May Coveney NEVARD

1887 - 1974  (87 years)

• Name	May Coveney NEVARD
  Birth	6 Jun 1887	Great Horkesley, Essex   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	EBC8BA420A7E4612A6D44B96DDE90E9F5DC4
  Death	22 Dec 1974	Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada   [2, 3]
  Burial	Chilliwack Cemeteries, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
  Notes	Ancestry.com.au - UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 has: arriving on 29 April 1958 at Liverpool from Montreal on the 'Empress of Britain', May C Minter, born 5 May 1887, housewife and Margaret Minter, born 28 May 1914, clerk. Address Straight Rd, Boxted, Essex. Both shown as Canadian citizens. The death record at FamilySearch shows May's name as May Coveny Minter, parents as Charles and Ellen NEVARD. May's ancestry seems somewhat complicated: as noted above, her parents were said to be Charles and Ellen NEVARD. Charles NEVARD married Ellen COVENEY in Q2 1891 (Rochford 4a/564). However, May's birth was probably that registered as May Coveney CARPENTER in Q3 1887 (Rochford 4a/423). Further details are below: The 1851 census has, in North Farmbridge, Essex: Ephriam CARPENTER (haed, 31, ag lab, born Cressing(?), Essex), Susan CARPENTER (wife, 24, born Woodham ---(?)) and Sarah Ann OLIVER (daughter, 5, born Maldon, Essex). - the marriage of Ephraim CARPENTER and Susan OLIVER was registered in Q4 1850 at Maldon (12/305). The birth of Sarah Ann OLIVER was registered at Maldon in Q2 1846 (12/167). There is an 1841 census entry for Susan OLIVER, aged 13, in North Farmbridge, so it looks as if Sarah Ann OLIVER was her daughter, born illegitimately. The 1861 census of North Farmbridge has: Ephraim CARPENTER (haed, 40, ag lab, born Ch----, Essex), Susan CARPENTER (wife, 37, born Woodham Ferrers, Essex), Sarah A Carpenter (daughter, 15, born Maldon, Essex), Charles CARPENTER (son, 4, born North Farmbridge), Elizabeth CARPENTER (daughter, 11 months, born North Farmbridge) and Hannah OLIVER (sister in law, unmarried, 24, born North Farmbridge). - Ephraim CARPENTER's death at age 50 was registered at Maldon in Q4 1866 (4a/139). The 1871 census of North Farmbridge has: Susan CARPENTER (head, widow, 45. formerly labourer's wife, born Woodham Ferrers, Essex), Charles CARPENTER (son, 13, labourer, born North Farmbridge), Elizabeth CARPENTER (daughter, 10, scholar, born North Farmbridge) and Ellen CARPENTER (daughter, 6, scholar, born North Farmbridge). By the time of the 1881 census, Ellen CARPENTER, now 16, had left home and was a general servant in East Street, Prittlewell, Essex, home of Louisa BELL an annuitant. - Ellen's mother Susan married again, to Charles TYLER, registered at Rochford in Q4 1882 (4a/524) The 1891 census of Prittlewell, Essex has: Charles TYLER (head, 60 or 66, general labourer, born Sittingbourne, Kent), Susan TYLER (wife, 65, born North Farmbridge, Essex), Ellen COALNEY [it looks like] (daughter, married, 26, born North Farmbridge), Willie CARPENTER (grandson, 6, born Purleigh, Essex) and May CARPENTER (granddaughter, 4, born Prittlewell). Also there as a boarder was Charles NEVARD (23, bricklayer, born Lexden), shortly to marry Ellen. - although Ellen was shown as married in the 1891 census, I can't find a marriage and her children were registered as William Charles CARPENTER (Q3 1884 Maldon 4a/422) and May Coveny CARPENTER (Q3 1887, Rochford 4a/423). They were probably both illegitimate. - shortly after the 1891 census, in Q2 1891 (Rochford 4a/564), as Ellen COVENEY, Ellen married Charles NEVARD 1901 census: at 28 Bergholt Road, St Pauls Colchester, Charles Hy. NEVARD (head, 31, bricklayer, born Lexden), Ellen NEVARD (wife, 35, born Farmbridge), May NEVARD (daughter, 13, born Southend on Sea), Ellen Maud NEVARD (daughter (9, bron Lexden), Lilian Louise NEVARD (daughter, 7, born Lexden), Daisy E NEVARD (3, born Lexden) and William NEVARD (8 months, born Colchester). - as can be seen, May had become May NEVARD. Ellen's son Willie stayed in Prittlewell and appears as William CARPENTER (16, carman, born Purleigh, Essex), boarding with William SMITH (5&), whose housekeeper was Emily OLIVER (single, 34, born Maldon), possibly a relative of Susan CARPENTER nee OLIVER.
  Person ID	I442	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry NEVARD,   b. Sep 1869, Lexden, Essex d. 26 Jul 1956, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Ellen COVENEY,   b. Abt 1865, North Farmbridge, Essex d. 29 Dec 1942, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1891	Rochford RD   [4]
  Family ID	F986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Oliver Minter,   b. 15 May 1888, Great Horkesley, Essex d. 12 Sep 1957, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1910	British Columbia, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Allan Gentry Minter,   b. 10 Jun 1911, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada d. 22 May 1980, Nanaimo, BC, Canada (Age 68 years)   2. Margaret Ellen Minter,   b. 28 May 1914, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada d. 11 Feb 1995, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 80 years)   3. William Earl Minter,   b. 30 Jun 1916, Canada d. 3 Jan 2000, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 83 years)   4. Harry Glen Minter,   b. 19 May 1919, Canada d. 14 May 1964, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 44 years)   5. Kathleen Minter,   b. 13 Feb 1923, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada d. 2 Nov 1927, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (Age 4 years)   6. Charles Robert Minter,   b. 9 Apr 1926, Canada d. 2005, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Jun 1887 - Great Horkesley, Essex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Neil Minter chart. [S285] Family Search, Feb 2013 and later. [S334] British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990 at Ancestry.com, aged 86. Reg no. 1974-09-019067. BCA no. B13338. GSU no. 2050342. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, Q2 1891 Rochford 4a/564. (Reliability: 3).