Walter Minter

1831 - 1920  (89 years)

• Name	Walter Minter
  Birth	24 Jun 1831	Turnham Green, London   [1]
  Christening	17 Jul 1831	Acton, London   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	73BBC77317E84BF8A4BCC84CC5856C8E6209
  Death	Sep 1920	Fulham RD   [2]
  Notes	1861 census: at 15 Johns Place, Chiswick, Walter (38, labourer), Louisa (30) and Louisa (2 months). 1871 census: at 12 Chapel Houses, Chiswick, Walter (40!, labourer), Louisa (37!), Louisa (10, scholar), Caroline (5, scholar) and Walter (8 months). Walter and Louise are believed to have had another daughter, Harriet (whose birth doesn't appear to have been registered). In 1871, aged 7, as 'Hariot' a scholar, she was living in Bedfont, Middlesex as niece with Richard BROWN (50, labourer) and his wife Caroline BROWN (48), both born in Chiswick. 1881 census: at 4 Alfred Cottages, Chiswick, Walter (50, gardener), Louisa (49), Karline [Caroline] (14, scholar) and 'WR' [Walter] (10, scholar). Harriet now aged 18 was a servant living at Cave Cott, High Road, Chiswick. 1891 census: at 10 Paxton Road, Chiswick, Walter (58, gardener), second wife May [Mary] (36) and children Samuel (6) and Ada (1). No trace of Caroline (but she probably reappeared in 1901) or Walter junior (but he reappeared in 1901). 1901 census: no trace of Walter or Mary or of children Samuel and Ada. 1911 census: at 3 Vine Cottages, Shortlands, Hammersmith, London (3 rooms), Walter (head, 70 (sic), married, pensioner, born London), Mary (wife, 48, married 27 years, 2 children both living, born London (sic)), Ada JOHNSON (daughter, 21, married 15 months, 1 child, living, born London) and May Kathleen JOHNSON (grand child, 3 months, born London). Form signed Walter Minter. Although the death index shows age at death 80, it's thought that Walter probably died in Q3 1920, registered at Fulham RD.
  Person ID	I6	Hammersmith, London
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Minter,   b. Abt 1785, Hammersmith, London d. Bef 22 May 1853, Turnham Green, London (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Margaret CLACK,   b. Abt 1792, Hammersmith, London d. Sep 1861, Brentford RD (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1818	Ealing, London   [1]
  	Married by banns. Richard Minter of this parish bachelor and Margaret Clack of this parish spinster. Richard signed, Margaret marked. Witnesses Samuel Clack and Chas. Atlee both signed, the latter at other marriages as well.
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Louisa MERRICK,   b. Abt 1832, Turnham Green, London d. Bef 11 Aug 1882, Brentford RD (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1855	Kensington RD   [3]
  	Walter married in Q3 1855, Kensington 1a/64, to Louisa MERRICK. Louisa was almost certainly the sister of Eliza MERRICK who married Walter's brother Richard in 1869. In 1851 in King Street, Hammersmith were living James ANKINS (47, furniture broker, born Islington), his wife Eliza ANKINS (30, born Chiswick) and Eliza's unmarried sister Louisa MERRICK (23, shop servant). James ANKINS and Eliza MERRICK had married in Q1 1850 (St Martins 1/110). A few years later, in 1855, Louisa MERRICK married Walter Minter. James ANKINS died in Q2 1864 (Kensington 1a/101): his widow Eliza married Richard Minter in 1869.
  Children	1. James Stephen Minter,   b. Sep 1856, Kensington RD d. Mar 1858, Brentford RD (Age 1 year)   2. Louisa Maria Minter,   b. 31 Jan 1861, Chiswick, London d. Sep 1888, Brentford RD (Age 27 years)   3. Harriet Margaret Minter,   b. 15 Jul 1863, Chiswick, London d. Mar 1935, Brentford RD (Age 71 years)   4. Caroline Minter,   b. Mar 1866, Turnham Green, London d. Yes, date unknown   5. Walter Richard Minter,   b. Bef 18 Sep 1870, Turnham Green, London d. 15 Dec 1944, Cleon, Manistee, Michigan, USA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Mary NEAL,   b. Abt 1855, Manchester d. Sep 1913, Fulham RD (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1883	All Saints, Acton, London   [1, 3]
  	Married after banns. Walter Minter, full age, widower, gardener of -- Rothschild Road, Acton Green, father Richard Minter deceased, gardener. Mary Neal, full age, spinster of ditto, father William Neal deceased, tailor. Both signed full names. Witnesses S Minter, Annie Taylor.
  Children	1. Samuel Minter,   b. 8 Nov 1884, Brentford, Middlesex d. Sep 1979, Bracknell RD (Age 94 years)   2. Ada Minter
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2010

  
  

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  [S16] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later. [S2] BMD index, Q3 1920 Fulham 1a/216. (Reliability: 3). [S2] BMD index.