William John Minter

1868 - 1919  (50 years)

• Name	William John Minter
  Birth	5 May 1868	Wingham, Kent   [1]
  Christening	28 Jun 1868	Wingham, Kent   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5DF859522D1F467396AAFE8CF505D29934BE
  Death	26 Feb 1919	22 Western Road, Olney, Bucks   [3]
  Burial	1 Mar 1919	Olney, Bucks   [2, 4]
  Notes	1881 census: aged 14, a farm servant, living at Port Farm, Upstreet, Chislet, Kent with Thomas Hogben and family, a farmer of 205 acres. No trace in the 1891 census and no trace of marriage to Harriet Phoebe COBLEY. They probably didn't marry: Harriet Phoebe COBLEY married Alfred John BUSH in Q4 1897 and appeared with him, and son William James, in the 1911 census - see Alfred John BUSH's Notes. 1901 census: William (tunnel miner, age given as 30, birthplace as Plymouth) was boarding with the Arscott family (his future in-laws) at 34 Notte Street, St Andrews Plymouth. 1911 census: at 3 Bolland's Court, Whitefriars, Chester (5 rooms), William (head, 42, married, sewerage works foreman, sewereage contractors, worker, born 'some part of Kent'), Maud (wife, 31, married 10 years, 5 children, 4 living, 1 died, born Plymouth), Clara May (daughter, 8, born Plymouth), Richard Percy (son, 4, born Plymouth), William Frederick (son, 23/4 born Plymouth) and Stanley Clifford (son, 1½, born Plymouth). William Minter marked. Worked on the construction of the Elham Valley Railway line to Folkestone. An excavator at Margate in 1891. Worked on the Morden tube railway, worked at Plymouth between 1901 and 1909 as an open miner and as a ganger on sewer works and road mains before moving to Chester in 1911 on similar works and later to Olney, Bucks by 1913 where he was employed on laying the main sewer through the High Street. Suffered a stroke in 1913 and had to retire from working. 1921 census: at 22 Weston Road, Olney, Bucks (all MINTER), Maud (head, 41y 10m, widowed, born Plymouth, home duties), Richard P (son, 14y 3m born Plymouth, general farm labouree with Mr Houghkins, farmer at Clifton Raynes), William Frederick (son, 13 born Plymouth, whole time school), Stanley C (son, 11y 10m, born Plymouth, whole time school), Sidney J (son, 9y 9m, born Chester, whole time school), Dollie M (daughter, 7y 10m, born Olney, Bucks, whole time school) and Lilian M (daughter, 5y 10m, born Olney, Bucks, whole time school).
  Person ID	I1589	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	8 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Minter,   b. 14 May 1841, Wingham, Kent d. 14 Jan 1927, Bellars Bush, Woodnesborough, Kent (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Jane BUDDLE,   b. 10 Oct 1846, Brook Ash, Kent d. 22 May 1921, Prospect Road, Minster, Kent (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1866	Hoath, Blean, Kent   [5]
  	Married by banns as a full age bachelor labourer of St Nicholas at Wade and of the Ville of Sarre, father Thomas Minter, labourer on the 7 April, 1866 at Hoath; Jane a full age spinster servant of Hoath, father Thomas Henry Buddle, labourer.Henry marked, Jane signed. Witnesses - Martha Pool (sign), Richard Darby (mark). Married by GWD Evans. Living at Ware Ash in 1851, a scholar with her parents. Living at Each Farm, Woodnesborough in 1861 as one of four servants to William Harvey and family, a farmer of 140 acres.
  Family ID	F286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harriet Phoebe COBLEY,   b. Abt 1870, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. Dec 1923, Canterbury RD (Age ~ 53 years)
  Children	1. Annie Maud Minter,   b. 11 Feb 1891, 71 Milton Road, Margate d. 9 Dec 1953, Lewisham, London (Age 62 years)   2. William James Frederick BUSH (born Minter),   b. 25 Oct 1892, Greenwich RD d. Dec 1971, Canterbury RD (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Annie Maud ARSCOTT,   b. 1 Aug 1880, Thornton Cottages, St Andrew Plymouth, Devon d. 9 Mar 1953, 23 Dagnal Road, Olney, Bucks (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1901	Register Office, Plymouth, Devon   [5]
  	Married by licence. William John Minter, 32, bachelor, miner of 34 Notte Street, Plymouth, father Henry Minter, farm labourer. Maud Arscott, 21, spinster of 34 Notte Street, Plymouth, father Richard Arscott, licensed victualler. Both signed. Witnesses names not readable on my copy but not Minter.
  Children	1. Freda Maud Minter,   b. Mar 1902, Plymouth, Devon d. Mar 1902, Plymouth, Devon (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Clara May Minter,   b. 18 Jul 1903, Plymouth, Devon d. 11 Oct 1978, 157 Melrose Ave, Plymouth, Devon (Age 75 years)   3. Richard Percy Minter,   b. 22 Mar 1907, Plymouth, Devon d. Apr 1990, Wavendon, Bucks (Age 83 years)   4. William Frederick Minter,   b. 22 Jun 1908, Plymouth, Devon d. 7 Apr 1978, 45 Midland Road, Olney, Bucks (Age 69 years)   5. Stanley Clifford Minter,   b. 17 Aug 1909, Plymouth, Devon d. Aug 1997, Wellingborough, Northants (Age 87 years)   6. Sidney John Minter,   b. 25 Oct 1911, Chester, Cheshire d. Apr 1996, Wellingborough RD (Age 84 years)   7. Dorothy "Dollie" Maud Minter,   b. Bef 28 Sep 1913, Olney, Bucks d. Mar 1932, Northampton RD (Age ~ 18 years)   8. Lillian Mary Minter,   b. 24 Sep 1914, Olney, Bucks d. Mar 1999, Milton Keynes RD (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 May 1868 - Wingham, Kent Christening - 28 Jun 1868 - Wingham, Kent Burial - 1 Mar 1919 - Olney, Bucks  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Birth certificate (copy). [S5] Cliff Minter. [S3] BMD index. [S263] Buckinghamshire burial index Transcription at findmypast.co.uk. [S29] Marriage certificate (copy).