George Minter

Bef 1803 - 1887  (~ 83 years)

• Name	George Minter
  Birth	Bef 3 May 1803	Sittingbourne, Kent   [1]
  Christening	3 May 1803	Sittingbourne, Kent
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9A979C6679D942DEA131FDFFDFF2A9DDCA59
  Death	1 May 1887	Margate, Kent   [1]
  Notes	In 1831 when son George Alfred was baptised George was a cabinet maker of Adams Terrace. When George Alfred died, address was 33 Gerrard Street, Soho, London. It's not clear why George Alfred didn't appear on the 1841 census. 1841 census: in Gerrard Street, Soho, London George (35, upholsterer), Mary (35), Alice (15), Henry (4) and Mary (10 months). Also Alfred HOGG (15, upholsterer, born Scotland, Anne LINN (25, female servant, born Ireland, and Jane EPPS (30, independent means, not born Middlesex). The Illustrated London News of 15 November 1845 carried an advertisement for "The Archimedean Screw Chair, Invented by G Minter, 33 Gerrard St, Soho" 1851 census: at 37 Frith Street, St Annes, Soho, London, George (47, upholsterer employing 6 men), Mary E (51), Edwin (18), Frederick W (15), both upholsterers, and Henry (13, scholar). George appeared in a number of London Directories: Post Office Directories of 1828 and 1829: Geo Minter, cabinet, chair & upholstery warehouse, 26 Princes Street, Haymarket. Post Office Directories of 1832, 1835 and 1836: Geo Minter, cabinet and chair maker, 33 Gerrard Street, Soho. London 1838 Directory: George Minter, cabinet & chair maker, 33 Gerrard Street, Soho. Robson's Commercial Directory, 1840: Geo Minter, Merlin & Berlin chair manufacturer, with patent self-acting principle, 33 Gerrard Street, Soho (with a prospectus in an appendix). London 1845 Directory: George Minter, upholsterer, 33 Gerrard Street, Soho. Kelly's Directory, 1850: George Minter, upholsterer & wheel chair manufacturer, 33 Gerrard Street & 51 Frith Street, Soho. Post Office Directories, 1852 & 1853: George Minter, invalid chair manufacturer & upholsterer, 51 Frith Street, Soho. Post Office Directory, 1854: George Minter, upholsterer, cabinet & invalid, Bath, Brighton & Merlin chair manufacturer, appraiser, furnishing undertaker, & house agent, 51 Frith Street, Soho. Post Office Directory, 1856: George Minter, upholsterer, undertaker &c, 33 Gerrard Street & 51 Frith Street, Soho. Post Office Dirctory 1857: as Minter & Co, upholsterers, cabinet makers, decorators, manufacturers of Bath, Brighton, Merlin &c chairs, patentees of the Archimedian and self acting reclining chairs, 51 Frith Street, Soho, London. It seems that the business known as Minter & Co was sold in the mid-1850s to James Edward Stephens, for £2,800. Stephens later became bankrupt in Scotland and it was then revealed that he had committed large scale fraud whilst manager of the Eastern Banking Corporation. A report with much detail appeared in the NZ Lyttleton Times on 3 April 1858 (source http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=LT18580403.2.4&srpos=3010&e=-------50--2961----0minter--). George's first wife died in 1856 and he remarried in 1857. In 1861 the property at 51 Frith Street was occupied by a young family called HILLIER and by a Richard P CHAPLIN, an invalid chair manufacturer, who had perhaps taken over George's business. George (57, a slate merchant(!), born Littlebourne(?)), Sarah (60) and George's son Frederick W (24, upholsterer) were living at 1 Merlin Cottages, St Johns, Margate. In 1871 George (67, retired upholsterer) and Sarah (69) were still living at 1 Merlin Cottages. They were still there in 1881, aged 78 and 79 respectively, and their unmarried granddaughter, Sarah L WILLIAMS (16, born Margate) was living with them. In 1891 Sarah, now a widow, aged 89, living on her own means, was still at 1 Merlin Cottages, with her step-daughter Eliza M WILLIAMS (50, widow, living on own means, born St Annes, Soho) and her granddaughter Emily L WILLIAMS (29, unmarried, living on own means, born Chelsea, London). Appeared in the Post Office Directory for Kent, 1878 as G Minter, Merlin Cottage, Ethelbert Road, Margate. Appeared in Directory and Guide to the Isle of Thanet, 1884 - 85, Hutchings and Crowley Ltd as George Minter, 1 Merlin Cottages, Margate. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Nov 2010): 11 June 1887 Personal Estate £3053 1s 3d. The Will of George Minter late of Merlin Cottage Ethelbert-road Margate in the County of Kent who died 1 May 1887 at Merlin Cottage was proved at the Principal Registry by Sarah Minter of Merlin Cottage Widow the Relict and John Pavier of 5 Zion-place Margate Baker two of the Executors. Mar 2006: George and his daughter Alice appear in the Genes Reunited tree of Paul Timms.
  Person ID	I255	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	George Minter,   b. Bef 6 Apr 1760, Canterbury d. 28 Jan 1837, Orange St, Canterbury (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Mary WANSTALL   d. 10 Jun 1830, Canterbury
  Marriage	20 Oct 1788	St Mary Bredin, Canterbury   [1]
  	Married by license as a coachbuilder bachelor of St Mary Bredin, Canterbury; Mary a spinster of Herne, Kent.
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Eliza BRIGGS,   b. Abt 1799, London d. 3 Mar 1856, Soho, London (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1827	St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, London   [1]
  	George Minter a bachelor of this parish and Mary Eliza Briggs a spinster of the parish of St James Westminster were married in this church by licence this fifteenth day of March in the year 1827. Both signed. Witnesses Alice Wilson, Edward Spittle both signed.
  Children	1. Alice Minter,   b. 25 Jan 1828, St. Annes, Soho, London d. Dec 1885, Fulham RD (Age 57 years)   2. George Stevenson Minter,   b. 25 Oct 1829, St. Annes, Soho, London bur. 8 Feb 1831, St Pancras Parish Church, London (Age ~ 1 years)   3. George Alfred Minter,   b. 30 Apr 1831   d. Bef 27 Apr 1848, Soho, London (Age 16 years)   4. Edwin Minter,   b. 4 Feb 1833, St. Annes, Soho, London d. Bef 28 Feb 1865, St George Hanover Square RD (Age 32 years)   5. Frederick William Minter,   b. 29 Jan 1836, St. Annes, Soho, London d. Bef 14 Nov 1864, Thanet RD (Age 28 years)   6. Henry Lavender Minter,   b. 19 Sep 1837, St. Annes, Soho, London d. 24 May 1920, East Finchley, Middlesex (Age 82 years)   7. Eliza Mary Minter,   b. 24 Sep 1840, Soho, London d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah WANSTALL,   b. Abt 1800, Herne, Kent d. Sep 1897, Margate, Kent (Age ~ 97 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1857	St Margarets, Canterbury   [2]
  	Married by licence as a gentleman widower of Belmont Cot. Trinity Sq., Margate; Sarah (his cousin), daughter of William Wanstall carpenter.
  Family ID	F244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 3 May 1803 - Sittingbourne, Kent Christening - 3 May 1803 - Sittingbourne, Kent Death - 1 May 1887 - Margate, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  George Minter, born 1803, Sittingbourne, Kent George was a well-known uphosterer and furniture maker in Frith Street, Soho, London. This example of his work, a mahogany framed and button upholstered hide patent 'self-acting' library wing armchair, was sold at auction in 2007 by Lyon & Turnbull and fetched £3,000.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Cliff Minter. [S14] BMD index.