William George Minter

1872 - 1949  (77 years)

• Name	William George Minter
  Birth	13 Nov 1872	5 Tennyson Road, Penge, Surrey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	710
  _UID	8452C913F8FB470FB5E256EEC80390124394
  Death	Dec 1949	Folkestone, Kent   [1]
  Notes	1901 census (indexed as MINTERE) at 2 Albert Lane Hythe: William (28), bricklayers labourer, wife Mary (27) and children Henry (9), George (3) and Sarah (2). Pike's Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Blue Book 1900 - 01, 1901 - 02, 1902 - 03, 1903 - 04, 1904 - 05 and 1905 - 06 has W Minter, 2 Albert Lane, Hythe Pike's Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Blue Book 1906 - 07, 1907 - 08, 1908 - 09, 1909, 1910 - 11 has W Minter, 10 Chapel Street, Hythe. 1911 census: at 10 Chapel Street, Hythe, Kent (4 rooms), William (head, 38, married, bricklayer, building, worker, born Beckenham, Kent), Mary (wife, 37, married 14 years, 7 children all living, born Folkestone, Kent), Henry (son, 19, single, caddie, golf links, born Folkestone, Kent), George (son, 13, school, born Folkestone, Kent), Sarah (daughter, 12, school, born Hythe, Kent), Edward (son, 9, born Hythe, Kent), Ethel (daughter, 7, born Hythe, Kent), Lily (daughter (3, born Hythe, Kent) and William (son, 1 month, born Hythe, Kent). Form signed William James (sic) Minter. Parsons Folkestone & District Directory for 1911 and 1912 has W Minter (as Winter in 1911), 10 Chapel Street, Hythe. Parsons Folkestone & District Directory for 1913 and 1914 has W Minter, 15 Chapel Street, Hythe. Parsons Folkestone & District Directory for 1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927 has W Minter, 20 Chapel Street, Hythe. Lived at 2 Albert Lane between 1900 and 1905 and at 10 Chapel Street, Hythe between 1906 and 1912 when renumbered to be 15 Chapel Street, Hythe until 1914 when renumbered to be 20 Chapel Street, Hythe until 1931. Worked as a bricklayer up until 1917 when he went blind the day before he received his call-up papers for military service. Received treatment at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. 1921 census: in Chapel Street, Hythe, St Leonard Hythe, Kent (all MINTER except for Henry HALL), William (head, 48y 7m, married, born Beckenham, Kent, blind), Mary (wife, 47y 3m, married, born Folkestone, Kent, home duties), Edward Burden (son, 19y 11m, single, brn Folkestone, Kent, boatman with Gravenor, boat proprietor at the Boat Stage, Hythe), Ethel (daughter, 17y 7m, single, born Hythe, Kent, general domestic servant, private), Lily (daughter, 13y 11m, born Hythe, Kent, whole time school), William (son, 10y 4m, born Hythe, Kent, whole time school), Kitty (daughter, 6y 1m, born Hythe, Kent, whole time school) and Henry HALL (step son, 29y 7m, single, born Folkestone, Kent, golf caddy at Hythe Golf Club) 1939 Register: at 20 Chapel Street, Hythe M.B., Kent Minter, William G born 13 Sep 1872, married, blind, no occupation Minter, Mary E born 6 Mar 1874, married, unpaid domestic duties HALL, Henry W born 2 Nov 1891, single, golf caddy Minter, later JOHNSON, Kitty M born 4 Jun 1915, single, shop assistant, department store
  Person ID	I710	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Burden Minter,   b. 1836, Stratford, Essex d. 8 Mar 1896, 75 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Susannah Brice FAGG,   b. 1837, Folkestone, Kent d. 4 Oct 1930, 10 Ethelbert Road, Folkestone, Kent (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1857	St. Dunstan's, Stepney, London   [2]
  	Married by banns. Edward, 21, bachelor plasterer of 3 Alfred Place, Stepney, father Edward Burden Minter, plasterer; Susannah Brice Fagg, 19, a spinster of 3 Alfred Place, Stepney the daughter of John Trevanion Fagg, fisherman. Edward marked, Susannah signed. Witnesses ---- Price, Olive Pickett.
  Family ID	F343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth HALL,   b. 6 Mar 1874, Folkestone, Kent d. 13 Dec 1953, Royal Victoria Hospital, Dover, Kent (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1896	Parish Church, Folkestone, Kent   [2]
  	In 1891 Mary lived at 21 North Street, Folkestone, a domestic servant with her father and step-mother, sister, two brothers, two step-brothers and two nephews. Mary had a son before she married, Henry William Marshall HALL, born 2 November 1891 at 21 North Street, Folkestone. He was said to have been mentally retarded, lived at Hythe and sold matches. He died on 1 March 1955. Married by banns. William James Minter, 23, a bachelor labourer of 37 Dover Street, Folkestone, father Edward Minter (deceased), plasterer; Mary Elizabeth Hall, 22, a spinster of 38 Radnor Street, Folkestone, father William Hall, labourer. Both signed. Witnesses William Samuel Hall (mark), Mary Ann Fagg (sign). See Mary's notes for information about her parents. William appears as William James Minter in the marriage certificate.
  Children	1. Henry William Marshall (HALL) Minter,   b. 2 Nov 1891, 21 North St, Folkestone, Kent d. 1 Feb 1955 (Age 63 years)   2. George Lewis Minter,   b. 9 Apr 1897, Folkestone, Kent d. 7 Sep 1983, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 86 years)   3. Sarah Jane Minter,   b. 4 Dec 1898, Folkestone, Kent d. 23 Jun 1969, Folkestone RD (Age 70 years)   4. Edward Burden Minter,   b. 18 Jul 1901, Folkestone, Kent d. Jul 1997, Shepway RD (Age 95 years)   5. Ethel May Minter,   b. 10 Nov 1903, Hythe, Kent d. Nov 1992, Ashford RD (Age 89 years)   6. Lily Elizabeth Minter,   b. 31 Jul 1907, Hythe, Kent d. Dec 1951 (Age 44 years)   7. William Samuel Minter,   b. 12 Feb 1911, Hythe, Kent d. 9 May 1941, Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, Kent (Age 30 years)   8. Kitty Mary Minter,   b. 4 Jun 1915, Hythe, Kent d. Jul 1997, Ashford RD (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F666	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Nov 1872 - 5 Tennyson Road, Penge, Surrey Death - Dec 1949 - Folkestone, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] BMD list. [S28] Marriage certificate (copy).