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William Minter

Male 1840 - 1941  (100 years)


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  • Name William Minter 
    Birth 24 Dec 1840  Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 27 Dec 1840  Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    _UID 6491C55D288E4F8082580FFCF06F9F3EBD15 
    Death Jun 1941  Leicester Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1861 census: living at home with his parents.

      When sons William & Henry and daughter Jane were baptised in 1866 William was noted as being a policeman.

      1871 census: in Mill Lane, Boyton, William (30, carpenter), Catherine (30), Jane (7, scholar), William (6, scholar), Henry (5, scholar), Frederick (3) and Elizabeth (1).

      Catherine gave birth to a still-born child in July 1877. The sex of the child isn't known.

      1881 census: at 1 Smith Cottages, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, William (40, carpenter), Catherine (40), Jane (17, domestic servant), William (16, errand boy), Henry (15, carpenter), Frederick (13, errand boy), Elizabeth (11, scholar), Albert (8, scholar) and Mary Ann (6, scholar).

      1891 census: William, 50, carpenter, a boarder at 'The John Bull', Kirby Street, Ipswich. Catherine was visiting her widowed sister Judith CHAPMAN in Thorndon All Saints, Suffolk. Their youngest child Mary Ann, 16, was a pauper in Woodbridge Union House.

      1901 census: living in Howard Street, Ipswich with Catherine. Still working as a carpenter.

      1911 census (supplied by Susan Claydon): at 16, Howard Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, 4 rooms, form signed by Frank Burley: Frank BURLEY (39, gardener, born Brentwood, Essex), Rose BURLEY (36, married 15 years, no children, laundress, born Ipswich, Suffolk) and Willm. Minter (boarder, 70, widower, dealer on own account, born Boyton, Suffolk).

      1939 Register: at Heath Fields Institution, Woodbridge Road East, Ipswich C.B., Suffolk (inmate)
      Minter, William born 24 Oct 1840, widower, dealer (street hawker).

      The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 28, 1940; pg. 6; Issue 48758 carried the following under 'News in brief':
      William Minter, who is in a Leicester institution, was 100 years old on Thursday. Among his visitors was the Bishop of Leicester.
    Person ID I49  Boyton, Suffolk
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2020 

    Father William Minter,   b. 13 Apr 1805, Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1895, Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth SNOWLING,   b. 20 Sep 1801, Butley, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1878, Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1824  Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine HAROLD,   b. Dec 1840, Thrandeston, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1909, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage Dec 1863  Hartismere RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Jane Minter,   b. 16 Nov 1863, Palgrave, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1952, Lower Agbrigg RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. William James Minter,   b. Dec 1864, Stradbroke, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1939, Tattingstone Hall, Tattingstone, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years)
     3. Henry Glisby Minter,   b. 20 Dec 1865, Stradbroke, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1945, Langer Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Frederick Minter,   b. 19 Dec 1867, Stradbroke, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1947, Heathfields Institution, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     5. Elizabeth Minter,   b. Jun 1870, Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1919, Edmonton, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)
     6. Albert Minter,   b. 27 Aug 1872, Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Feb 1925, Possibly at sea Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     7. Mary Ann Minter,   b. 22 Nov 1874, Boyton, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1937, Hartismere RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     8. Kate Minter,   b. 3 Mar 1881, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1881, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     9. Nathan Minter,   b. Abt Oct 1882, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1882, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    Family ID F22  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Dec 1840 - Boyton, Suffolk Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 27 Dec 1840 - Boyton, Suffolk Link to Google Earth
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    William Minter
    William Minter
    born Boyton, Suffolk 24 Dec 1840, aged 100.

    Documents
    William Minter 1840 - 1941
    William Minter 1840 - 1941
    Note certifying that William's wife Catherine gave birth to a still-born child in 1877.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q4 1840 Woodbridge 12/431.

    2. [S30] UK Parish Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2011.

    3. [S3] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Aged 100, Q2 1941 Leicester 7a/511

    4. [S3] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q4 1863 Hartismere 4a/1083.