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Mary Edith ABBOTT

Female 1883 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Mary Edith ABBOTT 
    Birth Mar 1883  Lambeth RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    _UID DBDC1370322341C6AF69C63E0129FE6D47C0 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • The extended index of births at the GRO shows Mary's mother's maiden name as WILSON.

      According to Cliff Minter, Mary Edith married (against her father's wishes) in 1904. He gives an extract from a 1904 newspaper (name and date not given **) found in Folkestone Library:
      Marriage of Mary Edith only daughter of William Vincer Minter of Glenhurst, Clapham Common North Side, SW, granddaughter of the late William Vincer Minter of Winslow, Bucks and great great granddaughter of the late John Hardy Minter of Callis Court Farm, St Peters.

      The above marriage hasn't been found in the UK marriage index*. However, the National Archives of South Africa have a record, no. 138/1906. which says 'ILLIQUID CASE. JUDICIAL SEPARATION. MARY EDITH PUNTIS (BORN VINCER-MINTER) VERSUS WALTER ERNEST.'
      A second document, ref 55/1906 has 'OPPOSED APPLICATION. ME PUNTIS (BORN VINCER-MINTER) VERSUS WE PUNTIS.'

      * The knight family tree at ancestry.com says that Mary married Walter Ernest PUNTIS on March 30, 1904, in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

      ** In February 2019 an email from Anthony Steven says he found the marriage announcement in the Bucks Herald of 9 April 1904:
      "Puntis - Vincer Minter on March 30th at St Cyprians Church, Durban, by the Rev. A J W Crosse, vicar,, Walter Ernest Puntis, Quantity Surveyor, H.M. Public Works Department, Transvaal, to Mary Edith only daughter of William Vincer Minter of "Glenhurst," Clapham Common, North side S.W., and granddaughter of the late William Vincer Minter of Winslow Bucks, and great-great granddaughter of the late John Hardy Minter of Callis Court Farm, St Peter's, Isle of Thanet. (By Cable)"
    Person ID I15  Thanet (2), Kent
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2019 

    Father William Vincer Minter,   b. Jun 1855, Winslow, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1935, Bloxwich, Walsall, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth ABBOTT,   b. Abt 1853   d. 2 Dec 1889, Poland Street, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Marriage 26 Apr 1884  Parish Church, Camberwell, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Married by banns. William Vincer-Minter, 29, widower, local government board official of Dagmar Road, father William Minter, local government board official. Elizabeth Abbott, 30, spinster of The Green, father John Abbott, builder. Both signed names in full. Witnesses --- Vincer-Minter and John Abbott.

      February 2019: Anthony Steven:
      "I have found the divorce I mentioned, it was in The Standard (London) dated 7th June 1890 and only says Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Court 1, Vincer-Minter v Abbott (No. 11) Defended Divorce Causes.
      There may be a reference in the London Gazette to the case." [JM: I can't find it].
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter Ernest PUNTIS,   b. Sep 1880, Portsea RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1944, Johannesburg, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Marriage 30 Mar 1904  St Cyprian's Church, Durban, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Married after banns. Walter Ernest Puntis, 23, bachelor, quantity surveyer of Durban and Mary Edith Vincer-Minter, 21, spinster of Durban. Witnesses C E Merrin(?), W Campbell Omans(?), A L Moore.
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2019 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q1 1883 Lambeth 1a/468.

    2. [S7] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later, Q2 1884 Camberwell 1d/1151. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S17] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955 at familysearch.org, July 2014.