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Robert Minter

Male 1881 - 1946  (64 years)


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  • Name Robert Minter 
    Birth 27 Oct 1881  Bermondsey, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _UID 268C96804DAA46A0A6DD400E6998FA4ABB39 
    Death Jun 1946  Greenwich RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Robert joined the Royal Engineers on 10 December 1915, aged 34 years 45 days, a general labourer of 32 East Street, Charlton, London. His next of kin was Agnes Sarah Minter of the same address and 5 children were listed. Unfortunately this page is very faint and it's only possible just to make out the first, Robert Charles, the 5th, Frank ---, and the 6th, Elsie ---. The names and dates of the other 2 children remain to be established. Robert's service number was 342283 and he was a Private, eventually transferred to the Z Reserve on 24 January 1919. The record doesn't show what Robert did during the war.
      Before joining up he worked for White, Palmer & Co, Warspite Wharf, Woolwich as a labourer.

      1911 census:at 12 Blackhorse Road, Deptford, London (5, altered to 2 in red, rooms), Agnes Sarah (head, 34, married 10 years, 5 children all living, born Ipswich, Suffolk), Robert Charles David (8, born Woolwich, London), Agnes Elizabeth Gertrude (6, born Deptford, London) Harry George (4, born Deptford, London) and Albert Edward Sidney (2, born Brixton, London). Form signed Agnes Sarah Minter. The whereabouts of Robert have not been established.
      The identity of a fifth child born before the census has not been established.

      1921 census: at 32, East Street, Charlton, Charlton & Kidbrooke, London (all MINTER), Robert (head, 40y 8m, married, born Bermondsey, London, labourer, pepper grinding at White Palmer & Co Ltd, Warspite Wharf, Woolwich), Agnes Sarah (wife, 47y 2m, married, born Ipswich, Suffolk), Robert Charles David (son, 18y 1m, born Woolwich, London, messenger at White Palmer & Co Ltd, Warspite Wharf, Woolwich), Agnes Elizabeth Gertrude (daughter, 15y 10m, born Rotherhithe, London, general servant, out of work) Harry George (14y 2m, born Deptford, London, part-time school), Albert Edward Sidney (son, 12 y 2m, born Brixton, London, whole-time school), Frank John (son, 9y 11m, born Woolwich, London, whole-time school) and Elsie May (daughter, 4y 2m, born Charlton, London).

      1939 Register: at 48 Charlton Dene, Greenwich, London
      Minter, Robert born 27 Oct 1881, widower, packer, foodstuffs
      Minter, Harry G born 3 Apr 1907, single, spicer miller foodstuffs
      Minter (later amended to BEAVEN then to DODDS), name unreadable, born ? Aug 1905, single, unpaid domestic duties
      Minter (later amended to MOORE), Elsa M born 30 Apr 1911, single, telephone apparatus assembler
      Minter, Winifred, born 20 May 1915, married, electrical communications signal system driver [son Frank's wife].
    Person ID I425  Whitstable, Kent
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2023 

    Father David Charles Minter,   b. 4 May 1844, St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1931, Deptford, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ann ANNISON,   b. Abt 1845, Enfield, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 21 May 1897, Greenwich, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1868  St Saviour Southwark, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • Married after banns. David Charles Minter, full age, bachelor, printer of Union Street, father, David Minter, lighterman. Elizanbeth Anne Annison, full age, spinster of Union Street, father Charles Annison, gardener. Both signed full names. Witnesses Fredk. Drewett and Catherine Emma Minter [David's sister].
    Family ID F119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agnes Sarah GARRARD,   b. Abt 1873, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 16 Jan 1937, Greenwich RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1902  St Michael & All Angels, Woolwich, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • Married after banns. Robert Minter, 21, bachelor printer of 1 Henry Street, father David Charles Minter, printer. Agnes Sarah Garrard, 25, spinster of 1 Henry Street, father George Edward Garrard, ---smith. Both signed. Wtinesses G Garrard and Alice Martha Garrard.
    Children 
     1. Robert Charles David Minter,   b. 1 Jun 1903, Woolwich RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1983, Bexleyheath, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Agnes Elizabeth Gertrude Minter,   b. 11 Aug 1905, St Olave Bermondsey RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1994, Greenwich RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     3. Harry George Minter,   b. 3 Apr 1907, Greenwich RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1990, Bristol RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     4. Albert Edward Sidney Minter,   b. Jun 1909, Lambeth RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 23 Feb 1923, Woolwich RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 13 years)
     5. Frank John Minter,   b. 11 Jul 1911, Woolwich RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1987, Gravesend RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. Charles George Minter,   b. Sep 1913, Woolwich RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1 Sep 1915, Woolwich RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
     7. Elsie May Minter,   b. 10 Apr 1917, Woolwich RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 2013, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    Family ID F162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2010 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S20] BMD list (Reliability: 3).
      Q4 1881 St Olave Bermondsey 1d/282.

    2. [S7] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q2 1946 Greenwich 1d/624.

    3. [S20] BMD list (Reliability: 3).
      Q1 1868 St Saviour Southwark 1d/26.

    4. [S60] London Metropolitan Archive at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later.

    5. [S7] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q4 1902 Woolwich 1d/2217.