Samuel Edward Minter

1870 - 1922  (52 years)

• Name	Samuel Edward Minter
  Birth	22 May 1870	Colchester, Essex   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	76FEAC34F17247F1ADF01640F02FD1C3952D
  Death	26 May 1922	Colchester, Essex   [1]
  Notes	When Samuel married Annie Elizabeth SECRET in 1889, on his side the marriage was registered under Samuel Edward JOYCE and under Samuel E MINTER. Correspondence with Ray Eyles in December 2007 has revealed that the Samuel Edward was in fact the illegitimate son of Eliza Minter, most probably she born Q1 1842, Christchurch, Southwark, Surrey. It's not known who Samuel Edward's father was but it could conceivably have been Robert JOYCE, with whom Samuel Edward was living as son at the time of the 1871 and 1881 censuses. And, as shown below, Robert JOYCE was living with Samuel Edward as the latter's father in 1901. Whoever Samuel Edward's father was, there seems no doubt that he was brought up as Robert JOYCE's son. When Samuel Edward was born his mother Eliza was resident in the Union Workhouse, Colchester. At the 1861 census Eliza was living with her brother Charles. Later in 1861 she married John SKINNER (qv). August 2019: A further puzzle concering Samuel's origin has come to light. findmypast.co.uk has a record in their collection 'Essex Baptism Index 1538-1920' for the baptism on 26 March 1871 at St Mary Magdelen, Colchester, of Samuel Edward Minter. He is shown as the son of Robert MInter, stone mason of St James Row, and Susannah. I haven't worked out the significance of this. 1891 census: at 21 Albert Road, St Peter, Colchester, Samuel JOYCE (20, journeyman baker), Annie JOYCE (21, tailor's machinist) and Albert E JOYCE (6 months) 1901 census (indexed by ancestry.com as TOYER), at 8 Maidenhurst Street, Colchester, Samuel JOYCE (30, master baker), Anne JOYCE (30), Albert JOYCE (10), George JOYCE (8) and Frederick JOYCE (5). Living with them was Samuel's father Robert JOYCE, age given as 52 and married, a stone sawyer. 1911 census: at 8 Maidenhurst Street, Colchester, Essex (5 rooms), Samuel Edward (head, 40, married, baker, own a/c, born Colchester), Annie Eliz (wife, 40, married 21 years, 6 children, 5 living, 1 died), wife, born Colchester), George Harold (17, single, moulder & casemaker, worker, born Colchester), Frederick George (son, 16, single, born Colchester), Clifford Leonard (son, 9, born Colchester) and Claude Hamilton (son, 8 months, born Colchester). Form signed Samuel Edward Minter. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Nov 2010): MINTER Samuel Edward of 13 Beche-road Colchester retired baker died 26 May 1922 Probate Ipswich 30 June 1922 to Walter John Watts dairyman. Effects £1886 10s 9d.
  Person ID	I254	Thorpe le Soken, Essex
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2019

  
  

  Mother	Eliza Minter,   b. 4 Dec 1841, Christchurch, Southwark, Surrey d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Elizabeth SECRETT,   b. Mar 1870, Colchester, Essex d. Jan 1934, Colchester, Essex (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1889	Colchester RD   [1]
  Children	1. Albert Edward Minter,   b. Dec 1890, Colchester, Essex   2. George Harold Minter,   b. 5 Jun 1892, Colchester, Essex d. 24 Mar 1942, Lexden, Essex (Age 49 years)   3. Frederick George Minter,   b. 12 Sep 1894, 58 Wimpole Lane, St Mary Magdalene, Colchester d. 8 Feb 1959, Colchester, Essex (Age 64 years)   4. Clifford Leonard Minter,   b. 15 Jan 1902, Colchester, Essex d. 2 Jul 1982, Southsea, Portsmouth (Age 80 years)   5. Violet Annie Minter,   b. Sep 1904, Colchester, Essex d. Jun 1910, Colchester, Essex (Age ~ 5 years)   6. Claude Hamilton Minter,   b. 14 Aug 1910, Colchester, Essex d. 14 Mar 1987, Colchester, Essex (Age 76 years)   7. Vera Annie Minter,   b. 7 Mar 1913, Colchester, Essex d. May 1999, Watford RD (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 May 1870 - Colchester, Essex Death - 26 May 1922 - Colchester, Essex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index.