Edith May SAMS

1909 - 1992  (83 years)

• Name	Edith May SAMS
  Birth	1909	Tamworth, NSW, Australia RD   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	4054
  _UID	9F6351CD63C34CD49B285645679A5EEA0D62
  Death	1992	New South Wales, Australia   [2]
  Notes	According to the index record at nsw.gov.au, Edith's parents were Joseph H and Bertha.
  Person ID	I4054	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Bertie Minter,   b. 12 Nov 1907, New Lambton, New South Wales RD d. 6 Jan 1986, New Lambton, New South Wales RD (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1929	New Lambton, NSW, Australia   [3]
  	The NSW archives contain papers from 1 Jun 1937 to 14 Nov 1938 relating to Bertie and Edith's divorce. The index to the papers mentions Elwyn Hilton Bryant. The following came from Trove. It was originally published on 8 April 1938 in the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate: "MINTER v. MINTER. A decree nisi, returnable in six months, was granted after the Judge had heard an application by Bertie Minter, a shop assistant, of New Lambton, for the dissolution of his marriage with Edith May Minter (formerly Sams) on the ground of adultery. Mr. T. A. Brays (Messrs. Braye, Cragg and Cohen) appeared for the petitioner. Petitioner said they were married on November 2, 1929, by a Lay Methodist minister. There were no children. On November 11, 1935, while he was at work, respondent left a note telling him she was leaving. He later went to Killarney (Queensland), when he obtained information from the police. Sergeant J. A. Fraser, of Brisbane, said that he had previously been stationed at Killarney. There a man named Elwyn Hilton Bryant and a woman, known as Edith May Bryant, lived as man and wife."
  Marital status	1935-1936
  	Divorce
  Family ID	F739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Elwyn Hilton BRYANT,   b. 1914, Tamworth, NSW, Australia RD d. 1989, Tamworth, NSW, Australia RD (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1940	Queensland, Australia   [4]
  Family ID	F1834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2026

  
  

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• Sources

  [S221] NSW BMD index online, January 2011 and later, reg no. 19473/1909. (Reliability: 3). [S221] NSW BMD index online, January 2011 and later, reg no. 111780/1992, RD not shown. (Reliability: 3). [S95] New South Wales Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, June 2008, reg no. 19490/2929. (Reliability: 3). [S533] Jim Minter, April 2023 and later, reg no. 1940/C/5771. (Reliability: 3).