Edmund Minter

Bef 1827 - 1840  (~ 12 years)

• Name	Edmund Minter
  Birth	Bef 1 Aug 1827	Deal, Kent
  Christening	1 Aug 1827	St Leonard Deal, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	3054
  _UID	50F610BA08F1401AA82286C1E95A80CC0376
  Death	Apr 1840	London
  Notes	The following appeared in The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 30, 1840; pg. 3; Issue 17345 (at Gale NewsVault, September 2012). It seems likely to refer to this Edmund Minter, although there is no corresponding death index entry. Edmund's brother John Thomas was certainly on steamboats although no reference to his being on the 'Harlequin' has been found. CORONER'S INQUEST Last evening an inquest was held before Mr Payne at the King's Head, Tower, on the body of Edmund Minter, aged 13, who was found drowned off the Tower on Moday evening last. It appeared from the testimony of several witnesses that the deceased came on board the Harlequin steamer, lying off the Custom-house, on Easter Monday last, for the purpose of seeing his brother, a sailor on board that vessel. He was in the habit of rowing himself in a small boat to and from the steamer. About 2 o'clock he accompanied his brother on board a Gravesend boat, and then returned by himself to the Harlequin, where he was last seen alive by one of the crew at 3 o'clock. He was then standing on the deck and looking over the side of the vessel. No evidence was given as to how the deceased got into the water, but the conjecture was that the vessel suddenly lurched, in consequence of the heavy swell occasioned by the number of steamers running on that day to Gravesend, and threw the deceased overboard. The body was found on Monday by a Custom-house officer named Clarke, near the Hamburgh tier of shipping moored off the Tower. - Verdict "Found drowned".
  Person ID	I3054	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Hockaday Minter,   b. Bef 20 Mar 1782, Deal, Kent d. 9 Nov 1833, Calais, France (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Hannah Maria TEETGEN,   b. Bef 25 May 1789, Deal, Kent d. Jun 1872, St Saviour Southwark RD (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1808	St Leonards, Deal, Kent   [1]
  	Married by banns as a bachelor of St Leonard Deal; Hanna Maria a spinster of St Leonard Deal.
  Family ID	F823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S11] Cliff Minter.