Michael Minter

1843 - 1897  (53 years)

• Name	Michael Minter
  Birth	20 Jul 1843	Folkestone, Kent   [1, 2]
  Christening	27 Sep 1843	Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswyth, Kent   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	639
  _UID	C904B09E4C8442B2B8D9D30E3EB8FD0C5091
  Death	9 Jul 1897	Tatura, Victoria, Australia   [4, 5]
  Burial	12 Jul 1897	Murchison Cemetery, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Notes	Gail Gniewosz has found Electoral Roll entries (years not stated) for Michael and Emma and sons Robert Michael and Floyd Cunninghame variously at South Grant, Mooroopna West and South Melbourne, Victoria. Also a Sands Directory entry for 1909. From Gail Gniewosz, September 2008: In the Power House Museum in Sydney is a sample of a Merino fleece from the Merino Stud of M. Minter, Dhurringile, Murchison, Victoria Aust, 1888. Victoria Archives give Michael's date of death as 9 July 1897. Probate granted on 23 August 1897. He was said to be a manager of Murchison, Victoria.
  Person ID	I639	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Michael Minter,   b. 12 Jan 1807, Vlissingen (Flushing), Holland d. 31 Jan 1864, Mt Moriac, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Edmonds JEFFERY,   b. 7 Jan 1821, Kent d. 9 Apr 1875, Oaklands, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1842	Folkestone, Kent   [6]
  	From original Folkestone Parish Registers, March 2006, inspected by Cliff Minter: Michael Minter, above age widower surgeon of Folkestone father John Minter, gent, and Eleanor Edmonds Jeffery above age spinster of Folkestone father late James Jeffery gent. Both signed as did the witnesses Hunt Jeffery and Anne Maria Robertson.
  Family ID	F204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma CUNNINGHAME,   b. Abt 1845, Sale, Victoria, Australia d. 12 Feb 1924, 11 Darling Street, S Yarra, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1867	St Andrew's Church, Brighton, Victoria, Australia   [7, 8]
  	Michael Minter, bachelor, born Folkestone, Kent, of Gippsland, and Emma Cunninghame, spinster, born Gippsland, of South Yarra. Married with the consent of Robert Cunninghame father of Emma. Michael was 23 a gentleman, Emma 20, no occupation. Witnessed by Rob Cunninghame and Albert ---.
  Children	1. Marie Emma Minter,   b. 26 Feb 1868, S Yarra, Victoria, Australia d. 24 Oct 1958, Lynn Private Hospital, Elgin Avenue, Armadale, Victoria, Australia (Age 90 years)   2. Ella Minter,   b. 4 Mar 1869, S Yarra, Victoria, Australia d. 28 Mar 1869, Chapel Street, S Yarra, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)   3. Robert Michael Minter,   b. 3 Jun 1870, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 19 Jul 1929, Bank of Victoria, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia (Age 59 years)   4. Floyd Cunninghame Minter,   b. 19 Feb 1872, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 7 Dec 1939, Temora, NSW, Australia (Age 67 years)   5. Charles John Minter,   b. 10 Jan 1874, S Yarra, Victoria, Australia d. 1 Jan 1895, Dhurringile Estate, Victoria, Australia (Age 20 years)   6. Alice Eleanor Minter,   b. 17 Dec 1875, Victoria, Australia d. 7 Feb 1968, NSW, Australia (Age 92 years)   7. Jeffrey Cuthbert Minter,   b. 1878, Victoria, Australia d. 1 Jan 1895, Dhurringile Estate, Victoria, Australia (Age 17 years)   8. Albert Octavius Minter,   b. 1880, Victoria, Australia d. 12 Nov 1962, Eden, NSW, Australia (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 May 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Jul 1843 - Folkestone, Kent Christening - 27 Sep 1843 - Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswyth, Kent Death - 9 Jul 1897 - Tatura, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] BMD index, Q3 1843 Elham 5/153. (Reliability: 3). [S210] Helen Connell, February 2015 and later. [S12] Cliff Minter. [S51] Federation Index, Victoria 1889-1901 from Margaret Young April 2008 (Reliability: 3). Reg. no. 10732. Aged 53. [S101] Death record supplied by Tim Kendall May 2010. [S36] BMD index (Reliability: 3). Q3 1842 Elham 5/225. [S45] Pioneer Index, Victoria, from Margaret Young April 2008 (Reliability: 3). Reg. no. 1153. [S33] Marriage certificate (copy).