Florence Kate Minter

1883 - 1954  (71 years)

• Name	Florence Kate Minter
  Birth	18 Jan 1883	Camberwell, London   [1]
  Christening	27 Jul 1892	St George, Camberwell, London   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	819
  _UID	27C21063191A41A9BCFF1DF1B43BDCA6B395
  Death	Sep 1954	Thanet RD   [4]
  Notes	Cliff Minter: Florence went to China in 1904 and was there abandoned by her husband. Had a stroke and died in a home in Ramsgate about 1965 [actually in Q3 1954]. Cliff Minter's charting of the family doesn't mention the husband's name* and includes four children, with notes as follows: Gerald. St Barnardos. No trace. Lynton. Born 1905? St Barnardos. Went to Canada 1930. Building inspector in Ottawa in 1976. Reunited with brother Noel in 1975. Robin. Adopted? Noel. Adopted. Traced and reunited with brother Lynton in 1975. Living in South Wales, a miner. * www.bmdregisters.co.uk shows that Florence married Arthur John KENT in China in 1904. Details are available at a cost but haven't been inspected. The birth of an Arthur Lynton KENT was registered in Q4 1908 at Camberwell (1d/755). Not found in 1939 Register.
  Person ID	I819	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert William Minter,   b. 9 Jun 1841, 10 Sarah's Place, Old Street, Hoxton, London d. 12 Jun 1920, 43 Champion Grove, Camberwell, London (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Susannah Greaves LYNTON,   b. Abt 1839, Clerkenwell, London d. 2 Aug 1932, Camberwell, London (Age ~ 93 years)
  Marriage	18 Jul 1863	St John the Baptist, Shoreditch, London   [5]
  Family ID	F284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arthur John KENT,   b. Abt 1876   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	11 Nov 1904	Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Shanghai, China   [6]
  	Florence's marriage appears in the England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8) at familysearch.org but the only detail recorded there is her father's name, Robert William Minter. The full version appears at ancestry.com, UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969: C of E mearriage. Arthur John Kent, 28 bachelor, tea merchant of Shanghai, father William Trelor-- Kent (deceased) and Florence Kate Minter, 21, spinster of Shanghai, father Robert William Minter, printer. Both signed. Witnesses G Moncrieff Jameson, J ------.
  Children	1. Gerald KENT   2. Arthur Lynton KENT,   b. 1905   d. Toronto, Canada   3. Robin KENT   4. Noel KENT
  Family ID	F412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Jan 1883 - Camberwell, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] BMD list. [S11] Cliff Minter. [S159] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later. [S3] BMD index, aged 71, Q3 1954 Thanet 5b/604. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index. [S396] UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969 at ancestry.com.