William Cossey Minter

1844 - 1899  (55 years)

• Name	William Cossey Minter
  Birth	24 Apr 1844	Salhouse, Norfolk   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	773E4FE5B04C490690BAFFC63A4E39E6EA31
  Death	Jun 1899	Hull RD   [3]
  Notes	In 1861 he was a private in the army, age given as 19, based at Colchester, Essex. In 1871 the entry for William WINTER, aged 24, a private in the Dragoon Guards based in Leeds might refer. In 1881, at 4 Park View, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, living with Jesse Fletcher, his wife and son, was a William FLETCHER, 35, lodger, labourer, born Norwich. It's thought this is probably an enumerator's error and relates to William Minter, since a few doors away, at 7 Park View lived William's future wife Mary PEACOCK (23, widow, laundress) and her daughter Edith (4). 1891 census: at 9 Queen Square, Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, William (48, railway porter, born Norwich), Mary (33), Edith (14) [Mary's daughter from her first marriage], William S C (9, scholar), Frederick T (7, scholar), Henry S (4) and Irene E (1). 1901 census: by the time the 1901 census was taken, William had remarried following the death of his first wife, and had himself died. His widow Marian (50, place of birth 'NK') together with Stanley (19), Fred (17) and Harry (14), all labourers in a colour works, were living at 46 Norwood Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. Edith's whereabouts are not known; Irene Ellatha, said to be an orphan, aged 12 was at a school in Holy Trinity, Myton, Yorkshire. The identity of William's second wife is a bit of a mystery. Her name is given in 1901 as Marian yet FreeBMD, for Q4 1893 Sculcoates 9d/387, gives Alice ALDERSON or Catherine SHEA. February 2025: I think the above "mystery" is solved - I found a 1911 census page which includes the following at 53 Greek Street, Hull. It is all very badly written: Maryline Alice Minter, head, 58, widow, married 18 years [crossed out], industry to which connected 'lodgers', born London. Also 3 lodgers, all young single men. There's also an entry, which has been crossed out, for Lelyern(?) Scott, daughter, 40, married. The form was signed, in a different hand, by Marion Alice Minter.
  Person ID	I384	Fritton, Norfolk
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Cossey Minter,   b. Abt 1812   d. 20 Dec 1848, Union House, St Faiths, Norfolk (Age ~ 36 years)
  Mother	Alethea CURTIS,   b. Abt 1813   d. 3 Sep 1847, Salhouse, Norfolk (Age ~ 34 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1834	Rackheath, Norfolk   [4]
  	The IGI record gives the names as Elitha Curtis and Robert CONEY - probably a mis-transcription of Cossey. February 2016: Linda Ferguson, Alithea Curtis's gt gt gt granddaughter, has a copy of the Rackheath, Norfolk parish register in which the marriage is recorded. The details are: Robert Cossey of this parish single man and Elitha Curtis of this parish single woman were married in this church by banns with consent of [blank] this twenty third day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. Both parties marked, as did the witnesses Edward Stone (who witnessed other marriages around this time) and William Waters.
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary PEACOCK,   b. Abt 1858, Stockton on Tees, Durham d. Dec 1891, Sculcoates, Yorkshire (Age ~ 33 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1881	Stepney Chapel, Sculcoates, Yorkshire   [5]
  	William Cossey Minter, 34, bachelor, cocoa house assistant, 4 Sculcoates Lane, Sculcoates, father Robert Minter deceased, farm labourer. Mary Peacock, 24, widow, 7 Sculcoates Lane, Sculcoates, father John Roger Clark, tailor. Both signed. Witnesses Joseph Fletcher (mark) and Kate Wass (signed). Married according to the rites and cermonies of the Methodist New Connexion by certificate.
  Children	1. Edith Minter,   b. Abt 1877, Hull, Yorkshire d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Stanley C Minter,   b. Dec 1881, Hull, Yorkshire d. Dec 1906, Sculcoates, Yorkshire (Age ~ 25 years)   3. Frederick Theodore Minter,   b. 4 Mar 1884, Sculcoates, Yorkshire d. Sep 1962, Hull, Yorkshire (Age 78 years)   4. Harry Sidney Minter,   b. 29 Sep 1886, Hull, Yorkshire d. Mar 1949, Hull RD (Age 62 years)   5. Irene Elatha Minter,   b. 27 Jul 1889, Hull, Yorkshire d. Dec 1978, Ealing RD (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Marian Alice ALDERSON,   b. Abt 1851   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Dec 1893	Sculcoates, Yorkshire   [6]
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Apr 1844 - Salhouse, Norfolk  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Birth certificate (copy). [S21] BMD index, GRO Reference: 1844 J Quarter in ST FAITHS Volume 13 Page 118 . (Reliability: 4). [S21] BMD index. [S99] Parish register of Rackheath, Norfolk (via Linda Ferguson, Feb 2016). [S9] Marriage certificate (copy). [S21] BMD index, Q4 1893 Sculcoates 9d/387. (Reliability: 3).