Arthur Richard Minter

1873 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Arthur Richard Minter
  Birth	Jun 1873	Wood Green, London   [1]
  Christening	31 Aug 1873	St Michael, Wood Green, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	08AEF962020F4EFABF43B6F80578A1D70F5B
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Arthur appeared with his parents in censuses to 1891 but wasn't there in 1901. James Earley has discovered (December 2012) an Arthur Richard Minter who was a trooper, number 25529, in South Africa during the Boer war, in the Commander in Chief's Bodyguard between 13 December 1900 (joined the Bodyguard at Cape Town) and 12 June 1901 when he was discharged at Johannesburg. Arthur may have joined the Bodyguard from another regiment: "KCR 2862" is written beside his name in the Nominal Roll. The latter, together with a description of the Bodyguard, can be found at http://www.angloboerwar.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=307 It's not clear what became of Arthur after he was discharged from the Bodyguard. From Ancestry's UK, Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1911: It's probable that Arthur was the co-respondent cited in the 1899 divorce of Arthur James LOWE and his wife Florence Louisa, who married in Cape Town, South Africa on 25 December 1889. Arthur petitioned for divorce on the grounds of his wife's adultery with Arthur Richard Minter, who was said to be the father of a child born on 22 March 1898 at 188 Harold Road, Plaistow, West Ham, the address at which Arthur and Florence were living together. [The child was probably the one registered in Q2 1898 at West Ham RD as Ernest Richard Minter]. I can't find any trace of Arthur and Florence subsequent to the divorce case. They may have returned to South Africa. Their son Ernest was in England in 1917 when he enlisted in the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force, but no sign of him later on. July 2014: I think Ernest was probably he who married Katherine BUGLEHOLE in Q3 1918.
  Person ID	I184	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	John Minter,   b. 18 Jun 1841, St. Pancras, London d. 19 Sep 1930, Old Southgate, London (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Bessie SMEED,   b. Mar 1849, St. Pancras, London d. 14 Mar 1922, Hastings, Sussex (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1868	Kennington Parish Church, London   [1, 3]
  	Married by licence. John Minter, full age, bachelor, mercantile clerk of St Pancrs, father Edward Minter, mercantile clerk. Bessie Smeed, a minor, spinster of St Mark, Kennington, father Richard Smeed, builder. Both signed. Witnesses Ricard Smeed,Annie Elizabeth Smeed.
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Louisa MAPLE,   b. Abt 1867   d. Yes, date unknown
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Ernest Richard Minter,   b. 22 Mar 1898, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex d. 1930, South Africa (Age 31 years)   2. Kathleen Florence Minter,   b. 4 Oct 1902, Transvaal, South Africa d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2013

  
  

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  [S14] BMD index. [S58] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later. [S237] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 at ancestry.com.