Matthew Henry John Minter

1886 - Bef 1933  (46 years)

• Name	Matthew Henry John Minter
  Birth	30 Apr 1886	Chelsea, London   [1]
  Christening	23 May 1886	St Luke, Chelsea, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	B1E4383DF98F4DE4A8E6D3F29ADF802635CD
  Death	Bef 6 Jan 1933	St George Hanover Square RD   [1]
  Burial	6 Jan 1933	Brompton Cemetery (Kensington & Chelsea)   [3]
  Notes	Ancestry.com have Matthew's service record in connection with a WW1 pension claim. It shows that Matthew of 38 Church Street, Chelsea, aged 29 years 296 days, a carman, married, joined the Army Service Corps on 7 April 1917. His next of kin was originally given as Rebecca Minter, mother of 38 Church Street, Chelsea, later amended to Catherine Charlotte Minter, wife of 50 Ebury Bridge, Pimlico, London SW, whom he married on 7 March 1916 at Chelsea. Matthew was discharged as no longer physically fit for war service on 29 January 1919. He doesn't appear to have served overseas. The records appear to be incomplete. 1921 census: at 13 Ebury Square, St George's Hanover Square, London (both MINTER), Matthew (head, 36y 2m, married, born Chelsea, London, labourer, M.W.B., Avery Row, London W) and Catherine (wife, 37, married, born Belgravia, London SW1).
  Person ID	I5	Chelsea, London
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Matthew Henry Thomas Minter,   b. 3 Jan 1862, Chelsea, London d. Bef 10 Apr 1941, Surrey SE RD (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Rebecca CRANSTON,   b. Abt 1866, Chelsea, London d. Bef 1 Feb 1933, Chelsea, London (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1886	St John's Church, Hammersmith, London   [1, 4]
  	Matthew Henry Thomas Minter, 24, bachelor, laundry carman of 1 Oakley Road, father Matthew Henry Thomas Minter, laborer. Rebecca Cranston, 20, spinster of 1 Oakley Road, father James Cranston, lighterman. Both signed names in full. Witnesses Albert James Cranston (marked), Amice Chads (signed).
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Charlotte COOKE,   b. Mar 1883, Belgravia, London d. 16 Feb 1951, Westminster Hospital, Westminster (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1916	Chelsea, London   [1]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

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  [S2] BMD index. [S5] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009. [S7] https://www.deceasedonline.com, January 2016. [S11] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 at ancestry.com.