Sophia Sarah Minter

1832 - 1897  (64 years)

• Name	Sophia Sarah Minter
  Birth	30 Aug 1832	St George Hanover Square, London   [1, 2]
  Christening	18 Nov 1832	St George Hanover Square, London   [2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	3FBEFBD279A94AC5AED858F9C8CC4315BE9A
  Death	21 Apr 1897	Ramsgate, Kent   [3]
  Burial	24 Apr 1897	Ramsgate St George, Kent   [4]
  Notes	Appeared in Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1882 as Mrs Sophia Minter, lodging house, 38 Hardres Street, Ramsgate. Appeared in Directory and Guide to the Isle of Thanet, 1884 - 85 and 1885 - 65, Hutchings and Crowley Ltd as Mrs Minter, 38 Hardres Street, Ramsgate. Appeared in Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1887 as Mrs S Minter, 38 Hardres Street, Ramsgate. Melville & Co 1895 Directory, Ramsgate includes Miss Minter, 38 Hardres Street, Ramsgate. Although always shown as just Sophia in censuses, Sophia's death was registered, and she was buried, as Sarah Sophia. And it was she who probably witnessed her brother's wedding - as Sophia Sarah. Sophia Sarah aslo in the following: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Nov 2010): MINTER Sophia Sarah of 38 Hardres-street Ramsgate spinster died 21 April 1897 Probate Canterbury 12 May 1897 to Annie Mary Sophia Minter spinster and Elizabeth Louisa Macdonald (wife of John James Macdonald) [both were Sophias's nieces]Effects £39 19s 6d.
  Person ID	I459	Whitstable, Kent
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert Minter,   b. 15 Jul 1798, Isle of Thanet, Kent d. 26 Apr 1856, Broadstairs, Kent (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Sophia READER,   b. Bef 8 Mar 1795, Birchington, Kent d. 23 Aug 1887, Ramsgate, Kent (Age ~ 92 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1825	St George Canterbury, Kent   [5]
  	Married by banns. Robert Minter bachelor of St Mary Magdalene and Sophia Reader of this parish. Both signed. Witnesses William Reader and Harriet Reader.
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 21 Apr 1897 - Ramsgate, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Censuses from 1851 to 1891. [S98] Baptismal register at findmypast.co.uk, June 2014. [S7] BMD index. [S8] Cliff Minter. [S23] Cliff Minter from transcript of Parish Register, April 2007.