Frederick William Minter

1888 - 1962  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Frederick William Minter
  Birth	Sep 1888	Peasenhall, Suffolk   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0EDB7447343B42E8813F48A78E525397B67C
  Death	Mar 1962	Croydon RD   [2]
  Notes	1921 census: at 36, Baronsmere Road, East Finchley, Finchley, Middlesex (all MINTER), Frederick William (head, 32y 10m, married, born Westminster, London*, automobile engineer on own account at home), Gertrude Mary (wife, 21y 10m, married, born Ramsgate, Kent, home duties) and Dorothy Ellen (daughter, 5 months, born Finchley, Hornsey). * why Frederick should have said he was born in Westminster is a mystery. Another mystery surrounds his wife: I can find no birth registration in or around 1899 in Kent of a Gertrude Mary Braithwaite. But an Alice Getrude Braithwaite's birth was registered in Q3 1899 at Thanet RD (which covers Ramsgate) and the enhanced BMD index shows no mother's maiden name, suggesting that Alice Gertrude Braithwaite was illegitimate.. I suspect that she and Gertrude Mary Braithwaite were one and the same person. Without the necessary certificates, Frederick's story is uncertain. The Hendo and Finchley Times of 21 April 1922 (at findmypast.co.uk) reported that Frederick William Minter of Baronsmere Road, East Finchley, appeared at Highgate Court the previous Wednesday in answer to a summons charging him with having deserted his wife, Gertrude Mary Minter. This led to the Bench ordering Frederick to pay Gertrude 30s a week, with custody of their child being given to Frederick, provision being made for Gertrude to see the child. Papers in the National Archives indicate that Frederick petitioned for divorce in 1923, the respondent being Gertrude Mary Minter and the co-respondents, Rowell Bunard and Claud Winter. But these papers don't say whether the divorce was granted. However, Frederick seems to have married again, in Q3 1924, to Lily Green but she appears to have died quite young in 1936. Quite mystifyingly, when June A Minter was born in 1930, her mother's maiden name apears in the BMD index as Braithwaite: her birth cerificate would show whether this Braithwaite was in fact Gertrude Mary Braithwaite. If so were she and Frederick William Minter still in a relationship despite his marriage to Lily Green? I cannot find Gertrude's death or re-marriage or any trace of her in the 1939 Register. Neither can I find Frederick William Minter in the 1939 Register. I can't find Frederick in the 1939 Register either.
  Person ID	I493	North Suffolk, Suffolk
  Last Modified	28 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Clifton Minter,   b. Sep 1849, Huntingfield, Suffolk d. Dec 1918, West Ham RD (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Ellen Naomi KERRIDGE,   b. 10 Feb 1853, Bramfield, Suffolk d. Sep 1932, Colchester RD (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1872	Blything RD   [3]
  Family ID	F189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gertrude Mary BRAITHWAITE,   b. Abt 1899, Ramsgate, Kent d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Jun 1920	West Ham RD   [3]
  	Banns were read at Holy Trinity, Hampstead, London on March 14, 21 and 28 - Frederick William Minter bachelor of this parish and Gertrude Braithwaite spinster of Leyton. The marriage itself hasn't been found on London Metropolitan Archive at Ancestry.co.uk (Oct 2010). From the National Archives: 1923. Divorce Court File: 1648. Appellant: Frederick William Minter. Respondent: Gertrude Mary Minter. Co-respondent: Rowell Bunard and Claud Winter. Type: Husband's petition for divorce [hd].
  Marital status	Divorced
  Children	1. Dorothy E Minter,   b. 26 Jan 1921, Barnet RD d. Yes, date unknown   2. June A Minter
  Family ID	F196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Lily GREEN,   b. Abt 1887   d. Dec 1936, East Ham RD (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1924	West Ham RD   [4]
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Sep 1888 - Peasenhall, Suffolk  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BMD index, Q3 1888 Blything 4a/844. (Reliability: 3). [S2] BMD index, aged 74, Q1 1962 Croydon 5g/197. (Reliability: 3). [S2] BMD index. [S2] BMD index, Q3 1924 West Ham 4a/795. (Reliability: 4).