Frederick Henry Minter

1875 - 1906  (31 years)

• Name	Frederick Henry Minter
  Birth	21 Feb 1875	Kurrachee, India   [1]
  Christening	25 Mar 1875	Hydrabad, Maharashtra, India   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	86CC01550DAB44598D305D226527206A4FB4
  Death	18 Nov 1906	Greenwich Union Infirmary, Greenwich, London
  Burial	21 Nov 1906	Brockley Cemetery (Lewisham)   [3]
  Notes	1901 census: in barracks at Cowley, Oxford aged 26, a corporal in the Infantry. A report in The Essex Newsman of 9 August 1902 (found by James Earley) reads as follows: A LOVER'S DESPAIR TAYLOR CHARGED AT ROCFORD At Rochford, on Thursday, Frederick William (sic) Minter, a tailor, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking poison. Nurse Johanna Borrowdale, of Swaine's Farm Hospital, who was threatened some weeks ago by the young man, said she had been walking out with him, and he wrote her a letter stating that he would have made her a good husband, but he was going out of this world so as not to be of more trouble. The letter was read as follows:- "My dearest Joe, - Although we have had a little bit of squabbly, I want to say good-bye with a good, kind heart. I have always thought that if I had you for a while I would have been a better man. I know it was my fault that the row started, but still I hope that you will always think a little of me. My head is bad and I don't know what to do. I don't want to commit myself any more, so think it best to leave this world. Forgive me, won't you my old sweetheart, and good-bye and God bless you. From yours, Fred." Mary (sic) Minter, mother of the accused, said that on Sunday, July 27th, she saw him, when he was allright. He went out soon afterwards. He came back at night, having been away all day. When witness let him in he had had drink. He asked for another shirt, and witness saw him upstairs to bed. He had not been many minutes in the room when he called her and told her he had taken poison. His father went for the doctor and the police. Accused had not long left the army, where he was a tailor. He could join the army again if he liked. When he came home he had plenty of money, which he had been spending. He had been depot tailor at Oxford. Remanded until Wednesday, at Southend, for further arrangements to be made for him to rejoin the army. Died aged 32, single, tailor of 125 Woodpecker Road, St Pauls, Greenwich, of pneumonia syncope. The register says he was buried 'by friends' but doesn't say where..
  Person ID	I45	Rochford, Essex
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	James Minter,   b. Sep 1842, Kensington, London d. 8 Jun 1921, Bosham, Sussex (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Maria Holmes WILLIAMS,   b. Abt 1850, Cork, Ireland d. 27 Aug 1924, Southampton (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1867	St Michael the Archangel, Aldershot, Surrey   [4, 5]
  	Married after banns. James Minter, full age, bachelor sergeant 56th Regiment of Aldershot, father George Minter, carpenter. Maria Williams, full age, spinster of Aldershot, father James Williams, chief of Coast Guards (deceased).
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Regimental Birth Index at 1837online. [S10] IGI/Asia, January 2009. [S17] www.deceasedonline.com, January 2011 and later. [S2] BMD index. [S3] London Metropolitan Archive at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later.