 1939  (75 years)

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  • Name Frank Minter 
    Birth 8 Jun 1864  Heston, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 20 Jul 1864  St John, Southall, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 2376 
    _UID 6C6ACB4C943E450BA1BD635ED220F14F60CF 
    Death 30 Nov 1939  Esher, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 4 Dec 1939  St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • From Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Record (at ancestry.co.uk):
      College: ST JOHN'S
      Entered: Michs. 1881
      More Information: Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 11, 1881. Of Middlesex. S. of John, linen-draper (and Emma). B. Jan. 8, 1864, at Southall. Bapt. July 20, 1864. Matric. Michs. 1881.

      Listed in the Officials section of the 1893 Post Office Directory as F Minter, Inland Rev. office, secys. dept.

      Post Office Directory 1898 has Frank Minter, 57 South Croxted Road, W Dulwich.

      1901 census:at 57 South Croxted Road, Lambeth, Frank (26, 2nd Divn. clerk, Inland Revenue), Edith A (28), Dorothy E D (8), Frank (6), Aline S T (2) and Alice C (9 months). Alice C CHAPMAN, 22, born Norwood, sister-in-law, was living with Frank and Edith.

      1911 census: at Clydesdale, Herne Bay, Kent (8 rooms), Frank (head, 46, married, Civil Service - chief examiner of accounts, Inland revenue Dept., born North Hyde, ---, Middlesex), Edith Annie (wife, 38, married 18 years, 6 children, all living, born Norwood, Middlesex ), Frank (son, 16, single, school, born Shepherds Bush, London), Aline Sybil Trissena (daughter, 12, born Dulwich, London), Alice Constance (daughter, 10, born Dulwich, London), Percy Edwin (son, 9, born Dulwich, London) and Grace Mary (daughter, 6, born Dulwich, London). Also Beatrice Alice BOULDING (servant, 20, single, general servant (domestic), born Aldington, Kent).
      Form signed F Minter.

      Civil Service Commission Appointments, Promotions And Transfers 1871-1942 at findmypast.co.uk: several entries chart Frank's career in the Inland Revenue:
      4 August 1882 - "passed the Preliminary Examination for Second Class Clerkships in the India Office and for Men Clerkships in the Lower Division of the Civil Service viz Of the Candidates examined on July 25 1882"
      29 June 1888 - appointed as Clerk lower division
      2 August 1901 - appointed to minor staff posts
      22 February 1911 - Chief examiner of assessments
      10 July 1918 - Assistant surveyor of taxes
      20 July 1920 - Principal
      21 March 1925 - Assistant clerk to the special commissioners of income tax

      1921 census: at 38, The Avenue, Richmond, Richmond, Surrey, (all MINTER), Frank (head, 57, married, born Heston, Middlesex, Principal, Inland Reveue, York House, Kingsway*, London WC), Edith Annie (wife, 48y 11m, married, born Norwood, Middlesex, home duties), Dorothy Edith Drake (daughter, 28y 9m, single, born Ashford, Middlesex, Clerk (Section Leader, Prudential Assurance Co (approved societies branch), Holborn Bars, London), Aline Sybil Tresena (daughter, 23y 1m, single, born Dulwich, Surrey, Temporary Clerk, Inland Revenue, York House, Kingsway*, London WC), Alice Constance (daughter, 20y 11m, single, born Dulwich, Surrey, home duties) and Grace Mary (daughter, 16y 11m, single, born Dulwich, Surrey).
      * I worked in the Inland Revenue's ADP (later IT) division in York House, Kingsway for several years in the latter half of the 1960s. I had no idea it had been an IR office in the 1920s.

      1939 Register: at 113 Ember Lane, Esher U.D., Surrey
      Minter, Frank born 8 Jun 1864, widower, civil servant retired
      Minter, Dorothy E born 1 Oct 1892, single, insurance clerk
      Minter, Grace M born 27 Jun 1904, single, unpaid domestic duties [this entry is crossed through]

      Buried age 75 of 113 Ember Lane, Esher.

      England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941, at Ancestry.co.uk, November 2010
      MINTER Frank of Myrtle Cottage 113 Ember-lane Esher Surrey died 30 November 1939 Probate Liverpool 13 April 1940 to Frank Minter inspector of taxes and Dorothy Edith Drake Minter spinster. Effects £2135 0s 6d.
    Person ID I2376  Ash, Kent
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2024 

    Father John Minter,   b. Bef 29 Apr 1829, Faversham, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1902, Uxbridge, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Emma TILDESLEY,   b. Abt 1838, Leamington, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1919, Ellesmere, Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1858  St James, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Married by license. John Minter, full age, bachelor draper of Notting Hill, Kensington, father Thomas Minter, gentleman. Emma Tildesley, minor, spinster of Clifton Road, father Samuel Tildesley, stone merchant. Both signed full names. Witnesses Saml. Tildesley, Thomas Minter, Caroline Buddle (?), David Tildesley, Frances Tildesley, - Minter and A Minter
    Family ID F612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith Annie CHAPMAN,   b. Abt 1873, Norwood, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 18 Feb 1932, Kingston, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Marriage 4 Apr 1892  St James, Hatcham, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    • Married after banns. Frank Minter, full age, bachelor, civil servant of 204 Brockley Road, father John Minter, farmer. Edith Annie Chapman, full age, spinster of 204 Brockley Road, father Thomas Chapman, schoolmaster. Both signed full names'. Witnesses Fredk. E Bearis, William Albert Collins.
    Children 
     1. Dorothy Edith Drake Minter,   b. 1 Oct 1892, Ashford, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1988, Winchester, Hants Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     2. Frank Minter,   b. 10 Jul 1894, Shepherds Bush, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1955, Rottingdean, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     3. Aline Sybil Tressina Minter,   b. 29 May 1898, Dulwich, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1989, Scarborough, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     4. Alice Constance Minter,   b. 29 Jun 1900, Dulwich, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1972, Huntingdon RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. Percy Edwin Minter,   b. 3 Oct 1901, Lambeth RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Aug 1972, Pembroke RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     6. Grace Mary Minter,   b. 27 Jun 1904, Lambeth RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1984, Herne Bay, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2010 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] BMD index.

    2. [S506] findmypast.co.uk, April 2021 and later, Middlesex Baptisms. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S423] Surrey, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1987 at ancestry.com.

    4. [S159] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later, Q1 1858 Kensington 1a/72. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S159] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later.