Henry Minter

Bef 1852 - 1913  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Henry Minter
  Birth	Bef 7 Nov 1852	Sheldwich, Kent
  Christening	7 Nov 1852	Sheldwich, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2403
  _UID	959BFD115F474E148AA9065A707421DCBA68
  Death	30 Apr 1913	Herne Bay, Kent   [2]
  Burial	Aft 30 Apr 1913	Sheldwich, Kent   [1]
  Notes	Malcolm Purvis and Bryan Darney on Genes Reunited have Henry and his family in their family trees. 1871 census: Henry (18) was a grocer's shopman in William Street, Herne, Kent. Appeared in the Post Office Directory for Kent, 1878 as Henry Minter, family grocer, tea dealer and provision merchant, 2 Station Road, Westgate on Sea. 1881 census: at 2 Station Road, St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, Henry (28, grocer employing 3 men and 1 boy), Emma Jane (29), Flossie Murton (3) and Jessie Murton (12 months). Appeared in Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1882 as Henry Minter, grocer and tea dealer, also ale and porter merchant (for Shepherd, Neame & Co), 2 Station Road, Westgate on Sea. Appeared in Directory and Guide to the Isle of Thanet, 1884 - 85, Hutchings and Crowley Ltd as Henry Minter, grocer, 1 & 2 Station Road, Westgate on Sea. Also had advertisements in the Guide: Henry Minter Family Grocer and Provision Merchant 1 & 2 Station Road, Westgate on Sea Families and visitors waited on daily for orders Goods delivered same day by own vans Agent for the Kent Fire & Life Office Henry Minter Wholesale & Retail Wine Spirit & Bottled Beer Merchant 13 Station Road, Westgate on Sea Agent for Ind, Coope's Romford Ales and Shepherd Neame & Co's Faversham Ales Appeared in Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1887 as Henry Minter, grocer 2 and 13 Station Road, Westgate on Sea. 1891 census: at Goodnestone Court, Goodnestone, Kent, Henry (38, farmer and wine merchant), Emma Jane (39), Flossie Murton (13, scholar), Jessie Murton (11, scholar) and George Ash (8, scholar). Also sister-in-law Mary Gibbs MURTON (unmarried, 36, living on own means). Appeared in Kelly's Directory for Kent, 1895 as Henry Minter, farmer, Goodnestone Court, Goodnestone, Faversham. Appeared in Kelly's Directory & Guide, Isle of Thanet, 1898 - 99 as Henry Minter, wine, spirit & beer merchant, 13 Station Road, Westgate. Appeared in Kelly's Directory for Kent, 1899 as Henry Minter, wine, spirit & beer merchant, 13 Station Road, Westgate. Also listed as a farmer at Goodnestone Court, Goodnestone. 1901 census: at Goodnestone Court, Goodnestone, Kent, Henry (48, farmer etc), Emma Jane (49), Florence Murton (23), Jessie Murton (21) and George Ash (18, estate agent). 1911 census: at Clarence House, Herne Bay, Kent (17 rooms), Henry (head, 58, married, boarding house proprietor, own account, born Sheldwich, Kent), Emma Jane (wife, 59, married 34 years, 3 children all living, born Faversham, Kent), Florence Murton (daughter, 33, single, assists at home & school mistress, own account, born Westgate, Kent), Jessie Murton (daughter, 30, single, governess (assistant), worker, born Westgate, Kent), Mary Gibbs MURTON (sister in law, 56, single, independent means, born Faversham, Kent), 3 pupils, 2 boarders, 3 servants. Form signed H Minter. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Nov 2010): MINTER Henry of Clarence House Clarence-road Herne Bay Kent retired farmer died 20 April 1913 Probate Canterbury 4 July 1913 to Emma Jane Minter widow. Effects £669 7s 9d. Tombstone in Sheldwich Churchyard reads: Henry Minter --- son of Thomas and Elizabeth died 30 April 1913 aged 60 Emma Jane died 26 Sept 1929 aged 72. October 2013: an article about Henry Minter appeared in the Autumn 2013 edition of the Westgate-on-Sea Heritage Centre Newsletter. It can be accessed via Minter Exchange website. The author, Dr Dawn Crouch, wrote in an email to Sally Whitworth: did you know that the house on the Adrian Sqaure side of 1 & 2 Station Road which we featured this time is called Minter House? It is a new build on a very derelict site and when it was being built Terence Painter asked me for a suggestion of a suitable name and I came up with the Minters as it was right nest door to Westgate's first shop and William was at first at No 11 and then at 21. It has the name up and is really a very nice house!"
  Person ID	I2403	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Minter,   b. 17 May 1827, Faversham, Kent d. 15 May 1903, Sheldwich, Kent (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Anna DIXON,   b. Abt 1824, Kennington, Kent d. 16 Oct 1911, Faversham RD (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1851	East Ashford, Kent   [2]
  Family ID	F405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Jane MURTON,   b. Jun 1851, Faversham, Kent d. 26 Sep 1923, Herne Bay, Kent (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1876	St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent   [3]
  	Henry Minter, 24, bachelor grocer of Westgate on Sea, father Thomas Minter farmer and Emma Jane Murton, 25, spinster of Albion Terrace, father William Murton grocer, by banns, sign/sign. --- Murton (sign), Thomas Minter (sign), --- Murton (sign), -. H Minter (sign), W Murton (sign), -. H Minter (sign) witnesses.
  Children	1. Florence Murton Minter,   b. Sep 1877, Westgate on Sea, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jessie Murton Minter,   b. Mar 1880, Westgate on Sea, Kent d. 22 Nov 1953, Frankston, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 73 years)   3. George Ash Minter,   b. 7 Nov 1882, Westgate on Sea, Kent d. 6 Jan 1947, Ashford County Hospital, Stanwell, Staines, Middlesex (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 7 Nov 1852 - Sheldwich, Kent Christening - 7 Nov 1852 - Sheldwich, Kent Death - 30 Apr 1913 - Herne Bay, Kent Burial - Aft 30 Apr 1913 - Sheldwich, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Henry Minter born 1852, Sheldwich, Kent An article about Henry Minter was published in the Autumn 2013 edition of the Westgate-on-Sea Heritage Centre Newsletter. It is reproduced in full here with the kind permission of Dawn Crouch with help from Sally Whitworth and Neil Alderman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Cliff Minter. [S3] BMD index. [S173] Cliff Minter, from St Mary of Charity, Faversham PR, April 2010, Q3 1876 Faversham 2a/1168. (Reliability: 3).