George Robert Minter

1858 - 1890  (31 years)

• Name	George Robert Minter
  Birth	30 Jun 1858	Worth, Kent   [1]
  Christening	22 Aug 1858	Worth, Kent   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	158
  _UID	BEDCB63AB6F14CF2A1DA4C02AF0C81AA1E63
  Burial	24 Feb 1890	Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent   [3]
  Death	Mar 1890	Tunbridge RD   [1]
  Notes	1881 census: although he's recorded as George R WINTER, George (22) appears to have been living at 46 Calverley Road, Tonbridge, Kent, an assistant to grocer, John Carr. Witness at St Leonards Deal on 20 December 1887. 1891 census: Lydia now a widow (32) and her son Frederick L (1) were living at Twilham(?), Eythorn, Kent with Lydia's brother in law George W Pidduck (40, market gardener, born Staple, Kent), his wife Ann (38, born Worth) and their daughter Louisa and son Ernest W, both born at Goodnestone. 1901 census: at 102 St James Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Lydia (34(!), widow, dressmaker) and her son Henry (13, pastrycook's boy). Lydia's other son Frederick was a scholar at Reedham Asylum, a school for fatherless children in Coulsdon, Surrey. 1911 census: at 3 Kirkdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (4 rooms), Lydia (head, 48, widow, 2 children 1 living 1 died, dressmaker, working, born Winchester, Hants). Form signed Lydia Minter. A note supplied by Cliff Minter in November 2005, probably written by Lloyd Craig and probably copied from the family bible during Lloyd Craig's first visit to the UK in the 1960s, says that George Robert commited suicide. The same note provided George Robert's birth date. Findmypast.co.uk has a report published in the Sussex Agricultural Express on 22 February 1890. The report deals with the inquest held relative to George Robert Minter's suicide.
  Person ID	I158	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Minter,   b. 19 Oct 1817, Worth, Kent d. 2 Oct 1890, Eastry RD (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Maria SPRATT,   b. Mar 1819, Ash, Kent d. 26 Feb 1898, Ash, Kent (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1844	Ash, Kent   [1]
  	Henry a bachelor of Worth; Sarah a spinster of Ash.
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Amelia SIMMONDS,   b. Mar 1858, Winchester, Hampshire d. Mar 1939, Tunbridge Wells RD (Age ~ 81 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1885	St James Tunbridge Wells, Kent   [4]
  	Married by banns. George Robert Minter, 27, a bachelor grocer's assistant of 55 Beulah Road, father Henry Minter, occupation unreadable ; Lydia Amelia Simmonds, a spinster age 27 of Beading, IoW, father William Simmonds a sadler. Both signed. Witnesses Edwin Astley Harper(?), Kate Norton, Albert Edward Minter, all signed.
  Children	1. Henry George Minter,   b. Jun 1887, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. Sep 1906, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Age ~ 19 years)   2. Frederick Leslie Minter,   b. Bef 16 Mar 1890, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 1933, USA (Age ~ 42 years)
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Jun 1858 - Worth, Kent Christening - 22 Aug 1858 - Worth, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S11] Cliff Minter. [S289] www.deceasedonline.com, April 2012 and later. [S28] Marriage certificate (copy).