Charles Minter

1866 - 1936  (69 years)

• Name	Charles Minter
  Birth	23 Jul 1866	Sittingbourne, Kent   [1]
  Christening	17 Apr 1870	Sutton by Dover, Kent
  Gender	Male
  _UID	49C8B6BFEB774BDF91AA7D10A8F067D2AB51
  Death	Mar 1936	Thanet RD   [1]
  Notes	1881 census: aged 14, a farm servant, in the household of John Jordan, waggoner, Farthing Gate, Eastry, Kent. 1891 census: with parents (qv). 1901 census: in Upstreet, Chislet, Kent, Charles (35, road ganger), Frances (28), Charles J (3) and Edith M (6 months). 1905: at Union Hill, Minster, Thanet, Kent. Entries in Kelly's Directory of the Isle of Thanet: 1905 - 06, 1906 - 07, 1907 - 08, 1908 - 09, 1909 - 10, 1911 - 12, 1913 - 14, 1920, 1923, 1934: Charles Minter, ( no. 6 from 1934) Fairfield Road, Minster, Kent. 1911 census: in Fairfield Road, Minster, Kent (5 rooms), Charles (head, 45, married, road foreman with Kent CC, born Milton, Kent), Frances (wife, 37, married 14 years, 2 children both living, born Eastry, Kent), Charles John (son, 13, nursery gardens, worker, born Ringwould, Kent) and Edith Maud (daughter, 10, school, born Chislet, Kent). Form signed Charles Minter. 1921 census: in Fairfield Road, Minster, Kent (all MINTER), Charles (head, 55y 11m, married, born Milton, Kent, road foreman with Kent CC, Thanet District, born Milton, Kent), Frances (wife, 48y 11m, married, born Eastry, Kent, home duties), Edith (daughter, 20y 9m, born Chislet, Kent, laundress, with Firedene(?) Hygiene Laundry Co, at Minster Laundry) and Hilda (daughter, 9y 1m, born Minster, Thanet, whole time school). Also a visitor, Lina COPUS (38y 10m, married, born Eastry, Kent, home duties).
  Person ID	I2024	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	George Minter,   b. 14 Oct 1834, Nonington, Kent d. 1 Aug 1913, Union Infirmary, Eastry, Kent (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Emily DITCHER,   b. 15 Jan 1839, Parish of Lynsted, Kent d. 27 Nov 1895, Mill Bank, Eastry, Kent (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1861	Milton Register Office, Kent   [2]
  	George Minter, 26, bachelor labourer of Sittingbourne, father John Minter, labourer; Emily Ditcher, 22 a spinster of Sittingbourne the daughter of Thomas Ditcher a labourer and of Elizabeth nee Moss his wife. Both marked. Witnesses Thomas Ditcher (mark) and Maria Howton(?), signed.
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances JORDAN,   b. 13 Jul 1872, Eastry, Kent d. Dec 1953, York RD (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1896	Eastry, Kent   [1]
  Children	1. Charles John Minter,   b. 23 Jul 1897, Ringwould, Kent d. 14 Jun 1991, The Mount Nursing Home, Tadcaster, Yorkshire (Age 93 years)   2. Edith Maud Minter,   b. Dec 1900, Chislet, Kent d. Dec 1953, York RD (Age ~ 53 years)   3. Hilda May Minter,   b. 20 May 1912, Thanet RD d. Apr 1996, Canterbury RD (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Jul 1866 - Sittingbourne, Kent Marriage - Dec 1896 - Eastry, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S29] Marriage certificate (copy).