Reginald Morphew Minter

1902 - 1949  (47 years)

• Name	Reginald Morphew Minter
  Birth	16 Mar 1902	Kempsey NSW RD, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	502
  _UID	4291812A8AFC4877A143FBEF549BFBFD7898
  Death	19 May 1949	Islington, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Burial	21 May 1949	Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia   [2]
  Notes	Per son James (Jim), NSW BDM records show birth as Redgurt M Minter (ref 13084/1902), marriage as Reginald M (ref 11085/1926) and death as Reginald Mathew (ref (9561/1949). Jim has copies of his father's marriage certificate of 31 July 1926 and death certificate, 13 August 1949. Australian Electoral Roll, 1932 for Lambton, Newcastle, NSW includes at 123 Regent Street, New Lambton: Reginald Matthew (sic) Minter, labourer Ethel Minter, home duties Australian Electoral Roll, 1934 for New Lambton South, Hunter, NSW includes at Orchardtown Road: Reginald Matthew (sic) Minter, labourer Ethel Minter, home duties Australian Electoral Roll, 1935 and 1936 for New Lambton South, Hunter, NSW include at Orchardtown Road: Reginald Matthew (sic) Minter, labourer Ethel Minter, home duties Australian Electoral Rolls, 1937 & 1943 for New Lambton South, Hunter, NSW include at 7 High Street, New Lambton: Reginald Matthew (sic) Minter, lorry driver Ethel Minter, home duties Australian Electoral Roll, 1949 for Adamstown, Shortland, NSW includes at Narara Road: Reginald Mathew (sic) Minter, lorry driver Stanley Norman Minter, sheet metal worker. There is also a 1949 Electoral Roll entry in Lambton, Shortland, NSW for Stanley Norman Minter at 4 Australia Road, Broadmeadow, labourer. Australian Electoral Rolls, 1954, 1958 for Lismore, Richmond, NSW includes at Walker Street: Ethel Minter, home duties. Australian Electoral Roll, 1963 for Gundurimba, Richmond, NSW includes at 9 Spring Street: Ethel Minter, home duties. From Janet Minter, September 2008: Reg Minter died 19 May 1949 in Islington N.S.W. hitting a telegraph pole after suffering a heart attack. At the time he was driving the big trucks for the BHP. He was buried 21 May 1949 at Sangate Cemetery, N.S.W. At the time he and the children were living in disused horse stables at Adamstown. The Argus of Melbourne ran a story on this on 23 May 1949: BENEFACTORS AID FAMILY IN DISTRESS SYDNEY, Sun: Two Newcastle men today offered to care for four boys of a family of eight children who were virtually orphaned by their father's death last Thursday. Several other people today gave food and money to assist the family. Reginald S. Minter, of Narara rd, Adamstown, was found dead behind the wheel of a truck which crashed head-on into a telephone post at Newcastle on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Minter separated several years ago. For the past 18 months Minter and his children had lived in a leaky two-roomed humpy at Adamstown. The eldest daughter, Mrs Nix, who had looked after them, is in hospital, where her baby daughter was bom last Friday night. Citation: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22730336
  Person ID	I502	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph George Minter,   b. 26 Mar 1874, Near Casino, NSW, Australia d. 29 Jul 1952, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Emily Maud HATHERLEY,   b. 8 Dec 1877, Sydney, NSW, Australia d. 6 Jul 1947, New Lambton, NSW, Australia (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1895	Waterloo, New South Wales RD   [3]
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel HEWLETT,   b. 20 Jan 1905, Westhoughton, Lancashire d. 8 Jul 1992, Lismore, NSW, Australia (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1926	District Registrar's Office, Hamilton, NSW, Australia   [4]
  	Marriage certificate details: Reginald Mathew Minter, labourer, bachelor, 24, residing Hamilton, NSW, born Kempsey, NSW, father Joseph George Minter, upholsterer, mother Emily Maude Cowle. Ethel Hewlett, machinist, spinster, 21, residing Hamilton, NSW, born Daisy Hill, England, father James Hewlett, gate keeper, mother Margaret Caldwell. Witnesses Jos. H Brattan and G L Moyle.
  Children	1. Stanley Norman Minter,   b. 9 Sep 1927, New Lambton, NSW, Australia d. 18 Apr 1985, Helen Street, Mount Hutton, NSW (Age 57 years)   2. Beryl Norma Minter   3. Jack Hewlett Minter   4. Margaret Minter   5. James Minter   6. Allan George Minter,   b. 23 Apr 1938, Newcastle, NSW, Australia d. 3 Nov 2019, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 81 years)   7. Pamela Dawn Minter   8. Brian Albert Minter,   b. 1940, Newcastle, NSW, Australia d. Bef 4 May 1965, West Wallsend, NSW, Australia (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 19 May 1949 - Islington, NSW, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Gail Gniewosz, April 2007. [S502] http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au. [S6] Merrilyn Minter. [S95] New South Wales Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, June 2008.