John Vincer Minter

1862 - 1930  (67 years)

• Name	John Vincer Minter
  Birth	14 Dec 1862	Winslow, Buckinghamshire   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	507FFA96A544400A8A6968AC4D0AE16334AF
  Death	20 Mar 1930	St Lukes Hostel, Fitzroy Square, St Marylebone, London   [1]
  Notes	Ordained as a priest. 1891 census: at the Exning Workhouse, Cambridgeshire, John Vincer (30, Master of Workhouse) and Alice (28, workhouse matron). 1901 census: at the Exning Workhouse, Suffolk, John Vincer (38, Clerk in Holy Orders and Master of Workhouse), Alice Vincer (37), Olive Muriel Vincer (9) and Norman Preston Vincer (4). A website (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~catchpole/newspaper_reports.htm) refers to a report in the Newmarket Journal of 26/4/1902 of the marriage at Newmarket of Mr Sidney J. Ennion and Miss Catchpole.The list of wedding presents includes 'Rev. and Mrs Vincer-Minter, wicker and morocco leather fitted work basket'. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/68710307 has a story about a visit by the then King to Newmarket Workhouse. The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 18, 1909; pg. 4; Issue 39093.: "The King has sent the Rev. J V Minter a donation of 25 guineas towards the expenses of St Ethelreda, the Newmarket Union Workhouse Church, choir excursion." Appears in a 1908 list of Union Officers at Exning Workhouse as Rev. John Vincer Minter, Workhouse Master (http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/cambs/newmarket_workhouse.htm). The New Zealand newspaper 'Dominion' of 11 March 1910 carried the following item under 'Home News': A Newmarket telegram states that the Rev. John Vincer Minter, the only workhouse master known who is also a clerk in holy orders, has just notified his intention of resigning that office, which he has held for twenty-one years, to take up the chaplaincy of the Barnet Union workhouse. During his period of service at Newmarket he had shown the King and the late Duke of Cambridge round the institution. Source: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19100311.2.26&srpos=3039&e=-------50--3011----0minter-- 1911 census (1): at 9 Bedford Avenue, High Barnet, Middlesex (6? rooms), John Vincer-Minter (head, 48, widower, clerk in holy orders, chaplain, Barnet Union, born Winslow, Bucks), Olive M Vincer-Minter (daughter, 19, single, house keeper to father, born Newmarket, Cambs) and a servant. Form signed John Vincer Minter. 1911 census (2): at a Grammar School in Eastgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Norman Preston Vincer Minter (14, born Newmarket, Cambs). Chaplain of Barnet Workhouse in 1915. Appears in Kelly's Directory of Wood Green, Muswell Hill..., 1912-13 under the listing for the Workhouse in West End Lane, Barnet as Chaplain to the Union, Rev. John Vincer-Minter, St Ethelreds, 9 Bedford Avenue, Barnet. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941, at Ancestry.co.uk, November 2010 VINCER-MINTER John of Partney Rectory Spilsby Lincolnshire died 20 March 1930 at St Lukes Hostel Fitzroy-square Marylebone Middlesex Probate London 2 May 1930 to Alice Mary Vincer-Minter widow. Effects £3009 4s 1d.
  Person ID	I25	Thanet (2), Kent
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	William Vincer Minter,   b. Between 1819 and 1820, Margate, Kent d. 22 Dec 1895, Winslow, Buckinghamshire (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann SEMPER,   b. 11 Dec 1823   d. 1 May 1868, Winslow, Buckinghamshire (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1845	Saints Philip and Jacob, Clifton, Bristol   [1]
  	Married by banns. William a traveller, Mary Ann, daughter of Edward Semper a trunkmaker of Bath.
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Charlotte Eliza PRESTON,   b. Dec 1863, Pentonville Road, London d. 9 Sep 1904, Exning, Suffolk (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1888	St Mark, Clerkenwell, London   [1, 3]
  	Married after banns. John Vincer Minter, 25, bachelor master of Bromley, Kent Workhouse, of the parish of Farnborough, father William Vincer Minter, master of workhouses. Alice Charlotte Eliza Preston, 24, spinster of 149 to 153 Pentonville Road, father William Preston, ironmonger. Both signed full names. Witnessea William Preston, Jane Louise Preston.
  Children	1. Marjory Alice Vincer Minter,   b. Jun 1889, Newmarket RD d. Mar 1890, Newmarket RD (Age 0 years)   2. Olive Muriel Vincer Minter,   b. 13 Jul 1891, Exning, Suffolk d. 21 Feb 1971, London N12 (Age 79 years)   3. Alan John Preston Vincer Minter,   b. Bef 24 Feb 1895, Newmarket RD d. Bef 2 Mar 1895, Newmarket RD (Age 0 years)   4. Norman Preston Vincer Minter,   b. 16 Feb 1897, Exning, Suffolk d. 11 Mar 1964, 28 Kingston Lane, Teddington, Middlesex (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Mary FALCONER,   b. Abt 1886   d. 4 Nov 1961, Hitcham Place Nursing Home, Burnham, Bucks (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1915	St Mark Barnet Vale   [1]
  	John married as a Clerk in Holy Orders.
  Children	1. John S Minter,   b. Jun 1920, Barnet RD d. Mar 1941, Barnet RD (Age 20 years)   2. Jean Minter,   b. Dec 1922, Barnet RD d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2011

  
  

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  [S3] BMD index. [S10] Katherine Chaveli, June 2011 and later. [S7] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later.