George Lewis Minter

1875 - 1956  (80 years)

• Name	George Lewis Minter
  Birth	1 Sep 1875	5 Tennyson Road, Penge, Surrey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	712
  _UID	B28A7E55E2B04F0D99D5852055B7AB9A61E0
  Death	23 Apr 1956	Bridge RD   [1]
  Notes	1891 census: George (16) was boarding at 378 London Road, Croydon, Surrey. His occupation was gardener (domestic). 1901 census: living at home in Folkestone with widowed mother and some of his siblings. Started work as a horticultural gardener, worked at Folkestone Electricity works and later as an electrician. Pikes Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Blue Book 1905 - 06, 1906 - 07, 1907 - 08, 1908 - 09 include G L Minter, 13 Coast Guard Cottages, Folkestone. 1911 census: at 7 West Street, Tower Hamlets, Dover, Kent (4 rooms), George Lewis (head, 38, married, electrical wireman, worker, born Beckenham, Kent), Emma (wife, 46, married 6 years, 2 children both living, born Hythe, Kent), May (daughter, 5, born Folkestone, Kent) and George (son, 4, born Folkestone, Kent). Form signed George Lewis Minter 1921 census: at 4 Victoria Row, Dover, Kent (all MINTER), George (head, 50, married, born No 5 Tennyson Rd, Penge, Surrey, electrical wireman with Kelsall Bros, Dover, working from home), Emma (wife, 58, married, born Ashford, Kent, housekeeper, home duties) and George (son, 14y 6m, born 13, ----- Cottages, Folkestone, Kent, whole time school). 1939 Register: George L Minter born 1 Sep 1871 (sic), widower, was a patient in Kent County Mental Hospital, Chartham, Canterbury , Bridge-Blean R.D., Kent. Died in hospital, supposedly aged 84.
  Person ID	I712	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	3 Oct 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	Emma Elizabeth FORDRED,   b. Jun 1864, Hythe, Kent d. Dec 1935, Dover RD (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1905	Registry Office, Folkestone, Kent   [1]
  	Emma was a widow with two sons when she married George.
  Children	1. May Lilian Fordred Minter,   b. 17 May 1905, Folkestone, Kent d. Apr 1988, Shepway RD (Age 82 years)   2. George Lewis Minter,   b. 11 Nov 1906, Folkestone, Kent d. Aug 1991, Dover, Kent (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2025

  
  

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• Sources

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