John Robinson Minter

1855 - 1877  (~ 21 years)

• Name	John Robinson Minter
  Birth	Sep 1855	Hackney, Essex   [1]
  Christening	28 Sep 1855	Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswyth, Kent
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	368
  _UID	6C400D081F0944A88A7395C6BDEDEE7035DD
  Death	11 Sep 1877	At sea
  Notes	1871 census: aged 15, John was a grocer and cheesemonger's assistant at 'Broadway House', 10 Broadway, West Ham. No trace after that. It's possible that no trace of John Robinson Minter has been found after 1871 because he was the 'John R Minter' who was on the 'Avalanche' which sank on 11 September 1877 off Portland, Dorset after colliding with the 'Forest'. The Avalanche had not long left London en route for Wellington, New Zealand. Also among the 63 passengers was a 'John Minter' whose identity is unknown. Both Minters drowned along with more than 100 other people. A very detailed account of the disaster appeared in the NZ Bay of Plenty Times on 10 November 1877 and can be read at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=BOPT18771110.2.13&srpos=531&e=-------100--451----0minter-all It remains to be seen whether the above can be proved. It's worth noting that in some accounts of the disaster the name John R Winter (rather than Minter) appears. The above is now proved: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Nov 2010) has: 8 February 1878 Personal Estate under £450. Administration of the Personal Estate of John Robinson Minter late of 194 Ol-Kent-road in the County of Surrey Shopman a Bachelor who died 11 September 1877 at Sea was granted at the Principal Registry to David Minter of 28 Colls-road Peckham in the said County Gentleman the Father and Next of Kin.
  Person ID	I368	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	David Minter,   b. 16 Jul 1822, Vlissingen (Flushing), Holland d. 27 Jul 1878, Forest Gate, Essex (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Margaret Golder ROBINSON,   b. Abt 1825   d. 5 Oct 1856, Folkestone, Kent (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1851	St James, Bermondsey, London   [2, 3]
  	Married by license. David Minter, full age, bachelor, clerk in HM Customs of Blueanchor(?) Road, father John Minter, gentleman. Margaret Golder Robinson, full age, spinster of Folkestone, Kent, father John Robinson, gentleman. Both signed full names. Witnesses Bartholomew Minter, Margaret Bateman.
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Sep 1855 - Hackney, Essex Christening - 28 Sep 1855 - Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswyth, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] BMD index. [S36] BMD index, Q2 1851 Bermondsey 4/15. (Reliability: 3). [S88] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later.