Nora Louise Minter

1884 - 1952  (68 years)

• Name	Nora Louise Minter
  Birth	24 Feb 1884	Havant, Hants   [1]
  Christening	4 May 1884	St James, Emsworth, Hants   [2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	8C5F7891D59C4B7CA8A402940BC43BF911CB
  Death	Dec 1952	Thanet RD   [3]
  Notes	Nora and her brother and sister appear to have had a traumatic childhood. In 1891 they were living with the Palmer family in Portsmouth. The census says 'father abroad and mother in lunatic asylum'. In 1901 William and Ada were staying with their aunt Georgina in Ramsgate; Nora was by then a servant in St Lawrence, Thanet. At the time the childrens' father William Henry married Julia Coster he was a seaman in the Royal Navy, which may explain why he was abroad in 1891. He probably died in 1895, aged 36. There is no trace in the 1891 or 1901 census of Julia but she may have died, aged 60, in 1910. Feb 2011. Nora has been found in a list of the inmates of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum at Devonport in July 1895, transcribed from a document in the National Archives collection. The list can be viewed at www.plymouthdata.info/Orphanages-Royal British-Inmates 1895.htm. The list says that Nora's father when she was admitted was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy. May 2023: Nora's marriage found - in BMD index (Q1 1910) and in findmypast's list of Sussex marriages. See her husbad's Notes for further details.
  Person ID	I1185	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	5 May 2023

  
  

  Father	William Henry Minter,   b. Dec 1857, Ramsgate, Kent d. Mar 1895, Medway RD (Age ~ 37 years)
  Mother	Julia Jane COSTER,   b. Dec 1859, Havant RD d. Jun 1910, Bridge RD (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1883	All Saints, Portsea, Hants   [1, 4]
  	Married after banns. William Henry Minter, 25, bachelor, seaman RN of HMS Ecellence, father William Henry Minter, teacher of music. Julia Jane Coster, 23, spinster of Copenhagen St, Landport, father William Coster, mariner. Witnesses William Coster, Ellen Auguste Wealn.
  Family ID	F165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert Ernest ALLEN,   b. 8 Aug 1888, Bognor, Sussex d. Mar 1943, Thanet RD (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1910	South Bersted, Sussex   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Feb 1884 - Havant, Hants  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S269] Hampshire, Portsmouth Baptisms at findmypast.co.uk. [S3] BMD index, aged 68, Q4 1952 Thanet 5b/843. (Reliability: 3). [S268] Hampshire, Portsmouth Marriages at findmypast.co.uk. [S3] BMD index, Q1 1910 Westhampnett 2b/635 (as Nora Louisea) (Reliability: 3). [S317] Sussex Marriages at findmypast.co.uk.